Linux Internet Web Server and Domain Configuration Tutorial HowTo Create an Apache based Linux website server Create a web server with Linux, Apache, FTP and bind DNS: This tutorial covers the Linux server configuration required to host a website. The Apache web server, FTP server and DNS configuration are covered. The Apache web server is required to serve the web pages, the FTP server is required for users to upload content and the DNS server is required to resolve the domain names so that a URL entered into a web browser will point to your web server and properly serve the correct pages. The configurations presented will include virtual hosting which will allow a single Linux server to support multiple web site domains.

Tutorial topics: # Linux Apache web (httpd) server configuration # Linux FTPd server and FTP user accounts # vsFTPd and FTP user account configuration # wu-FTPd and FTP user account configuration # Basic "user account" configuration for maximum security on an Internet based web server # Linux DNS (Domain Name Server) configuration using Bind version 8 or 9 (named) # Web Server Load Balancing # Managing web server daemons (services) # Links and Resources Also see: Web Site Security Tutorial - YoLinux Internet Server Security Tutorial