📅 2025-05-23 — Session: Apache Server Diagnostics and Configuration

🕒 20:20–21:05
🏷️ Labels: Apache, Server Management, Diagnostics, Configuration, Security
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM

Session Goal

The session aimed to diagnose and resolve various configuration and permission issues related to Apache servers, ensuring smooth operation and security.

Key Activities

  • Onboarding Memo: Created a memo for server operations to facilitate onboarding and management of matiasdice.com and matuteiglesias.link.
  • Apache and Certbot Error Analysis: Analyzed and documented errors in Apache and Certbot configurations, providing recommendations to prevent future issues.
  • Permission Analysis: Conducted a critical analysis of file permissions in mapamseg, suggesting secure management practices.
  • Apache Diagnostics: Performed a series of diagnostics on Apache servers, addressing permission errors and configuration issues.
  • Server Health Checklist: Developed a checklist for Apache server health to ensure proper configuration and operation.
  • Hostname Error Resolution: Resolved a hostname error in EC2 by updating the /etc/hosts file.
  • CGI Module and Perl Locales: Addressed CGI module status and fixed locale configuration warnings in Perl.

Achievements

  • Successfully documented and resolved multiple configuration and permission issues.
  • Created actionable guides and checklists for ongoing server management.

Pending Tasks

  • Continuous monitoring and validation of server configurations to prevent future issues.