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How to Check the Server Type

This article describes how to check the server type.

Check the Web Server Type Using Browser Developer Tools​

  1. Access your domain name using a browser.
  2. Press F12 to open the developer tools, and check the server type following the guidance in the figure below. WebServerType

Command Line Tool curl​

curl -I https://www.example.com WebServerType

Notes
  1. Information concealment: Some servers hide version information through configurations (such as ServerTokens).
  2. CDN interference: If the website uses a CDN (such as Alibaba Cloud CDN), the Server header may display the CDN provider information (such as AliyunCDN).
  3. Coexistence of multiple services: Some complex architectures may run multiple services at the same time (such as Nginx + Tomcat), which requires analysis in combination with the context.
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