Apache

From the apache homepage:

The Apache HTTP Server Project is an effort to develop and maintain an open-source HTTP server for modern operating systems including UNIX and Windows NT. The goal of this project is to provide a secure, efficient and extensible server that provides HTTP services in sync with the current HTTP standards.

Links

Documentation
http://httpd.apache.org/	Apache homepage
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/	2.2 Reference
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/	2.0 Reference
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/	1.3 Reference
Apache and SSL
Apache2, Debian and SSL
More Apache and SSL
Articles
vhosts explained	"Simplify Your Life with Apache Virtual Hosts" Russell Dyer 07/24/2003
Tools
http://awstats.sourceforge.net/	Apache log analyzer

Application & modules

AWStats

Notes

• Don't use the CGI to present the data unless it is protected. Best use awstats_buildstaticpages.pl to build the static pages and present those. Save resources and is more secure.

Related Items

Web-based Single Sign-On

Applications

• http://www.umich.edu/~umweb/software/cosign/ CoSign
• http://a-select.surfnet.nl/ A-Select

Comparisons

• http://www.jisc.ac.uk/uploaded_documents/CMSS-Gilmore.pdf
• http://www.umich.edu/~umweb/downloads/WebSSOImplementationComparision.pdf

FAQ

Authentication

Read:

• Apache Authentication in htaccess
• Password Protection with .htaccess & .htpasswd

In .htaccess put:

Authtype Basic
AuthUserFile /etc/apache/htusers
Require valid-user
AuthName "Protected"

Hide directories

RedirectMatch 404 /\.svn(/|$)

<FilesMatch \.(?i:gif|jpe?g|png)$>

Strange hang and not restarting

ipcs -s|grep apache
for i in `ipcs -s|grep apache|awk {'print $2'}`;do ipcrm sem $i;done;

Get core dumps on freebsd

sysctl kern.sugid_coredump=1
CoreDumpDirectory /tmp/apache2-gdb-dump