Mastering Apache Web Server and NGINX

Explore how to share files and printers using NFS on Ubuntu, configure the NFS server, manage exports, and use the GUI for easy setup.

Configure an NFS client by installing nfs-common, editing /etc/fstab for remote mounts, mounting and verifying with df; then enable Windows access via samba and restart services.

Install samba and learn to configure shares with smb.conf, setting directory names, read/write permissions, and access controls, while exploring the global and share sections and printers.

Build a structured quality organization with steering committees and permanent improvement teams, training staff in brainstorming, cause-and-effect, affinity diagrams, and flowcharts, while exploring global motivation differences and parallel organizational forms.

Mount samba shares on a Linux host using mount and SMB mount, configure permissions, and unmount; enable network printing with Samba, CUPS, and SMB printing on Windows networks.

Configure and manage the Apache web server using text-based and graphical tools, start, stop, and restart from the command line, and install or upgrade via Ubuntu repositories or source.

Compare building Apache from source with the old makefile method and the configure script, install, and configure via httpd.conf in /usr/local/apache; start and test using Ubuntu service.

Manage the apache2 service on Ubuntu with /etc/init.d/apache2 to start, stop, reload, restart, and check status, while configuring runtime settings in apache2.conf.

Learn to run Apache with a dedicated uid and gid to limit privileges, then configure server admin, server name, document root, and directory index, plus mpms like pre-fork and worker.

Configure per-directory access with dot htaccess by setting the access file name and using the allow override directive, then control security with options and basic authentication.

Create an Apache user file with htpasswd and enable modules with a2enmod. Use the Satisfy directive to mix host based and user based access, then restart Apache to apply.

Explore how apache uses mod mime and mod mime magic for type detection, content negotiation, mod_proxy for proxying and caching, and mod_rewrite for url manipulation, plus virtual hosting basics.

Explore access and error logs in Apache, with common and combined log formats, and learn to configure https via mod_ssl, generate certificates, and manage default ssl settings.

Master nginx web server management by configuring, installing, and using nginx, and starting, stopping, and restarting it from the command line, with a focus on virtual hosts and event-driven concurrency.

Install nginx from the Ubuntu repositories, build from source, and configure nginx.conf for worker processes, connections, and http settings. Restart the service to apply changes.

Learn to configure virtual hosting with nginx by creating per-domain configs in sites-available and sites-enabled, serving multiple sites from one server, and adding php content and https with certificates.

Explore alternative web servers—Lighttpd, Yaws, Karaoke, Jetty, Thttpd, and Tomcat—evaluating security, performance, ease of setup, and maintenance within Ubuntu repositories.

Build a php-based web application on an apache web server, creating pages, configuring the server, and sending email from a contact form.

Install the Zam server, start Apache from the control panel, and save your site files in htdocs to create an index page.

Learn to build a reusable php header with bootstrap navigation, including css and js links, header.php creation, and a dark nav bar featuring home, about, batch timing, SMEs, and contact.

Create a php footer by duplicating the header into footer.php, adding a footer tag, and styling a custom bottom bar with bootstrap container-fluid, black background, white centered text.

Create an index.php page that includes header.php and footer.php, builds a container-fluid content area, and implements a Bootstrap carousel with indicators on localhost.

Demonstrates a responsive image carousel on the index page, including active item, image slides, indicators, and left-right controls, with styling for width, height, and centered layout.

Build an about us page in a PHP project by duplicating the index, linking about.php, and applying a background image with a two column layout and company content.

Design a responsive batch timings page using bootstrap cards, rows, and two-column layouts to display multiple time slots for different batches.

Develop an SMEs page in PHP that displays six faculty profiles as responsive cards with images, names, titles, and an inquiry button.

Create a responsive contact us page in PHP with a header and footer, a bootstrap-driven inquiry form, and a mail-enabled submission to the admin.

Create a mail_send.php script to validate contact form inputs, store name, email, standard, and contact, build an email body and subject 'inquiry for classes', and redirect to index.php.

Learn to send email with PHP by configuring headers, SMTP settings, and mail parameters in a local server environment.

Explore Apache web server fundamentals and build an online fruit and vegetable buying application using PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, and Bootstrap, including database storage of customer orders.

Create a simple index page in HTML and PHP on an Apache server using XAMPP. Collect name, address, and contact number, store in a database, then select vegetables and fruits.

Create a vegetable and fruits list with a bootstrap table showing name and amount, including an order button, implemented in PHP with Bootstrap and jQuery; admin login to view orders.

Create a login page and an admin order list page, displaying customer details, address, contact, vegetable name, and total amount, stored in order.php, with a bootstrap form.

Create and implement a reusable header across all pages using a header.php include, building a bootstrap nav bar with brand ABC Vegetable and Fruit Shop and a login link.

Create and use a MySQL database, design person, fruits, and orders tables with a primary key on person.id and a composite key on (person_id, fruit_name) for basic CRUD.

Learn to add a MySQL database with a PHP add person page collecting name, address, and phone and inserting into person table, then redirect to veggie list.

Learn to store vegetables and fruits in a database with PHP and MySQL, fetch the list with select from fruits, and display results in HTML table using a while loop.

Learn to build a PHP script that stores orders into an order table via a MySQL connection and an order button on the vegetable list.

Learn how to store an order by posting hidden form fields, capturing fruit name and amount, and inserting them into the check_order table using the person id.

Learn how to implement an admin login in PHP, validate credentials, and redirect to an orders page that displays customer details, items, and totals.

Learn how to view all orders after login by building a php sql query with inner joins between person, fruits, and check order tables, then display results in a table.

Demonstrates a two-panel vegetable and fruit shop web app built with php and mysql on an apache server, featuring admin and customer logins and order tracking.