1. Chapter 5 Linux Services
CSNB113 SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION
College of Information Technology
Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN)
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2. Objectives
Know the services running on the server
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3. Introduction
A Linux service is an application (or set of applications) that runs in the background waiting to be used, or carrying out essential tasks.
Please remember that services is a application, so that that a lot of application can be used for some certain services.
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4. Types of common services
A lot of services running
But we will only focus 5 services related to Linux server.
Web server
Database server
server
FTP server
SSH server
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5. Webserver
Webserver services is a services that that sends the web browser the code to display a web page.
So me of the example of the webserver application that can be run is Apache, Nginx, Tomcat and lighthttpd.
We will use the Apache web server for our class.
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6. Webserver To start the services, use this command:
To install the apache, use this command
sudo apt-get install apache2
To start the services, use this command:
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 start
To stop the services, use this command:
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 stop
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7. Webserver /var/www The webserver configuration file is “httpd.conf”
This conf file is located at /etc/apache2.
It stores information on various functions of the server, which can be edited by removing or adding a number sign "#" at the beginning of the line, thus setting values for each directive.
The root directories for Apache is at
/var/www
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8. Database server
Dedicated host to run and serve up the resources, typically one or more software applications.
There are also several clients who can connect to the server and use the resources offered and hosted by this server.
Most of the Database servers works with the base of Query Language.
Each Database understands its query language and converts it to Server readable form and executes it to retrieve the results.
Ubuntu provides two popular database servers:
MySQL
PostgreSQL
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9. Database server To start the services, use this command:
To install the mysql, use this command
sudo apt-get install mysql-server
To start the services, use this command:
sudo service mysql start
/etc/init.d/mysql start
To stop the services, use this command:
sudo service mysql stop
/etc/init.d/mysql stop
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10. Database server This file is located at /etc/mysql/my.cnf
The database server configuration file is “my.cnf”
This file is located at /etc/mysql/my.cnf
Phpmyadmin also must be install along with mysql.
Phpmyadmin is specifically written for administering MySQL servers.
Written in PHP, and accessed through a web browser, phpMyAdmin provides a graphical interface for database administration tasks
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11. Database server
To install and link the apache and phpmyadmin to the mysql server, use this command:
sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-auth-mysql php5-mysql phpmyadmin
sudo ln-s /usr/share/phpmyadmin /var/www/phpmyadmin
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12. server
server is a services that works as your virtual post office.
A mail server usually consists of:
Storage area - where is stored for local users.
User definable rules - determine how the mail server should react to the destination of a specific message
Database of user accounts - mail server recognizes and will deal with locally
Communications modules - components that actually handle the transfer of messages to and from other mail servers and clients.
Ubuntu provides two popular servers which is sendmail dan postfix
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13. Email server To start the services, use this command:
To install the postfix, use this command
sudo apt-get install postfix
To start the services, use this command:
sudo postfix start
To stop the services, use this command:
sudo postfix stop
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14. Email server /etc/postfix
The server configuration file is “main.cf”
This conf file is located at /etc/postfix.
The Postfix main.cf configuration file specifies a very small subset of all the parameters that control the operation of the Postfix mail system.
Parameters not explicitly specified are left at their default values.
The root directories for Postfix is at
/etc/postfix
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15. Email server To reconfigure the email server
sudo dpkg-reconfigure postfix
This configuration has been save at main.cf file.
It can be change by editing the main.cf file.
Administering a Postfix server can be a very complicated task.
At some point you may need to turn to the Ubuntu community for more experienced help
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16. FTP server FTP is an acronym for File Transfer Protocol.
FTP is used to transfer files between computers on a network.
FTP is use to exchange files between computer accounts, transfer files between an account and a desktop computer, or access online software archives.
The popular FTP server in Ubuntu is vsftpd, wu-ftpd, proftpd,
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17. FTP server To start the ftp services, use this command:
To install the ftp server , use this command
sudo apt-get install vsftpd
To start the ftp services, use this command:
sudo /etc/init.d/vsftpd start
To stop the ftp services, use this command:
sudo /etc/init.d/vsftpd stop
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18. FTP server The email server configuration file is “vsftpd.conf”
This conf file is located at /etc/vsftpd.conf
The vsftpd.cont configuration file may be used to control various aspects of vsftpd's behavior.
This behaviour is useful because you may wish to use an advanced inetd such as xinetd to launch vsftpd with different configuration files on a per virtual host basis.
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19. SSH server
SSH server is a software program which uses the secure shell protocol to accept connections from remote computers.
SSH is actually a suite of three utilities - slogin, ssh, and scp - that are secure versions of the earlier UNIX utilities, rlogin, rsh, and rcp.
SSH commands are encrypted and secure in several ways. Both ends of the client/server connection are authenticated using a digital certificate, and passwords are protected by being encrypted.
SSH allows you to connect to your server securely and perform Linux command-line operations
SFTP/SCP file transfers and remote terminal connections are popular use cases for an SSH server
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20. SSH server To start the ssh services, use this command:
To install the ssh server, use this command
sudo apt-get install openssh-server
To start the ssh services, use this command:
sudo service sshd start
To stop the ssh services, use this command:
sudo service sshd stop
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21. SSH server The ssh server configuration file is “sshd_config”
The main sshd configuration file is located at /etc/ssh/sshd_config
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22. References
Das, S. (2012). Your UNIX/LINUX The Ultimate Guide: Third Edition. McGraw-Hill
Hahn, H. (2008). Harley Hahn's Guide to Unix and Linux. California: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
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