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D. BothUsing and Administering Linux: Volume 3https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9786-5_51

51. Apache Web Server

David Both1  
(1)
Raleigh, NC, USA
 

Objectives

In this chapter you will learn

  • How to install and configure the Apache web server

  • How to create simple static web pages

  • How to use multiple programming languages to generate dynamic CGI web content

Introduction

Apache is arguably the most common web server on the Internet. It is well understood, mature, and reliable. It is very configurable and flexible as you will see in this and later experiments. Apache is also free open source software that is provided under the Apache License 2.0.

Apache is ...

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