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Ubuntu 20.04 Essentials

By : Neil Smyth
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Ubuntu 20.04 Essentials

By: Neil Smyth

Overview of this book

Ubuntu is undeniably one of the most highly regarded and widely used Debian-based Linux distributions available today. Thanks to its ease of use and reliability, Ubuntu has a loyal following of Linux users and an active community of developers. Ubuntu 20.04 Essentials is designed to take you through the installation, use, and administration of the Ubuntu 20.04 distribution in detail. For beginners, the book covers topics such as operating system installation, the basics of the GNOME desktop environment, configuring email and web servers, and installing packages and system updates. Additional installation topics such as dual booting with Microsoft Windows are also covered along with crucial security topics such as configuring a firewall and user and group administration. For the experienced user, the book delves into topics such as remote desktop access, the Cockpit web interface, logical volume management (LVM), disk partitioning, and swap management. Further, it also explores KVM virtualization, Secure Shell (SSH), Linux containers, and file sharing using both Samba and NFS to provide a thorough overview of this enterprise-class operating system.
Table of Contents (38 chapters)
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Index

32.5 Starting the Apache Web Server

Once the Apache server is installed and the firewall configured, the next step is to verify that the server is running and start it if necessary.

To check the status of the Apache service from the command-line, enter the following at the command-prompt:

# systemctl status apache2

If the above command indicates that the httpd service is not running, it can be launched from the command-line as follows:

# systemctl start apache2

If you would like the Apache httpd service to start automatically when the system boots, run the following command:

# systemctl enable apache2