December 2002
Intermediate to advanced
588 pages
25h 57m
English
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Chapter 1. Getting Started
Apache is the dominant web server on the Internet today, filling a key place in the infrastructure of the Internet. This chapter will explore what web servers do and why you might choose the Apache web server, examine how your web server fits into the rest of your network infrastructure, and conclude by showing you how to install Apache on a variety of different systems.