ISBN10: 0596002033
ISBN13: 9780596002039
Edition/Copyright: 3RD 03

Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
Cover: Paperback
Year Published: 2003
Weight: 2lbs.

Apache : The Definitive Guide

by Ben Laurie and Peter Laurie


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Summary

Table of Contents

Apache is far and away the most widely used web server platform in the world. This versatile server runs more than half of the world's existing web sites. Apache is both free and rock-solid, running more than 21 million web sites ranging from huge e-commerce operations to corporate intranets and smaller hobby sites.

With this new third edition of Apache: The Definitive Guide, web administrators new to Apache will come up to speed quickly, and experienced administrators will find the logically organized, concise reference sections indispensable, and system programmers interested in customizing their servers will rely on the chapters on the API and Apache modules.

Updated to cover the changes in Apache's latest release, 2.0, as well as Apache 1.3, this useful guide discusses how to obtain, set up, secure, modify, and troubleshoot the Apache software on both Unix and Windows systems. Dozens of clearly written examples provide the answers to the real-world issues that Apache administrators face everyday. In addition to covering the installation and configuration of mod_perl and Tomcat, the book examines PHP, Cocoon, and other new technologies that are associated with the Apache web server. Additional coverage of security and the Apache 2.0 API make Apache: The Definitive Guide, Third Edition essential documentation for the world's most popular web server.

Preface

1. Getting Started

What Does a Web Server Do?
How Apache Works
Apache and Networking
How HTTP Clients Work
What Happens at the Server End?
Planning the Apache Installation
Windows?
Which Apache?
Installing Apache
Building Apache 1.3.X Under Unix
New Features in Apache v2
Making and Installing Apache v2 Under Unix
Apache Under Windows

2. Configuring Apache: The First Steps

What's Behind an Apache Web Site?
site.toddle
Setting Up a Unix Server
Setting Up a Win32 Server
Directives
Shared Objects

3. Toward a Real Web Site

More and Better Web Sites: site.simple
Butterthlies, Inc., Gets Going
Block Directives
Other Directives
HTTP Response Headers
Restarts
.htaccess
CERN Metafiles
Expirations

4. Virtual Hosts

Two Sites and Apache
Virtual Hosts
Two Copies of Apache
Dynamically Configured Virtual Hosting

5. Authentication

Authentication Protocol
Authentication Directives
Passwords Under Unix
Passwords Under Win32
Passwords over the Web
From the Client's Point of View
CGI Scripts
Variations on a Theme
Order, Allow, and Deny
DBM Files on Unix
Digest Authentication
Anonymous Access
Experiments
Automatic User Information
Using .htaccess Files
Overrides

6. Content Description and Modification

MIME Types
Content Negotiation
Language Negotiation
Type Maps
Browsers and HTTP/1.1
Filters

7. Indexing

Making Better Indexes in Apache
Making Our Own Indexes
Imagemaps
Image Map Directives

8. Redirection

Alias
Rewrite
Speling

9. Proxying

Security
Proxy Directives
Apparent Bug
Performance
Setup

10. Logging

Logging by Script and Database
Apache's Logging Facilities
Configuration Logging
Status

11. Security

Internal and External Users
Binary Signatures, Virtual Cash
Certificates
Firewalls
Legal Issues
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
Apache's Security Precautions
SSL Directives
Cipher Suites
Security in Real Life
Future Directions

12. Running a Big Web Site

Machine Setup
Server Security
Managing a Big Site
Supporting Software
Scalability
Load Balancing

13. Building Applications

Web Sites as Applications
Providing Application Logic
XML, XSLT, and Web Applications

14. Server-Side Includes

File Size
File Modification Time
Includes
Execute CGI
Echo
Apache v2: SSI Filters

15. PHP

Installing PHP
Site.php

16. CGI and Perl

The World of CGI
Telling Apache About the Script
Setting Environment Variables
Cookies
Script Directives
suEXEC on Unix
Handlers
Actions
Browsers

17. mod_perl

How mod_perl Works
mod_perl Documentation
Installing mod_perl-The Simple Way
Modifying Your Scripts to Run Under mod_perl
Global Variables
Strict Pregame
Loading Changes
Opening and Closing Files
Configuring Apache to Use mod_perl

18. mod_jserv and Tomcat

mod_jserv
Tomcat
Connecting Tomcat to Apache

19. XML and Cocoon

XML
XML and Perl
Cocoon
Cocoon 1.8 and JServ
Cocoon 2.0.3 and Tomcat
Testing Cocoon

20. The Apache API

Documentation
APR
Pools
Per-Server Configuration
Per-Directory Configuration
Per-Request Information
Access to Configuration and Request Information
Hooks, Optional Hooks, and Optional Functions
Filters, Buckets, and Bucket Brigades
Modules

21. Writing Apache Modules

Overview
Status Codes
The Module Structure
A Complete Example
General Hints
Porting to Apache 2.0
Appendix: The Apache 1.x API

Index