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Explain to the network manager why she needs to move to the new platform. You should focus on the advantages that the new platform will give over IIS. 3.3 There are many free Linux distributions available via the Internet which can be installed onto partitions of a hard disk, or a separate internal or external hard disk, or on to a USB memory stick. There are also many web sites documenting the procedure of setting up both Linux and Apache. One example is OpenSuse available at www.opensuse.org. Download and set up a suitable Linux installation and Apache server. Document this installation by taking screen shots. Provide an annotated set of screen shots showing the installation of the Linux operating system and Apache, up to the point where Apache is up and running. It is strongly recommended that you do this task using a "live" version of Linux, either to CD or USB as this will not affect your normal operating system at all. It is also recommended that the server is run on an isolated machine that has been physically disconnected from any local network and the Internet to avoid interfering with other live services. 3.4 For the installation you have just done, provide a critical review of the setting up of the server, describing the procedure you followed and with a clear focus on the issues that you encountered and how you resolved them. Also compare the Linux installation with that for Windows. Task 4 –4.1 Using the server you set up in task 3, install a simple web site. This does not need to be a complex web site at this stage. A single web page showing your full name and student id will be sufficient. Take screen shots to show the web site being uploaded onto your server and being accessed via a browser. These shots should be annotated to explain what they show. The browser can be running on the same machine as the server. There is no need to connect the machine to a network or the Internet. 4.2 On your Linux installation, set up a general user with your student id as the user name. This user should be given a suitable set of access rights to allow them to upload web pages and generally manage the web server. Page 5 of 9 Take screen shots to show how you set up this user and to show the login sequence for both failed and successful login. These shots should be annotated to explain what they show. 4.3 Provide an annotated printout of the appropriate log files for your web server. You should provide sufficient log files to show that the server is working and sufficient annotation to show that you understand what the log file tells you about the server. 4.4 Explain whether the EXACT setup you have just implemented is appropriate for Eilean Muile. Discuss the EXACT implementation you have done including the hardware you have actually used and the distribution you have actually used. Remember that this is meant to be a web server for the organisation in the scenario. You should clearly state whether your setup on your hardware is suitable and then justify your answer in light of the likely requirements of this organisation.