December 2007
Beginner to intermediate
310 pages
8h 8m
English
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How This Book Is Organized
This book is broken up into 13 chapters and 2 appendixes, as follows:
Chapter 1, Installation, covers the basics of installing the vanilla Apache software, from source on Unixish systems, and on Windows from the Microsoft Software Installer (MSI) package built by the Apache developers.
Chapter 2, Adding Common Modules, describes the details of installing some of the most common third-party modules, and includes generic instructions that apply to many others that have less complex installation needs.
Chapter 3, Logging, includes recipes about recording the visits to your Web site(s), and Apache’s error logging mechanism.
Chapter 4, Virtual Hosts, tells you how to run multiple Web sites using a single Apache server and set of configuration files.
Chapter 5, Aliases, Redirecting, and Rewriting, describes how to manipulate URLs, how to control which files they refer to, how to change them from one thing to another, and how to make them point to other Web sites.
Chapter 6, Security, covers some of the basic issues of securing your Apache server against penetration and exposure by the nefarious elements on the Internet.
Chapter 7, SSL, addresses the issues of making your Apache Web server capable of handling secure transactions with SSL-capable browsers—a must if you’re going to be handling sensitive data such as money transfers or medical records.
Chapter 8, Dynamic Content, tells you how to enhance your server with runtime scripts and make them operate as a particular ...
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