Web Server System Administration for Developers

Basic Webserver Administration on Posix (Centos, Linux, etc...)

Disclaimer

I am a part time user of Posix. So, if you are looking for the bare minimum you are likely at the right place. My development platform is a Windows laptop. My production server is a VPS running centos.

I put this page together as these are not command lines I run all the time. Having this page saves me the trouble of having to google for an example as I just do not do many of them enough to remember them off the top of my head.

I typically use WHM for a number of these functions, but I must confess preferring the command line.

Restarting Services

Restart Apache


/etc/init.d/httpd restart

Restart SSH


/etc/init.d/sshd restart

Restart cPanel


/etc/init.d/cpanel restart

Posix (Centos/Linux) Commands

Locate a file

Note: Qualify the path as far as you know


find /home/public_html -name filename.txt -print

Get list of groups


cat /etc/group | cut -d":" -f1

Get list of users


cat /etc/passwd | cut -d":" -f1

File Locations


                 php.ini: /usr/local/lib
              httpd.conf: /usr/local/apache/conf
             Apache logs: /usr/local/apache/logs 
       Apache Php Config: /usr/local/apache/conf/php.conf
 Apache error doc config: /usr/local/apache/conf/includes/errordocument.conf

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