HTTP Services (208)

This topic has a weight of 11 points and contains the following objectives:

Objective 208.1; Basic Apache Configuration (4 points)

• Candidates should be able to install and configure a web server. This objective includes monitoring the server's load and performance, restricting client user access, configuring support for scripting languages as modules and setting up client user authentication. Also included is configuring server options to restrict usage of resources. Candidates should be able to configure a web server to use virtual hosts and customize file access.

Objective 208.2; Apache configuration for HTTPS (3 points)

• Candidates should be able to configure a web server to provide HTTPS.

Objective 208.3; Implementing Squid as a caching proxy (2 points)

• Candidates should be able to install and configure a proxy server, including access policies, authentication and resource usage.

Objective 208.4; Implementing Nginx as a web server and a reverse proxy (2 points)

• Candidates should be able to install and configure a reverse proxy server, Nginx. Basic configuration of Nginx as a HTTP server is included.