Checking Web Server Version Using Command Line

We usually use these methods to verify what is being displayed in our HTTP header to the public. There are 2 tools that can be used, curl and wget.

To use wget:

$ wget --server-response --spider http://www.mydomain.com

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Server: Apache/2.4.6 (CentOS) OpenSSL/1.0.2k-fips mod_fcgid/2.3.9

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To use curl:

$ curl --head http://www.mydomain.com

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Server: Apache/2.4.6 (CentOS) OpenSSL/1.0.2k-fips mod_fcgid/2.3.9

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