WebServer-SG is a prototype package to provide a turn-key solution to the relatively painful experience of installing and deploying a secure Apache web server and the Tomcat servlet container. WebServer-SG v1.1 is bundled with the following packages:
- mm-1.1.3
- openssl-0.9.6b
- apache_1.3.20
- mod_dav-1.0.2-1.3.6
- mod_ssl-2.8.4-1.3.20
In addition both ant v1.3 and Tomcat version 3.2.3 is included and uses the mod_jk connector to talk to Apache.
The build script is simple Bourne shell and has been tested under Linux and Solaris.
Get the latest version of WebServer-SG here.
Create a user under which you wish to run the web server. Generally this is a user with minimal privileges e.g user or group nobody.
Now run the install script as root:
%>./install.sh
After compiling and installing the necessary programs, you will be asked a couple questions about server configuration before the script processes the configuration files and prints out post installation instructions on obtaining a certificate and other issues.
Good sources of information:
Books:
- "Professional Apache" by Peter Wainright, Wrox Press Ltd.
Websites:
Last modified: Fri Aug 31 08:27:16 PDT 2001