27.6 Testing the Web Server
Once the installation is complete the next step is to verify the web server is up and running.
If you have access (either locally or remotely) to the desktop environment of the server, simply start up a web browser and enter http://127.0.0.1 in the address bar (127.0.0.1 is the loop-back network address which tells the system to connect to the local machine). If everything is set up correctly, the browser should load the page shown in Figure 27-1:
Figure 27-1
If the desktop environment is not available, connect either from another system on the same local network as the server, or using the external IP address assigned to the system if it is hosted remotely.
