Apache HTTP Server

Tokio Kikuchi

Apache HTTP Server

Apache HTTP Server Project
Versions: 1.3.x, 2.0.x, 2.2.x
Our local installation for experimental use (version 2.0.x)
Apache httpd Document for Apache 2.0

Experimental use

Install ... /sw/www/bin/installwww.sh
- need to install every time (sorry)
~/www/conf/httpd.conf ... configuration file
~/www/bin/apachectl start

Standard use

You must be a super user
Download ... from this page
Expand ... tar xvzf httpd-NN.tar.gz
Configure ... cd httpd-NN; ./configure
Make & Install ... make; make install
Start ... /usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl start

Configuration

Scopes (Context)

Server-wide
Virtual Host
Directory / Location / Files
.htaccess

URL Mapping

Mapping URLs to the Filesystem
DocumentRoot / Alias / ScriptAlias ...

CGI

Common Gateway Interface
suexec

SSI

Server Side Includes

Quiz of the day

______ HTTP Server is the most popular web server on the Internet.

Homework

Make a CGI program for apache on iMac.
Include the program and access_log record in your report.
Also try Python CGI module for user input string.
example program