Apache 2 Pocket Reference

Book description

Even if you know the Apache web server inside and out, you still need an occasional on-the-job reminder -- especially if you're moving to the newer Apache 2.x. Apache 2 Pocket Reference gives you exactly what you need to get the job done without forcing you to plow through a cumbersome, doorstop-sized reference.

This Book provides essential information to help you configure and maintain the server quickly, with brief explanations that get directly to the point. It covers Apache 2.x, giving web masters, web administrators, and programmers a quick and easy reference solution.

This pocket reference includes:

  • Summaries of command-line options, configuration directives, and modules
  • Key information about Apache support utilities
  • What you need to know about URL rewriting, filters, caching, proxying and security

Whether you manage huge e-commerce operations, corporate intranets, or small personal websites, Apache 2 Pocket Reference is ideal for savvy administrators who no longer need detailed tutorials and just want a convenient, on-the-job reference.

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Table of contents

  1. Special Upgrade Offer
  2. Preface
    1. Conventions
    2. Using Code Examples
    3. Safari® Books Online
    4. How to Contact Us
    5. Acknowledgments
  3. 1. Introduction
    1. Architectural Overview
      1. Operational Overview
      2. Current Versions of Apache
    2. How to Obtain Apache
    3. Starting and Stopping Apache
      1. Command-Line Options
    4. Configuration Files
      1. Configuration Directive Format
        1. DirectorySlash
      2. Basic Configuration File Directives
        1. ServerRoot
        2. Include
        3. AccessFileName
        4. AllowOverride
      3. Conditional Sections
        1. <IfDefine>
        2. <IfModule>
        3. <IfVersion>
      4. Container Sections
        1. <Directory>
        2. <DirectoryMatch>
        3. <Files>
        4. <FilesMatch>
        5. <Location>
        6. <LocationMatch>
        7. <Limit>
        8. <LimitExcept>
  4. 2. Server Environment
    1. Main Server and Virtual Hosts
      1. <VirtualHost>
      2. NameVirtualHost
      3. ServerAdmin
      4. ServerAlias
      5. ServerName
      6. ServerPath
      7. ServerSignature
      8. ServerTokens
      9. UseCanonicalName
      10. UseCanonicalPhysicalPort
    2. Network Configuration
      1. AcceptFilter
      2. AcceptMutex
      3. EnableSendfile
      4. HostnameLookups
      5. KeepAlive
      6. KeepAliveTimeout
      7. MaxKeepAliveRequests
      8. Listen
      9. ListenBacklog
      10. ReceiveBufferSize
      11. SendBufferSize
      12. Timeout
      13. TraceEnable
      14. Win32DisableAcceptEx
    3. Process Management
      1. GracefulShutDownTimeout
      2. MaxClients
      3. MaxMemFree
      4. MaxRequestsPerChild
      5. MaxRequestsPerThread
      6. MaxSpareServers
      7. MaxSpareThreads
      8. MaxThreads
      9. MinSpareServers
      10. MinSpareThreads
      11. ServerLimit
      12. StartServers
      13. StartThreads
      14. ThreadLimit
      15. ThreadsPerChild
      16. ThreadStackSize
    4. General Configuration Directives
      1. Optional Features
        1. EnableExceptionHook
        2. EnableMMAP
        3. Options
      2. User and Group
        1. User
        2. Group
      3. Administrative Files
        1. CoreDumpDirectory
        2. LockFile
        3. PidFile
        4. ScoreBoardFile
      4. Loading Shared Objects
        1. LoadFile
        2. LoadModule
      5. Request Limits
        1. LimitInternalRecursion
        2. LimitRequestBody
        3. LimitRequestFields
        4. LimitRequestFieldSize
        5. LimitRequestLine
        6. LimitXMLRequestBody
      6. Subprocess Resource Limits
        1. RLimitCPU
        2. RLimitMEM
        3. RLimitNPROC
    5. DBD Framework
      1. DBDExptime
      2. DBDKeep
      3. DBDMax
      4. DBDMin
      5. DBDParams
      6. DBDPersist
      7. DBDPrepareSQL
      8. DBDriver
    6. LDAP Framework
      1. LDAPCacheEntries
      2. LDAPCacheTTL
      3. LDAPConnectionTimeout
      4. LDAPOpCacheEntries
      5. LDAPOpCacheTTL
      6. LDAPSharedCacheFile
      7. LDAPSharedCacheSize
      8. LDAPTrustedClientCert
      9. LDAPTrustedGlobalCert
      10. LDAPTrustedMode
      11. LDAPVerifyServerCert
  5. 3. URL Mapping
    1. Initial Environment Setup
      1. SetEnvIf
      2. SetEnvIfNoCase
      3. BrowserMatch
      4. BrowserMatchNoCase
    2. Basic URL Translation
      1. DocumentRoot
      2. AcceptPathInfo
      3. AllowEncodedSlashes
    3. Aliases and Redirects
      1. Alias
      2. AliasMatch
      3. Redirect
      4. RedirectMatch
      5. RedirectPermanent
      6. RedirectTemp
      7. ScriptAlias
      8. ScriptAliasMatch
    4. Requests for Directories
      1. DirectoryIndex
      2. DirectorySlash
    5. URL Rewriting with mod_rewrite
      1. RewriteBase
      2. RewriteCond
      3. RewriteEngine
      4. RewriteLock
      5. RewriteLog
      6. RewriteLogLevel
      7. RewriteMap
      8. RewriteOptions
      9. RewriteRule
    6. Content Negotiated Documents
      1. CacheNegotiatedDocs
      2. LanguagePriority
      3. ForceLanguagePriority
    7. User Directories
      1. UserDir
    8. Correcting Misspelled URLs
      1. CheckCaseOnly
      2. CheckSpelling
    9. Imagemaps
      1. ImapBase
      2. ImapDefault
      3. ImapMenu
    10. Mass Virtual Hosting
      1. VirtualDocumentRoot
      2. VirtualDocumentRootIP
      3. VirtualScriptAlias
      4. VirtualScriptAliasIP
  6. 4. Access Controls
    1. Non-User-Based Access Controls
      1. Allow
      2. Deny
      3. Order
      4. Satisfy
    2. Authentication
      1. Authentication Setup
        1. AuthDefaultAuthoritative
        2. AuthName
        3. AuthType
      2. HTTP Basic Authentication
        1. AuthBasicAuthoritative
        2. AuthBasicProvider
      3. HTTP Digest Authentication
        1. AuthDigestAlgorithm
        2. AuthDigestDomain
        3. AuthDigestNcCheck
        4. AuthDigestNonceFormat
        5. AuthDigestNonceLifetime
        6. AuthDigestProvider
        7. AuthDigestQop
        8. AuthDigestShmemSize
    3. Authentication Providers
      1. Credentials Stored in Plain Text Files
        1. AuthUserFile
      2. Credentials Stored in DBM Files
        1. AuthDBMType
        2. AuthDBMUserFile
      3. Credentials Stored in a Relational Database
        1. AuthDBDUserPWQuery
        2. AuthDBDUserRealmQuery
      4. Anonymous Authentication
        1. Anonymous
        2. Anonymous_LogEmail
      5. Anonymous_MustGiveEmail
        1. Anonymous_NoUserId
        2. Anonymous_VerifyEmail
      6. Extended Authentication Providers
        1. <AuthnProviderAlias>
    4. Authorization
      1. Authorization Setup
        1. AuthzDefaultAuthoritative
        2. Require
      2. Explicit User Authorization
        1. AuthzUserAuthoritative
      3. Group Membership Stored in Plain Text Files
        1. AuthGroupFile
        2. AuthzGroupFileAuthoritative
      4. Group Membership Stored in DBM Files
        1. AuthDBMGroupFile
        2. AuthzDBMAuthoritative
        3. AuthzDBMType
      5. Authorization Based on File Ownership
        1. AuthzOwnerAuthoritative
    5. LDAP Authentication and Authorization
      1. LDAP Configuration Directives
        1. AuthLDAPCharsetConfig
        2. AuthLDAPDereferenceAliases
        3. AuthLDAPRemoteUserAttribute
        4. AuthLDAPRemoteUserIsDN
        5. AuthLDAPUrl
      2. Authentication Phase Directives
        1. AuthLDAPBindDN
        2. AuthLDAPBindPassword
      3. Authentication Phase Directives
        1. AuthzLDAPAuthoritative
        2. AuthLDAPCompareDNOnServer
        3. AuthLDAPGroupAttribute
        4. AuthLDAPGroupAttributeIsDN
  7. 5. Document Metainformation
    1. Standard Document Attributes
      1. AddCharset
      2. AddDefaultCharset
      3. AddEncoding
      4. AddLanguage
      5. AddType
      6. DefaultLanguage
      7. DefaultType
      8. ForceType
      9. ModMimeUsePathInfo
      10. MultiviewsMatch
      11. RemoveCharset
      12. RemoveEncoding
      13. RemoveLanguage
      14. RemoveType
      15. TypesConfig
    2. Automatic Type Determination
      1. MimeMagicFile
    3. Document Expiry
      1. ExpiresActive
      2. ExpiresByType
      3. ExpiresDefault
    4. Manipulating HTTP Headers
      1. ContentDigest
      2. FileETag
      3. Header
      4. RequestHeader
    5. CERN Metafiles
      1. MetaFiles
      2. MetaDir
      3. MetaSuffix
    6. User Tracking
      1. CookieDomain
      2. CookieExpires
      3. CookieName
      4. CookieStyle
      5. CookieTracking
    7. Environment Variables
      1. PassEnv
      2. SetEnv
      3. UnsetEnv
  8. 6. Content Handlers
    1. Handler Configuration
      1. AddHandler
      2. RemoveHandler
      3. SetHandler
    2. Static Files
    3. Automatically Generated Directory Indexes
      1. IndexOptions
      2. AddAlt
      3. AddAltByEncoding
      4. AddAltByType
      5. AddDescription
      6. AddIcon
      7. AddIconByEncoding
      8. AddIconByType
      9. DefaultIcon
      10. HeaderName
      11. IndexIgnore
      12. IndexOrderDefault
      13. IndexStyleSheet
      14. ReadmeName
    4. CGI Scripts
      1. Action
      2. CGIMapExtension
      3. Script
      4. ScriptInterpreterSource
      5. ScriptSock
      6. SuexecUserGroup
    5. Internet Server Extension API
      1. ISAPIAppendLogToErrors
      2. ISAPIAppendLogToQuery
      3. ISAPICacheFile
      4. ISAPIFakeAsync
      5. ISAPILogNotSupported
      6. ISAPIReadAheadBuffer
    6. WebDAV
      1. Dav
      2. DavDepthInfinity
      3. DavGenericLockDB
      4. DavLockDB
      5. DavMinTimeout
    7. Server-Generated Status Pages
      1. AddModuleInfo
      2. ExtendedStatus
      3. SeeRequestTail
    8. Customized Error Responses
      1. ErrorDocument
  9. 7. Filters
    1. Simple Filter Configuration
      1. AddInputFilter
      2. AddOutputFilter
      3. RemoveInputFilter
      4. RemoveOutputFilter
      5. SetInputFilter
      6. SetOutputFilter
    2. Dynamic Filter Configuration
      1. FilterChain
      2. FilterDeclare
      3. FilterProtocol
      4. FilterProvider
      5. FilterTrace
    3. External Filters
      1. ExtFilterDefine
      2. ExtFilterOptions
    4. Deflate Filter Directives
      1. DeflateBufferSize
      2. DeflateCompressionLevel
      3. DeflateFilterNote
      4. DeflateMemLevel
      5. DeflateWindowSize
    5. Server-Side Includes (SSI)
      1. SSIAccessEnable
      2. SSIEndTag
      3. SSIErrorMsg
      4. SSIStartTag
      5. SSITimeFormat
      6. SSIUndefinedEcho
      7. XBitHack
    6. Response Body Substitutions
      1. Substitute
  10. 8. Caching
    1. Simple, File-Oriented Caching
      1. CacheFile
      2. MMapFile
    2. Intelligent Caching
      1. CacheDefaultExpire
      2. CacheDisable
      3. CacheEnable
      4. CacheIgnoreCacheControl
      5. CacheIgnoreHeaders
      6. CacheIgnoreNoLastMod
      7. CacheIgnoreQueryString
      8. CacheLastModifiedFactor
      9. CacheMaxExpire
      10. CacheStoreNoStore
      11. CacheStorePrivate
    3. Memory-Based Storage
      1. MCacheMaxObjectCount
      2. MCacheMaxObjectSize
      3. MCacheMaxStreamingBuffer
      4. MCacheMinObjectSize
      5. MCacheRemovalAlgorithm
      6. MCacheSize
    4. Disk-Based Storage
      1. CacheRoot
      2. CacheDirLength
      3. CacheDirLevels
      4. CacheMaxFileSize
      5. CacheMinFileSize
  11. 9. Proxying
    1. Basic Proxy Configuration
      1. <Proxy>
      2. <ProxyMatch>
      3. AllowCONNECT
      4. ProxyBadHeader
      5. ProxyErrorOverride
      6. ProxyFtpDirCharset
      7. ProxyIOBufferSize
      8. ProxyPreserveHost
      9. ProxyReceiveBufferSize
      10. ProxyTimeout
    2. Proxy Chaining
      1. NoProxy
      2. ProxyMaxForwards
      3. ProxyRemote
      4. ProxyRemoteMatch
      5. ProxyVia
    3. Forward Proxy
      1. ProxyBlock
      2. ProxyDomain
      3. ProxyRequests
    4. Reverse Proxy
      1. ProxyPass
      2. ProxyPassMatch
      3. ProxyPassReverse
      4. ProxyPassReverseCookieDomain
      5. ProxyPassReverseCookiePath
      6. ProxySet
    5. Load Balancing
      1. BalancerMember
      2. ProxyStatus
  12. 10. SSL/TLS Support
    1. Secure Server Options
      1. SSLCryptoDevice
      2. SSLEngine
      3. SSLOptions
      4. SSLPassPhraseDialog
      5. SSLRandomSeed
      6. SSLUserName
    2. Certificates
      1. Server Certificate
        1. SSLCertificateChainFile
        2. SSLCertificateFile
      2. SSLCertificateKeyFile
      3. Certificate Authority (CA) Certificates
        1. SSLCACertificateFile
        2. SSLCACertificatePath
        3. SSLCADNRequestFile
        4. SSLCADNRequestPath
      4. Certificate Revocation Lists (CRLs)
        1. SSLCARevocationFile
      5. SSLCARevocationPath
    3. Session Caching
      1. SSLSessionCache
      2. SSLSessionCacheTimeout
      3. SSLMutex
    4. SSL-Based Access Controls
      1. SSLCipherSuite
      2. SSLHonorCipherOrder
      3. SSLProtocol
      4. SSLRequire
      5. SSLRequireSSL
      6. SSLVerifyClient
      7. SSLVerifyDepth
    5. Proxy Directives
      1. SSLProxyCACertificateFile
      2. SSLProxyCACertificatePath
      3. SSLProxyCARevocationFile
      4. SSLProxyCARevocationPath
      5. SSLProxyCipherSuite
      6. SSLProxyEngine
      7. SSLProxyMachineCertificateFile
      8. SSLProxyMachineCertificatePath
      9. SSLProxyProtocol
      10. SSLProxyVerify
      11. SSLProxyVerifyDepth
  13. 11. Logging
    1. Error Logging
      1. ErrorLog
      2. LogLevel
      3. DumpIOLogLevel
      4. DumpIOInput
      5. DumpIOOutput
    2. Request Logging
      1. BufferedLogs
      2. CustomLog
      3. IdentityCheck
      4. IdentityCheckTimeout
      5. LogFormat
      6. TransferLog
    3. Script Logging
      1. ScriptLog
      2. ScriptLogBuffer
      3. ScriptLogLength
    4. SSL Logging
    5. Forensic Logging
      1. ForensicLog
  14. A. Programs and Modules
    1. Support Utilities
    2. Apache Modules
  15. B. CGI Environment Variables
    1. Standard CGI Variables
    2. Additional SSL Variables
      1. SSL/TLS Protocol Information
      2. Server Certificate Information
      3. Client Certificate Information
  16. C. strftime() Time Formats
  17. D. HTTP Status Codes
  18. E. HTTP Header Fields
  19. Index
  20. About the Author
  21. Special Upgrade Offer
  22. Copyright

Product information

  • Title: Apache 2 Pocket Reference
  • Author(s): Andrew Ford
  • Release date: October 2008
  • Publisher(s): O'Reilly Media, Inc.
  • ISBN: 9781449362225