Apache

by Laurie, Ben

• ISBN13: 9780596002039
• ISBN10: 0596002033
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-12-01
• Publisher: Oreilly & Associates Inc

Summary

Apache: The Definitive Guide, 3rd Edition is a complete guide to the Apache web server, discussing how to obtain, set up, and secure the software on both Unix and Windows systems. The updated 3rd edition covers both Apache 1.3 and Apache 2.0, the latest release of the software, and contains new material on mod_perl, PHP, Cocoon, Tomcat, and other new technologies that are associated with this dominant web server software.

Author Biography

Ben Laurie is the coauthor of Apache: The Definitive Guide, Technical Director of A.L. Digital Ltd. and The Bunker, a director of the Apache Software Foundation, author of Apache-SSL and a core team member of OpenSSL. As well as his obvious involvement with free software, he's also obsessed with security and privacy, particularly on the net. In his copious spare time, he writes stuff, sometimes code, sometimes words.

Coauthor of Apache: The Definitive Guide, 3nd Edition

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Getting Started	1	(36)
What Does a Web Server Do?	1	(3)
How Apache Works	4	(1)
Apache and Networking	5	(4)
How HTTP Clients Work	9	(3)
What Happens at the Server End?	12	(1)
Planning the Apache Installation	13	(1)
Windows?	14	(1)
Which Apache?	15	(1)
Installing Apache	16	(3)
Building Apache 1.3.X Under Unix	19	(11)
New Features in Apache v2	30	(2)
Making and Installing Apache v2 Under Unix	32	(1)
Apache Under Windows	33	(4)
Configuring Apache: The First Steps	37	(23)
What's Behind an Apache Web Site?	37	(2)
site.toddle	39	(1)
Setting Up a Unix Server	40	(12)
Setting Up a Win32 Server	52	(3)
Directives	55	(2)
Shared Objects	57	(3)
Toward a Real Web Site	60	(26)
More and Better Web Sites: site.simple	60	(3)
Butterthlies, Inc., Gets Going	63	(3)
Block Directives	66	(3)
Other Directives	69	(9)
HTTP Response Headers	78	(4)
Restarts	82	(1)
.htaccess	83	(1)
CERN Metafiles	83	(1)
Expirations	84	(2)
Virtual Hosts	86	(12)
Two Sites and Apache	86	(1)
Virtual Hosts	86	(4)
Two Copies of Apache	90	(3)
Dynamically Configured Virtual Hosting	93	(5)
Authentication	98	(27)
Authentication Protocol	98	(2)
Authentication Directives	100	(4)
Passwords Under Unix	104	(1)
Passwords Under Win32	105	(1)
Passwords over the Web	106	(1)
From the Client's Point of View	106	(1)
CGI Scripts	106	(1)
Variations on a Theme	106	(1)
Order, Allow, and Deny	107	(3)
DBM Files on Unix	110	(3)
Digest Authentication	113	(4)
Anonymous Access	117	(2)
Experiments	119	(1)
Automatic User Information	120	(1)
Using .htaccess Files	121	(2)
Overrides	123	(2)
Content Description and Modification	125	(18)
MIME Types	125	(7)
Content Negotiation	132	(1)
Language Negotiation	133	(3)
Type Maps	136	(3)
Browsers and HTTP/1.1	139	(1)
Filters	140	(3)
Indexing	143	(19)
Making Better Indexes in Apache	143	(9)
Making Our Own Indexes	152	(4)
Imagemaps	156	(3)
Image Map Directives	159	(3)
Redirection	162	(16)
Alias	163	(7)
Rewrite	170	(7)
Speling	177	(1)
Proxying	178	(13)
Security	178	(1)
Proxy Directives	179	(3)
Apparent Bug	182	(1)
Performance	183	(3)
Setup	186	(5)
Logging	191	(14)
Logging by Script and Database	191	(1)
Apache's Logging Facilities	192	(7)
Configuration Logging	199	(3)
Status	202	(3)
Security	205	(58)
Internal and External Users	206	(2)
Binary Signatures, Virtual Cash	208	(3)
Certificates	211	(2)
Firewalls	213	(4)
Legal Issues	217	(1)
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)	217	(1)
Apache's Security Precautions	218	(15)
SSL Directives	233	(18)
Cipher Suites	251	(6)
Security in Real Life	257	(4)
Future Directions	261	(2)
Running a Big Web Site	263	(28)
Machine Setup	263	(1)
Server Security	263	(4)
Managing a Big Site	267	(2)
Supporting Software	269	(6)
Scalability	275	(2)
Load Balancing	277	(14)
Building Applications	291	(10)
Web Sites as Applications	291	(4)
Providing Application Logic	295	(4)
XML, XSLT, and Web Applications	299	(2)
Server-Side Includes	301	(9)
File Size	304	(1)
File Modification Time	304	(1)
Includes	305	(1)
Execute CGI	305	(1)
Echo	306	(1)
Apache v2: SSI Filters	307	(3)
PHP	310	(6)
Installing PHP	310	(1)
Site.php	311	(5)
CGI and Perl	316	(43)
The World of CGI	316	(2)
Telling Apache About the Script	318	(16)
Setting Environment Variables	334	(1)
Cookies	335	(9)
Script Directives	344	(2)
suEXEC on Unix	346	(7)
Handlers	353	(2)
Actions	355	(1)
Browsers	356	(3)
mod_perl	359	(13)
How mod_perl Works	360	(1)
mod_perl Documentation	361	(1)
Installing mod_perl---The Simple Way	361	(4)
Modifying Your Scripts to Run Under mod_perl	365	(1)
Global Variables	365	(2)
Strict Pregame	367	(1)
Loading Changes	368	(1)
Opening and Closing Files	368	(1)
Configuring Apache to Use mod_perl	369	(3)
mod_jserv and Tomcat	372	(21)
mod_jserv	372	(12)
Tomcat	384	(5)
Connecting Tomcat to Apache	389	(4)
XML and Cocoon	393	(11)
XML	393	(4)
XML and Perl	397	(1)
Cocoon	397	(1)
Cocoon 1.8 and JServ	397	(3)
Cocoon 2.0.3 and Tomcat	400	(1)
Testing Cocoon	401	(3)
The Apache API	404	(34)
Documentation	404	(1)
APR	405	(1)
Pools	405	(1)
Per-Server Configuration	406	(4)
Per-Directory Configuration	410	(3)
Per-Request Information	413	(4)
Access to Configuration and Request Information	417	(1)
Hooks, Optional Hooks, and Optional Functions	417	(9)
Filters, Buckets, and Bucket Brigades	426	(10)
Modules	436	(2)
Writing Apache Modules	438	(61)
Overview	438	(2)
Status Codes	440	(2)
The Module Structure	442	(35)
A Complete Example	477	(16)
General Hints	493	(1)
Porting to Apache 2.0	494	(5)
Appendix: The Apache 1.x API	499	(54)
Index	553