Linux Apache Web Server Administration is the most complete, most advanced guide to the Apache Web server you’ll find anywhere. Written by a leading Apache expert—and now updated to cover Apache 2.0—this book teaches you, step-by-step, all the standard and advanced techniques you need to know to administer Apache on a Linux box. Hundreds of clear, consistent examples illustrate these techniques in detail—so you stay on track and accomplish all your goals. Coverage includes:
- Compiling Apache from source code
- Creating and hosting virtual web sites
- Using Server-Side Includes to create Web pages with dynamic content
- Using Apache directives to configure your site
- Extending Apache using add-on modules
- Using the Common Gateway Interface for web programming
- Enhancing the performance of CGI programs with FastCGI and mod_perl
- Installing Apache support for PHP
- Extending Apache to run Java servlets or Java Server Pages
- Attaching Apache to a database server
- Using URL rewriting for increased request-handling flexibility
- Implementing user authentication
- Adding Secure Sockets Layer for enhanced system security
- Customizing Apache’s log formats