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• Apache: Phrase Book: Essential Code and Commands
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• About the Authors
• Acknowledgments
• We Want to Hear from You!
• Reader Services
• Introduction
• Chapter 1. Apache Basics
  • Discovering Apache
  • Determining Whether Apache Is Already Installed
  • Installing Apache 1.3 on Linux and Unix
  • Installing Apache 2.0 on Linux and Unix
  • Installing Apache on Windows
  • Configuration File Basics
  • Using Multiple Configuration Files
  • Starting, Stopping, and Restarting Apache
  • Changing the Address and Port Apache Uses
  • Changing the User Apache Runs As
  • Specifying a Server Name
  • Providing an Icon for my Web Page
  • Discovering the Modules Available on the Server
  • Enabling and Disabling Individual Modules
  • Adding Modules after Compiling Apache Without Recompiling
  • Publishing Content
• Chapter 2. Troubleshooting
  • Help! My Apache Server Does Not Work!
  • The Error Log
  • Logging to the System Log Daemon
  • Controlling the Amount of Information Logged
  • Testing the Apache Configuration for Problems
  • Testing Apache from the Command Line
  • Checking That Apache Is Running
  • Alternate Ways of Stopping Apache
  • Using Apache to Debug Apache
  • Startup Errors
  • Access Denied Errors
  • Internal Server Errors
  • Additional Error Log Files
  • Redirections Do Not Work
  • Troubleshooting Checklist
• Chapter 3. Logs and Monitoring
  • Introduction to Logging in Apache
  • Default Apache Log Files
  • Creating Log Formats
  • Creating a Custom Log File
  • Redirecting Logs to an External Program
  • Logging Requests Conditionally
  • Monitoring Who Is Linking to Your Website
  • Monitoring Apache with mod_status
  • Monitoring Apache with SNMP
  • Analyzing Your Logs with Open-source Tools
  • Monitoring Your Logs in Real Time
  • Logging Requests to a Database
  • Rotating and Archiving Logs
  • Controlling IP Address Resolution
  • Processing Logged IP Addresses
  • Restarting Apache Automatically If It Fails
  • Merging and Splitting Log Files
  • Keeping Separate Logs for Each Virtual Host
  • Common Log Entries
• Chapter 4. URL Mapping and Dynamic Content
  • URL Mapping
  • Mapping URLs to Files with Alias
  • Mapping URL Patterns to Files with AliasMatch
  • Redirecting a Page to Another Location
  • Redirecting to the Latest Version of a File
  • Redirecting Failed or Unauthorized Requests
  • Defining Content Handlers
  • Understanding MIME Types
  • Configuring MIME Types
  • Basics of Running CGI Scripts
  • Marking Resources As Executable CGIs
  • Associating Scripts with HTTP Methods and MIME Types
  • Troubleshooting the Execution of CGI Scripts
  • Improving CGI Script Performance
  • Understanding Server Side Includes
  • Configuring Server Side Includes
  • Setting Environment Variables
  • Setting Environment Variables Dynamically
  • Special Environment Variables
  • Understanding Content Negotiation
  • Configuring Content Negotiation
  • Assigning Default Charsets and Language Priorities
  • Advanced URL Mapping with mod_rewrite
  • Understanding the "Trailing Slash" Problem
  • Fixing Spelling Mistakes
  • Fixing Capitalization Problems
  • Validating Your Pages with Tidy
• Chapter 5. Virtual Hosting
  • What Is Virtual Hosting?
  • What Is IP-based Virtual Hosting?
  • Configuring IP-based Virtual Hosting
  • What Is Name-based Virtual Hosting?
  • Configuring Name-based Virtual Hosting
  • What Happens If a Request Does Not Match Any Virtual Host?
  • Configuring a Default Name-based Virtual Host
  • Configuring a Default IP-based Virtual Host
  • Mixing Name-based and IP-based Virtual Hosts
  • Debugging Virtual Host Setups
  • Using SSL with Name-based Virtual Hosts
  • Alternate Virtual Hosting
  • Alternate Virtual Hosting Modules
  • Per-directory Configuration Files
  • Controlling the Scope of Per-directory Configuration Files
  • Disabling Per-directory Configuration Files
• Chapter 6. Security and Access Control
  • Understanding the Need for Access Control
  • Differences Between Apache Versions
  • Understanding Basic and Digest Authentication
  • Introducing Apache Access Control
  • Introducing Apache Authorization and Authentication Configuration
  • Creating a User Database
  • Using Require to Authorize Users and Groups
  • Handling a Large Number of Users
  • Allowing Access Only to Specific IP Addresses
  • Denying Access to Specific IP Addresses
  • Combining Access Control Methods
  • Customizing Your Access Denied Page
  • Putting Users in Control
  • Denying Access to System and Sensitive Files
  • Restricting Program Execution
  • Preventing Abuse
  • Disabling Directory Listings
  • Changing the Server: Header
  • Preventing Hotlinking to Your Images
  • Restricting Specific HTTP Methods
  • Restricting Access Based on the Browser Type
  • Using Location and Directory Sections
  • Additional Authentication Modules
  • Apache 2.2
  • Keeping Up to Date with Apache Security
  • Security Checklist
• Chapter 7. SSL/TLS
  • What Is SSL?
  • How Does SSL Work?
  • Compiling OpenSSL
  • Encryption Keys
  • Creating a Key Pair
  • Creating a Password-protected Key Pair
  • Remove the Password from a Key
  • Certificates
  • Creating a Certificate Signing Request
  • Showing the Contents of a Certificate Signing Request
  • Creating a Self-signed Certificate
  • Compiling SSL Support in Apache 1.3
  • Compiling SSL Support in Apache 2.x
  • Minimal Apache Configuration
  • Starting Apache with SSL Support
  • SSLPassPhraseDialog
  • Improving SSL Performance
  • Forcing All Content to Be Served Using SSL
  • SSL and Name-based SSL Virtual Hosts
  • Using Apache Auth Modules with SSL
  • Warning Messages When Accessing an SSL-enabled Website
  • Creating Client Certificates
  • Authentication Using Client Certificates
  • Alternatives to mod_ssl
  • Testing SSL-enabled Websites from the Command Line
  • Working Around Buggy SSL Implementations
  • Complex Access Control with mod_ssl
  • Related Chapters
• Chapter 8. Content Publishing with DAV
  • Content Publishing and Apache
  • Introducing WebDAV
  • Advantages of Using mod_dav
  • WebDAV and the HTTP Protocol
  • Installing mod_dav on Apache 2.0
  • Installing mod_dav on Apache 1.3
  • Basic WebDAV Configuration
  • Securing Your WebDAV Configuration
  • Accessing DAV Resources from Microsoft Office
  • Accessing DAV from Microsoft Windows
  • Accessing DAV Resources from Firefox
  • Accessing DAV from the Command Line
  • Dealing with Buggy Clients
  • mod_speling and DAV
  • Dynamic Content and DAV
  • Enabling Per-user Pages
  • Alternate User Directories
  • Fixing Problems with DAVLockDB
• Chapter 9. Performance and Scalability
  • Tuning Apache
  • Understanding Performance and Scalability
  • Tuning Your Hardware
  • Increasing OS Limits
  • Increasing OS Limits on Processes
  • Increasing OS File Descriptors
  • Controlling External Processes
  • Improving File System Performance
  • Handling Symbolic Links
  • Tuning Network and Status Settings
  • Preventing Abuse
  • Limiting Connections and Bandwidth
  • Dealing with Robots
  • Reverse Proxies and Load Balancers
  • Caching and Compression
  • Module-specific Optimizations
  • Alternatives to Apache
• Chapter 10. Apache Proxy and Caching Support
  • Understanding the Need for Caching and Proxies
  • Understanding Forward and Reverse Proxies
  • Differences Between Apache 1.3, 2.0, and 2.2
  • Enabling mod_proxy Support
  • Enabling Forward Proxy Support
  • Using a Reverse Proxy to Unify Your URL Space
  • Hiding the Backend Servers
  • Preventing URLs from Being Reverse Proxied
  • Improving Performance
  • Offloading SSL Processing
  • Passing Proxy Information in Headers
  • Manipulating Headers
  • Implementing a Caching Proxy
  • Caching in Apache 2
  • Load Balancing
  • Connecting to Tomcat
  • Alternate Proxies
  • Transparent HTTP Proxies
• Chapter 11. Multi Processing and Protocol Modules
  • The Evolution of Apache's Architecture
  • Selecting a Multi Processing Module
  • Understanding Process-Based MPMs
  • Configuring the Prefork MPM
  • Understanding Threaded and Hybrid MPMs
  • Configuring the Worker MPM
  • Using Alternate MPMs
  • Understanding Apache 2 Filters
  • Using Apache As an FTP Server
  • Using Apache As a POP3 Server
  • Compressing Content on the Fly
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