Apache Web Server
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Web Servers
At the simplest level, Web Servers are software products that allow
applications to access data on a system via the HTTP (Hypertext Transport
Protocol). This seems simple
enough, but this model for remote access has become so popular, that
web servers have become increasingly complex. Naturally, administering
them has become equally complex. In this unit, you will see the basics
or configuring and operating an Apache Web Server.
Apache is arguably
the most widely used web server in the world. The battle is between
Apache and Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) and they are
relatively close. Apache's biggest advantages are that it is open source,
mostly platform independent and it has a huge body of ongoing work to
produce additional modules. IIS has the advantage that it is tightly
integrated into the Windows operating system.
The Apache Web Server
The Apache Web Server (AWS) is developed by the Apache Software Foundation
and it now includes a number of other enhancement produces such as
Jakarta (web servlets), Cocoon (web framework development) and Struts
(Java web services). The basics of the AWS are described here:
Example Configurations
To make things a little more clear, the following link demonstrates some
possible Apache configurations.
Web Server Extensions
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htaccess Files
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