SSH, DNS, Apache and NFS server

Secure Remote Logins & File Copying 

• Using Secure Shell as a replacement for telnet.
• Testing to see if SSH if running.
• The /etc/ssh/sshd_config file.
• Using SSH to login to a remote machine.
• What you should expect to see when you log in.
• Deactivating telnet once SSH is installed.
• Using SCP as a more secure replacement for FTP.
• Copying files using SCP without a password.

Configuring DNS

• What is DNS?
• What is BIND?
• How DNS is critical to web hosting.
• When to use a DNS caching name server.
• When to use a regular DNS server.
• How to Download & install the BIND packages.
• How to get Bind started.
• Configuring a caching name server.
• configure a regular name server.

Web Hosting with the Apache Web Server

• Download & Install the Apache package.
• How to get Apache started.
• Configuring DNS for Apache.
• General configuration steps.
• File Permission and Apache.
• Virtual Hosting- Single IP Address - Many sites.
• Apache Running on a server behind a firewell.
• How to protect web page Directories with passwords.

Remote Disk Access with NFS

• Installing NFS.
• How to get NFS started.
• The /etc/exports file.
• Activating modifications the exports file.
• NFS and DNS.
• Configuring the NFS client.
• Other NFS considerations.