This modular architecture can be used to save memory by avoiding the need to load modules that do not provide any useful functionality for a particular system.Īpache takes its configuration from multiple text files, each of which contains a series of directives, usually one per line. Modules can be compiled into the webserver executable, or dynamically loaded from shared libraries at run time. There are several standard modules that are included with almost every install of Apache, and many more that are optional or have to be downloaded separately. The basic webserving functionality and configuration file layout has remained essentially the same throughout, even though the internal implementation has changed significantly.Īpache has a modular design, in which each module is responsible for some part of its overall feature set. Starting with 1.0 and moving through to the current 1.3 and 2.2 series, each version has included more features and options. Over the years since it was first introduced, many versions of Apache have been released. However, it has a very large number of option directives defined in a text configuration file, and so can be hard for an inexperienced administrator to set up.

All Linux distributions include it as a standard package, and it can be installed on or compiled for every other Unix variant supported by Webmin.

18 Configuring Apache as a proxy serverĪpache is the Internet's most popular HTTP server, due to its zero cost, wide availability and large feature set.

15 Encodings, character sets and languages.

14 Restricting access by client address.

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