Goal: Restrict content access through username and password entry. 1: Apache Utilities Package First, update your server’s package index: sudo apt updateCheck if the utilities package exists in your environment by executing the command dpkg --get-selections | grep apacheResponse: apache2-utils install libapache-pom-java installSo it exists.  But what do you do if it doesn't exist? How come I need to install apache-utils?  To restrict access you will be using a utility called...

I had been running a few Centos 6 servers just past their EOL (30th November 2020) and it was time to kick in to action a plan I had been working on when I realised EOL was on my doorstep. A month or so beforehand, I started researching options to upgrade to Centos 7.  Okay initially I wanted to jump Centos 7 and charge in to Centos 8 which had a planned EOL of 2029.  CentOS 8 had been stable for well over a year.  Not bad, closer to two years would have been...