Labs for this course require a specific format to be acceptable. One of the objectives of the course is to learn about server administration but this includes being able to document. It is critical in regular production environments to be able to document what you have learned both for your own reference and for organizational memory.
Lab problems in this course should have a title page:
Name: Your Name
Course: CIS 380 or ENGR 465
Problem: Lab 1
Platform: Server Platform
Listing of Software Used:
e.g. Apache ver. 2.1
Listing of files edited
e.g. httpd.conf; cron
Description of Problem
e.g. installation of Apache webserver and testing
References used
http://howtoinstallapache.com
http://ron.webgodz.com/myapachetutorial.html
Difficulties Encountered
apache failed to run on first attempt due to errors on line 245 of httpd.conf. Failed to set the server name to www.myserver.com and also failed to use comment symbol on line 301.
Steps in Solution
sudo apt-get install apache
edit httpd.conf and make the following changes:
change 1
change 2
change 3
etc.
Notes:
//This document should be formatted and may be in Word or PDF when submitted. Creativity is encouraged if the content remains the same. You won't be able to do this all at the end so you need to do it as you go or you will basically have to redo the problem to receive a reasonable grade. It is possible to handwrite these but I would discourage it unless you have really good handwriting.