Web Systems and Servers

Објавено: October 23, 2019
  1.    Course Title Web Systems and Servers
  2.    Code 3ФЕИТ07Л005
  3.    Study program KTI
  4.    Organizer of the study program (unit, institute, department) Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies
  5.    Degree (first, second, third cycle) First cycle
  6.    Academic year/semester III/6   7.    Number of ECTS credits 6.00
  8.    Lecturer Dr Marija Kalendar
  9.    Course Prerequisites Passed: Internet technologies Taken course: Operating Systems

10.    Course Goals (acquired competencies):  Introduction to the concepts of working with Web servers, their design, performance and modules. After finishing this course the students will be able to run setup, configuration and administration of Web servers.

11.    Course Syllabus: Introduction to Web servers. Client-server concepts. Web server architecture. Requests and resources. Assigning the performances of a Web server. Apache web server. Architecture. Core. Modules. Request parallelism and servicing. Models for parallel servicing (MPM modules). Apache and CGI programming. Apache and PHP. Web cache. Web caching. Concepts and reasons. Types of Web cache. Caching algorithm. Internet cache protocol (ICP). Web proxy servers. Types. Caching on a proxy server. Access control. Web server security. Secure configurations for a web server. Security modules for Apache. Apache Tomcat for servlet Java technology. Architecture. Architecture for authentication of Apache. Admin observation of Apache. Security. Logging.

12.    Learning methods:  Laboratory exercises, practical work and lectures
13.    Total number of course hours 2 + 2 + 1 + 0
14.    Distribution of course hours 180
15.    Forms of teaching 15.1. Lectures-theoretical teaching 30
15.2. Exercises (laboratory, practice classes), seminars, teamwork 45
16.    Other course activities 16.1. Projects, seminar papers 15
16.2. Individual tasks 30
16.3. Homework and self-learning 60
17.    Grading 17.1. Exams 10
17.2. Seminar work/project (presentation: written and oral) 30
17.3. Activity and participation 0
17.4. Final exam 60
18.    Grading criteria (points) up to 50 points     5 (five) (F)
from 51 to 60 points     6 (six) (E)
from 61 to 70 points     7 (seven) (D)
from 71 to 80 points     8 (eight) (C)
from 81 to 90 points     9 (nine) (B)
from 91 to 100 points   10 (ten) (A)
19.    Conditions for acquiring teacher’s signature and for taking final exam Laboratory exercises
20.    Language Macedonian and English
21.    Method of monitoring of teaching quality Internal evaluation and suveys
22.    Literature
22.1. Required Literature
No. Author Title Publisher Year
1 R. Bowen, K. Coar Apache Cookbook: Solutions and Examples for Apache Administration, 3rd Ed. O’Reilly 2017
2 B. Laurie and P. Laurie Apache: The Definitive Guide, 3rd Ed. O’Reilly Media 2002
3 Steve Silva Web Server Administration, 1st Ed. Course Technology 2008
22.2. Additional Literature
No. Author Title Publisher Year
1 S. Spainhour and R. Eckstein  Webmaster in a Nutshell, 3rd Ed.  O’Reilly Media  2002
2  Adrian Ling  Practical Apache, PHP-FPM & Nginx Reverse Proxy: How to Build a Secure, Fast and Powerful Webserver from scratch  Amazon Digital Services  2015
3  L. Shklar, R. Rosen,

Web Application Architecture: Principles, Protocols and Practices 2nd Ed.

 Wiley  2009