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A web server is a program that responds to network requests over the HTTP or HTTPS protocol.

A web server is a program that responds to network requests over the http or https protocol.

Use this tag for questions about web servers in general. For questions about a specific web server application, use the application-specific tag instead: , , , …

Do not use this tag merely because the computer in the question happens to be a web server, only if serving web content is directly relevant to the question.

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How to easily start a webserver in any folder?

I'm looking for a relatively painless way to launch a web server with document root in any folder I specify (or better yet, where I'm launching). I often try out new things like JS frameworks or so in a new folder somewhere…
Alexander Rechsteiner
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How to make Jetty webserver listen on port 80?

I would like to use Jetty as a webserver. I have edited the configuration file at /etc/default/jetty and set: # change to 0 to allow Jetty start NO_START=0 # Listen to connections from this network host # Use 0.0.0.0 as host to accept all…
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Is it possible to run the IIS web server on Linux?

Is it possible to install IIS on Linux?
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Why does my server only uses 3GB of memory

The server has 24 GB of memory and 4 quad-core cpu's. It runs a busy website on apache/MySQL/php and sometimes gives a message that the server load is too high. When I look at the logs it never uses more then 3 GB of memory which seems strange too…
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File permissions to let web application write files

I installed osCommerce using these instructions. During the initial run, I was asked to point at the MySQL database it should use and set up admin accounts. But to save the settings, it needed to modify an existing file: The webserver was not able…
Oxwivi
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What is "GFI WebMonitor Secure Download"? and how to disable it?

Please help me to disable it! it offends me while downloading via Web browsers.
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is python -m SimpleHTTPServer a security risk, and if it is how do I turn it off

So my noob self turned on python -m SimpleHTTPServer, not thinking about how to turn it off, is there any way to kill it?
Jebidieah Cornell
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I can connect to my web server with my internal IP, but not my external IP?

I have recently installed a webserver, and port 80 is open. I can connect with 127.0.0.1 and 192.168.0.50, but I can't with my external IP. So, why is this? I use a router from Ubee.
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What is the best minimal http server?

If I want to serve some static content over http from Ubuntu, with an emphasis on security and efficiency (at low-moderate load), what's the best choice?
poolie
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start: caddy process exited with error: exit status 1

I am trying to run Caddy (v2.1.1) web server on a Ubuntu 18.04. After installing caddy (apt install caddy) and running it by caddy start I keep getting the error below: root@vds:~# caddy start run: loading initial config: loading new config:…
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Need to invoke .sh when php webpage load

I am trying to run a .sh script when loading my mainpage: index.php: My script alert.sh: #! /bin/sh echo Login: >> log.txt date >>…
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How do I install osCommerce?

Recently I've come across the osCommerce, an open-source e-commerce project, and I'd like to try it. Is it packaged in the repository (like Wordpress)? If not, how do I manually install and use it?
Oxwivi
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How to install both xammp and Bugzilla in same PC

Is it possible to install both Bugzilla and xammp in same PC? I have installed both in separate PC and both are working fine. Now I want to install in same PC. Please let me know how to do this.
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Where are my local webserver pages?

My webserver is running - Where is this page coming from? I checked a few places in /etc and /var but didn't see it.
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Replicate 2 ubuntu Servers one local and one remote

Here is the situation. I have a local webserver and a remote webserver. Both will be identical except that one is on VMware and one is a hosted web server. I want to replicate EVERYTHING installed on the local server (settings, applications- mysql,…
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