Networking / Beginners

Managing Your Web Server

Despite the enormous number of directives used to configure Apache, configuration is not normally the biggest task involved in running a web server. Configuration usually requires no more than adjusting a few configuration options when the server is first installed, after which the configuration remains stable. On the other hand, monitoring the server's usage and performance and ensuring its reliability and security are daily tasks.

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In this tutorial:

  1. Apache Web Server
  2. Installing Apache
  3. Running httpd
  4. Configuring the Apache Server
  5. The httpd.conf File
  6. Loading Dynamic Shared Objects
  7. Basic Server Directives
  8. Multi-Homed Server Configuration
  9. Defining Where Things Are Stored
  10. Creating a Fancy Index
  11. Defining File Types
  12. Managing Child Processes
  13. Performance Tuning Directives
  14. Caching Directives
  15. Defining Virtual Hosts
  16. Web Server Security
  17. The CGI and SSI Threat
  18. Server Options for Documents and Directories
  19. Directory-Level Configuration Controls
  20. Defining Access Controls
  21. Requiring User Authentication
  22. High-Performance User Authentication
  23. Configuring SSL
  24. Managing Your Web Server
  25. Monitoring Your Server
  26. Apache Logging
  27. Defining Log Formats
  28. Using Conditional Logging