SSH into Linux Web Server and find what version of Apache it is running...

So I was sitting at my desk and was approached with a favor. They needed to know what type of web service was running on a specific server. All that was given to me was the name of the server. Ok, so first we need the IP of the server:

Ping servernames

That should give an output similar to this

• PING servername (10.100.1.15) 56(84) bytes of data.

Now secure shell into the server by typing

ssh -l username ipaddress

Enter your password then once you have successfully connected, type uname -a to see the system details. This includes Kernel version, time stamp, computer name/hostname, and some other goodies.
Now to find the type of web service running, type:

httpd -v

This will give you the version of Apache that is running.

To find out what flavor of Linux the server is running, search /etc for a file that should have the distro-release. If that is all too tedious, then type rpm -qa. This will display all the packages installed, and you should see either some redhat, fedora, debian, or whatever version. That is usually a good indicator of which flavor is installed.