{"id":3491,"date":"2013-08-17T05:49:09","date_gmt":"2013-08-16T19:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/wordpress\/?p=3491"},"modified":"2023-04-20T17:16:11","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T07:16:11","slug":"web-server-primer-tutorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/ITblog\/web-server-primer-tutorial\/","title":{"rendered":"Web Server Primer Tutorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 230px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a target=_blank href=\"http:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/WebServer\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 15px solid pink;\" alt=\"Web Server Primer Tutorial\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/WebServer\/CentOS_WHM_cPanel_Primer.jpg\" title=\"Web Server Primer Tutorial\"  style=\"float:left;\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Web Server Primer Tutorial<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Here is a tutorial that shows some Web Server functionality in terms of Web Hosting for the domain rjmprogramming.com.au via Crazy Domains.  It concentrates on the cPanel WHM interface.  This is a massive topic covering hardware, networking and software and can only be presented in overview by a stream-of-consciousness type of presentation, as we do here.   Maybe for starters, let&#8217;s get Wikipedia to define a Web Server.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The term web server can refer to either the hardware (the computer) or the software (the computer application) that helps to deliver web content that can be accessed through the Internet.[1]<\/p>\n<p>The most common use of web servers is to host websites, but there are other uses such as gaming, data storage or running enterprise applications.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Enjoy the <a target=_blank title='Web Hosting for rjmprogramming.com.au domain' href='http:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/wordpress\/?p=3491'>tutorial<\/a> that shows some Web Server functionality in terms of Web Hosting for the domain rjmprogramming.com.au here that we host with an Australian (.au Internet country code top-level domain) domain specialist, <a target=_blank title='Crazy Domains hosting in Australia' href='http:\/\/crazydomains.com.au'>Crazy Domains<\/a>.  Many other countries would have web hosting that caters well for their country&#8217;s Internet country code top-level domain, and we got a heads up regarding web hosting in India (for .in) via <a target=_blank title='' href='http:\/\/alloverindia.in\/'>alloverindia.in<\/a>&#8216;s <a target=_blank title='' href='http:\/\/alloverindia.in\/unlimited-website-hosting-made-easy-and-affordable-with-hostgator\/'>Hostgator Web Hosting<\/a> and <a target=_blank title='' href='http:\/\/yourlasthost.com\/'>yourlasthost.com<\/a>&#8216;s <a target=_blank title='' href='https:\/\/www.yourlasthost.com\/blog\/overview-reseller-hosting\/'>article on reseller hosting<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of your research and development, have a look at the information for the long list below, all information being from Wikipedia:<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a target=_blank title='World Wide Web information from Wikipedia' href='http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_Wide_Web\u200e'>World Wide Web<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a target=_blank title='Internet information from Wikipedia' href='http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Internet'>Internet<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a target=_blank title='website information from Wikipedia' href='http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Website\u200e'>website<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a target=_blank title='web server information from Wikipedia' href='http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Web_server'>web server<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a target=_blank title='hardware information from Wikipedia' href='http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Computer_hardware'>hardware<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a target=_blank title='software information from Wikipedia' href='http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Computer_software'>software<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a target=_blank title='networking information from Wikipedia' href='http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Computer_networking'>networking<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a target=_blank title='virtual server information from Wikipedia' href='http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Virtual_server\u200e'>virtual server<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a target=_blank title='CentOS information from Wikipedia' href='http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/CentOS\u200e'>CentOS<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a target=_blank title='operating system information from Wikipedia' href='http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operating_system'>operating system<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a target=_blank title='Unix information from Wikipedia' href='http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Unix'>Unix<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a target=_blank title='cPanel information from Wikipedia' href='http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/CPanel'>cPanel<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a target=_blank title='WHM information from Wikipedia' href='http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/CPanel#WHM_.28Web_Host_Manager.29'>WHM<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a target=_blank title='VPS information from Wikipedia' href='http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Virtual_private_server\u200e'>VPS<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a target=_blank title='vmware information from Wikipedia' href='http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vmware\u200e'>VMware<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a target=_blank title='IP address information from Wikipedia' href='http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/IP_address\u200e'>IP address<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a target=_blank title='nameserver information from Wikipedia' href='http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Name_server\u200e'>nameserver<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a target=_blank title='DMS information from Wikipedia' href='http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Domain_Name_System\u200e'>DNS<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a target=_blank title='A entry information from Wikipedia' href='http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A_record#A'>A entry<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a target=_blank title='MX entry information from Wikipedia' href='http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/MX_record\u200e'>MX entry<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a target=_blank title='SSH information from Wikipedia' href='http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Secure_Shell'>SSH<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a target=_blank title='SSL information from Wikipedia' href='http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Secure_Socket_Layer'>SSL<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a target=_blank title='ftp information from Wikipedia' href='http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File_Transfer_Protocol\u200e'>ftp<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a target=_blank title='sftp information from Wikipedia' href='http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Simple_File_Transfer_Protocol'>sftp<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a target=_blank title='Apache information from Wikipedia' href='http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apache_HTTP_Server\u200e'>Apache<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a target=_blank title='PHP information from Wikipedia' href='http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/PHP'>PHP<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a target=_blank title='MySql information from Wikipedia' href='http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/MySQL\u200e'>MySql<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a target=_blank title='CPU information from Wikipedia' href='http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Central_processing_unit\u200e'>CPU<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a target=_blank title='memory information from Wikipedia' href='http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Computer_memory'>memory<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a target=_blank title='swap information from Wikipedia' href='http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Swap_(computer_science)\u200e'>swap<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a target=_blank title='email information from Wikipedia' href='http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Email\u200e'>email<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a target=_blank title='domain information from Wikipedia' href='http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Domain\u200e'>domain<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a target=_blank title='subdomain information from Wikipedia' href='http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Subdomain\u200e'>subdomain<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a target=_blank title='web hosting information from Wikipedia' href='http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Web_hosting_service\u200e'>web hosting<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a target=_blank title='account information from Wikipedia' href='http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/User_(computing)'>account<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a target=_blank title='theme information from Wikipedia' href='http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Theme_(computing)'>theme<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a target=_blank title='RPM information from Wikipedia' href='http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/RPM_Package_Manager\u200e'>RPM<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a target=_blank title='plugin information from Wikipedia' href='http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Plug-in_(computing)\u200e'>plugin<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a target=_blank title='SDK information from Wikipedia' href='http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Software_development_kit\u200e'>SDK<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a target=_blank title='TCP\/IP information from Wikipedia' href='http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/TCP\/IP\u200e'>TCP\/IP<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a target=_blank title='Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol information from Wikipedia' href='http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/DHCP'>DHCP<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a target=_blank title='Point-to-point_protocol Name System information from Wikipedia' href='http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Point-to-point_protocol'>PPP<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a target=_blank title='Transport Control Protocol\/Internet Protocol information from Wikipedia' href='http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Transport_Layer_Security\u200e'>TLS<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a target=_blank title='phpMyAdmin information from Wikipedia' href='http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/PhpMyAdmin'>phpMyAdmin<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a target=_blank title='reseller information from Wikipedia' href='http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reseller_web_hosting'>reseller<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a target=_blank title='Hypertext Transfer Protocol information from Wikipedia' href='http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Http'>http:\/\/<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a target=_blank title='HTTP Secure information from Wikipedia' 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