Linux Web Server

Overview

This project demonstrates how to deploy a simple website on an Ubuntu Linux server using Nginx.

The website was hosted inside an Ubuntu virtual machine running on VMware Workstation and made accessible from multiple devices over the local network.

Technologies

• Ubuntu Linux
• Nginx
• HTML
• VMware Workstation

Skills Demonstrated

• Linux command-line navigation
• File system management
• Package installation with APT
• Nginx installation and configuration
• HTML fundamentals
• Virtual machine networking
• Local network web hosting

Project Structure

linux-web-server/
├── index.html
└── README.md

How to Run

1. Install Nginx

sudo apt install nginx

2. Copy index.html to:

/var/www/html

3. Start Nginx:

sudo systemctl start nginx

4. Visit:

http://localhost

or

http://<server-ip>

Author

Ahmed

Cloud Engineering Learning Journey