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LinuxPower: Setting Up a Webserver

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 2, 1999

The World Wide Web is probably the primary reason of the
Internet’s explosive growth as a popular communications medium. So
why not add to the wealth by running your own web server?
The
most popular webserver on the Internet is Apache, which already
comes with many Linux distributions.”

“Chances are that you already have Apache installed, so you may
skip the downloading process. Of course, downloading and compiling
a new Apache gives you the advantage of knowing how to do it. The
process is quite simple, even the configuration….”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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