Follow us on these Social Sites

« Baracus...Novell's latest Open Source Tool... | Main | Episode 35 - Automation Rules...Or does it??? »
Thursday
Nov182010

Check your Apache server status remotely...

Don't want to login via SSH to check on an Apache Web Server?  This article explains how to setup the server status page.  One word of warning though.  This page is turned off by default for a reason.  It can be used by bad guys to determine all kinds of things about your server and makes you more vulnerable.  If as the article suggests you restrict the IP addresses you can partially mitigate it.  The best way to handle it is not to expose it to the internet at all.  Unfortunately if you are hosting remotely, like at Amazon Ec3 or Server Beach, you may have to use an SSH tunnel to secure it.  You could restrict it to an IP Address but remember that IP Addresses can be spoofed.

PrintView Printer Friendly Version

EmailEmail Article to Friend

Reader Comments

There are no comments for this journal entry. To create a new comment, use the form below.

PostPost a New Comment

Enter your information below to add a new comment.

My response is on my own website »
Author Email (optional):
Author URL (optional):
Post:
 
Some HTML allowed: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <code> <em> <i> <strike> <strong>