Question

•What is a symbolic link and why do we care about them with respect to Apache?

•If you were modifying Apache to run SSL (https), this generally requires that port 443 is open. While you can certainly set up things on the virtual machine to function at port 443, what else would have have to do to observe SSL working on our local machine? (Hint: think port forwarding).

•When deploying a module like Dav or Apache, describe the relationship between symbolic linking, modules, and configuration files.

Answer 1

a)A symbolic link is file system feature that can be used to create a link to a specific file.a symbolic link is a entry in a file system that points to a dictonary or file.The system recognizes the symbolic link as actual dictonary or file providig an alternative way.we care about symbolic links with respect to Apache because Symbolic links helps alleviate this problem by creating an easier way to access common files and folders.

b)To observe SSL working on our local machine or not.

c)when deploying a module like Dev or Apache the relationship between the symbolic linking, modukes and configuration are symbolic linking is a file system feature that can be used to create a link to a specific file .a symbolic link is a entry in a file system that points to a dictonary or file.modules allow apache to performadditional function.

An administration can easily configure Apache by adding and removing the modules according to required needs .

the main configuration file is httpd.conf.the location of the file is set at compile time.