APACHE COOKBOOK
Book review by Diana F. ArsenaultThis Apache Cookbook contains over a 100 different common web server problems and their solutions. The Apache web server software is FREEWARE and anyone can download the source code from the internet and use it on a Unix server or a Windows32 server. In addition to being Freeware, it’s also OPEN SOURCE. Which means that the source code can be customized and changed by anyone to suit their particular needs.
Apache is a basic installation of the web server software. Then there are many different types of modules that can be added to the basic installation package based on the desired applications of the webmaster.
Anyone can make an installation package for the Apache Web Server with modules added to it because its open source code. There are many prepackaged installation kits for this web server that you can buy such as Red Hat, Debian, Mandrake, etc.Each Vendor of the prepackaged Apache Software packages picks and chooses which extra modules are included with their Apache installation kits. If you know what modules you want on your web server, then you're better off to make your own installation kit. Apache gets its name from the fact that it consists of some existing code plus some patches.
This Cookbook walks you through installing the web server software and the most popular modules such as mod_perl and mod_php. Then it covers how to get more information from your log entries such as logging server ip addresses, host names, cookies, etc.
Possible problem situations and a recipe for their solution are given for the most common problem areas including aliases, redirecting, security issues, secure socket layer, script handling, error handling, proxies, etc.
The recipes are given in code that you can immediately use. You also gain an understanding of why the code will solve the problem. This cookbook will save the webmaster countless amounts of time by presenting the most common problems they're likely to encounter and a simple solution.
Apache Cookbook
Ken Coar & Rich Bowen
Published by: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
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Price: $ 29.95 US