0x0C.Web-server.md

Learning Objectives

General

• What is the main role of a web server
• What is a child process
• Why web servers usually have a parent process and child processes
• What are the main HTTP requests

DNS

• What DNS stands for
• What is DNS main role

DNS Record Types

• A
• CNAME
• TXT
• MX

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How the web works:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/Getting_started_with_the_web/How_the_Web_works

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NGINX:

• Is a web server that can also be used as a reverse proxy, load balancer, mail proxy and HTTP cache.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nginx

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NGINX Configurations:

• https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-nginx-server-blocks-virtual-hosts-on-ubuntu-16-04#creating-the-first-server-block-file

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Root and sub domain:

• https://landingi.com/help/domains-vs-subdomains/

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HTTP:

• https://landingi.com/help/domains-vs-subdomains/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_404
• https://moz.com/learn/seo/redirection
• https://www.tutorialspoint.com/http/http_methods.htm

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