The freeware Apache Web server runs on about half of the world's existing Web sites, and it is rapidly increasing in popularity. Apache: The Definitive Guide, written and reviewed by key members of the Apache Group, is the only complete guide on the market today that describes how to obtain, set up, and secure the Apache software.

Apache was originally based on code and ideas found in the most popular HTTP server of the time: NCSA httpd 1.3 (early 1995). It has since evolved into a far superior system that can rival (and probably surpass) almost any other UNIX-based HTTP server in terms of functionality, efficiency, and speed. The new version now includes support for Win32 systems. This new second edition of Apache: The Definitive Guide fully describes Windows support and all the other Apache 1.3 features. Contents include:

• The history of the Apache Group
• Obtaining and compiling the server
• Configuring and running Apache on UNIX and Windows, including such topics as directory structures, virtual hosts, and CGI programming
• The Apache 1.3 Module API
• Apache security
• A complete list of configuration directives
• A complete demo of a sample Web site

With Apache: The Definitive Guide, Web administrators new to Apache can get up to speed more quickly than ever before by working through the tutorial demo. Experienced administrators and CGI programmers, and Web administrators moving from UNIX to Windows, will find the reference sections indispensable. Apache: The Definitive Guide is the definitive documentation for the world's most popular Web server. Includes CD-ROM with Apache manuals and demo sites discussed in the book.

Preface

1. Getting Started
     How Does Apache Work?
     What to Know About TCP/IP
     How Does Apache Use TCP/IP?
     What the Client Does
     What Happens at the Server End?
     Which Unix?
     Which Apache?
     Making Apache Under Unix
     Apache Under Windows
     Apache Under BS2000/OSD and AS/400

2. Our First Web Site
     What Is a Web Site?
     Apache's Flags
     site.toddle
     Setting Up a Unix Server
     Setting Up a Win32 Server

3. Toward a Real Web Site
     More and Better Web Sites: site.simple
     Butterthlies, Inc., Gets Going
     Block Directives
     Other Directives
     Two Sites and Apache
     Controlling Virtual Hosts on Unix
     Controlling Virtual Hosts on Win32
     Virtual Hosts
     Two Copies of Apache
     HTTP Response Headers
     Options
     Restarts
     .htaccess
     CERN Metafiles
     Expirations

4. Common Gateway Interface (CGI)
     Turning the Brochure into a Form
     Writing and Executing Scripts
     Script Directives
     Useful Scripts
     Debugging Scripts
     Setting Environment Variables
     suEXEC on Unix
     Handlers
     Actions

5. Authentication
     Authentication Protocol
     Authentication Directives
     Passwords Under Unix
     Passwords Under Win32
     New Order Form
     Order, Allow, and Deny
     Digest Authentication
     Anonymous Access
     Experiments
     Automatic User Information
     Using .htaccess Files
     Overrides

6. MIME, Content and Language Negotiation
     MIME Types
     Content Negotiation
     Language Negotiation
     Type Maps
     Browsers and HTTP/1.1

7. Indexing
     Making Better Indexes in Apache
     Making Our Own Indexes
     Imagemaps

8. Redirection
     Rewrite
     Speling

9. Proxy Server
     Proxy Directives
     Caching
     Setup

10. Server-Side Includes
     File Size
     File Modification Time
     Includes
     Execute CGI
     Echo
     XBitHack
     XSSI

11. What's Going On?
     Status
     Server Status
     Server Info
     Logging the Action

12. Extra Modules
     Authentication
     Blocking Access
     Counters
     Faster CGI Programs
     FrontPage from Microsoft
     Languages and Internationalization
     Server-Side Scripting
     Throttling Connections
     URL Rewriting
     Miscellaneous
     MIME Magic
     DSO

13. Security
     Internal and External Users
     Apache's Security Precautions
     Binary Signatures, Virtual Cash
     Firewalls
     Legal Issues
     Secure Sockets Layer: How to Do It
     Apache-SSL's Directives
     Cipher Suites
     SSL and CGI

14. The Apache API
     Pools
     Per-Server Configuration
     Per-Directory Configuration
     Per-Request Information
     Access to Configuration and Request Information
     Functions

15. Writing Apache Modules
     Overview
     Status Codes
     The Module Structure
     A Complete Example
     General Hints

A. Support Organizations

B. The echo Program

C. NCSA and Apache Compatibility

D. SSL Protocol

E. Sample Apache Log