Apache HTTP Server – An Introduction

Apache is the world’s most popular Web server/HTTP server. We will see the overview of apache HTTP server here.

How to start / stop / restart apache ?

./httpd -f configfilepath -k (start|stop|restart)

How to run syntax test for configuration file ?

./httpd -f configfilepath -t

Configuration

Modules

  • Apache is a modular server, only the most basic functionality is included in the core server.
  • Extended features can be loaded into Apache using LoadModule directive ( Only if the server is compiled to use dynamically loaded modules).

Directives

  • Apache directives are a set of rules which define how your server should run.
  • We can change them by editing the httpd.conf and related files to meet your requirements.

Scope of Directives

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