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Downloading and Configuring Web Application Frontend

The objective of this lab will be to download and configure the frontend for our application. You will first need to download the code of the frontend from GitHub. After that, you will unpack it, move it to the correct directory, and configure the proper SELinux context for the newly downloaded files, so that they can be properly accessed from the outside world without any problems. This is a common security practice with the Apache web server. If this is not done, the files can become inaccessible, and a portion of your site will be non-functional.

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Path Info

Level

Intermediate

Duration

30m

Published

Oct 18, 2019

Challenge

Download the Code
1. Download the compressed files from GitHub (URL: https://github.com/ErminLA/HardeningApache/archive/master.zip).
2. Unpack the compressed files.
Challenge

Move and Rename the Files
1. Move the unpacked file index.html to the web server /var/www/html.
2. Move and rename the unpacked file Linux\ Full\ Logo-01.png to LA_Logo.png.
Challenge

Configure SELinux
1. Configure and apply SELinux Context for the index.html file.
2. Configure and apply SELinux Context for the .png file.
Challenge

Test the Application Frontend

Test if the application frontend works by opening a private or incognito window in your web browser and using the provided server instance public IP address http://www.<Server_Public_IP>.

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