Apache Web Server

Apache acts as your web server. Its foremost job is to parse any file requested by a browser and demonstrate the accurate results according to the code within that file. Apache is fairly powerful and can complete virtually any task that you, as a Web-master, require.

The version of Apache covered in this article is version 2.0.47. The features and server capabilities accessible in this version include the following:

·         Customized error pages

·         Usage and error logs in multiple and customizable formats

·         Password-protected pages for a multitude of users

·         Display the code in numerous levels of HTML, and the capability to determine at what level the browser can accept the content

·         Directory Index directives to multiple files

·         URL aliasing or rewriting with no fixed limit

·         Virtual hosting for different IP addresses mapped to the same server

According to the Net craft Web site, at the time Apache is running over 30 million Internet servers, more than Sun ONE, Zeus and Microsoft combined. Its flexibility, aperture and of course price construct it an admired choice. It can be used to host a Web site to the general public or a company-wide Intranet, or for simply testing your pages before they are uploaded to a secure server on another machine.