CONTENIDO:
1. INSTALLATION
Installation from Red Hat Linux packages packages
Installation from installation from Debian packages
Installing Apache on Windows
Downloading the Apache Sources
Building Apache from the Sources
Installing with ApacheToolbox
Starting, stopping stopping and restarting Apache
Uninstalling Apache
Which Version of Apache to Use
Upgrading Using config.nice
Starting Apache at boot
Useful configure Options
Finding Apache�s files
2. ADDING COMMON MODULES
Installing a Generic third-party Module
Installing mod_dav on a Unixish System
Installing mod_dav on Windows
Installing mod_perl on a Unixish System
Installing mod_php on a Unixish System
Installing mod_php on Windows
Installing mod_ssl
Finding Modules Using modules.apache.org
Installing mod_security
Why Won�t This Module Work?
3. LOGGING
Getting More Details in Your Log Entries
Getting More Detailed Errors
Logging POST contents Contents
Logging a proxied clients, IP Address
Logging client MAC Addresses
Logging Cookies
Not Logging image requests from Local Pages
Rotating Logfiles at a Particular Time
Rotating Logs on the First of the Month
Logging Hostnames Instead of IP Addresses
Maintaining Separate Logs for Each Virtual Host
Logging Proxy Requests
Logging Errors for Virtual Hosts to Multiple Files
Logging Server IP Addresses
Logging the Referring Page
Logging the Name of the Browser Software
Logging Arbitrary Request Header Fields
Logging Arbitrary Response Header Fields
Logging activity Activity to a MySQL Database
Logging to syslog
Logging User Directories
4. VIRTUAL HOSTS
Setting Up Name-Based Virtual Hosts
Designating One Name-Based Virtual Host as the Default
Setting Up address-based virtual hosts
Creating a Default Address-Based Virtual Host
Mixing Address-Based and Name-Based Virtual Hosts
Mass Virtual Hosting with mod_vhost_alias
Mass Virtual Hosting Using Rewrite Rule Logging for Each Virtual Host
Splitting Up a Logfile
Port-Based Virtual Hosts
Displaying the Same Content on Several Addresses
Defining Virtual Hosts in a Database
5. ALIASES, REDIRECTING, AND REWRITING
Mapping a URL to a Directory
Creating a New URL for Existing Content
Giving Users Their Own URLs
Aliasing Several URLs with a Single Directive
Mapping Several URLs to the Same CGI Directory
Creating a CGI Directory for Each User
Redirecting to Another Location
Redirecting Several URLs to the Same Destination
Permitting Case-Insensitive URLs
Showing Highlighted PHP Source without Symlinking
Replacing Text in Requested URLs
Rewriting Path Information to CGI Arguments
Denying Access to Unreferred Requests
Redirecting Unreferred Requests to an Explanation Page
Rewriting Based on the Query String
Redirecting All�or Part�of Your Server to SSL
Turning Directories into Hostnames
Redirecting All redirecting Requests to a Single Host
Turning Document Names into Arguments
Rewriting Elements between Path and Query String
Rewriting a Hostname to a Directory
Turning URL Segments into Query Arguments
Using AliasMatch, ScriptAliasMatch, and RedirectMatch
6. SECURITY
Using System Account Information for Web Authentication
Setting Up Single-Use Passwords
Expiring Passwords
Limiting Upload Size
Restricting Images from Being Used Off-Site
Requiring Both Weak and Strong Authentication
Managing .htpasswd Files
Making Password Files for Digest Authentication
Relaxing Security in a Subdirectory
Lifting Restrictions Selectively
Authorizing Using File Ownership
Storing User Credentials in a MySQL Database
Accessing the Authenticated Username
Obtaining the Password Used to Authenticate
Preventing Brute-Force Password Attacks
Using Digest Versus Basic Authentication
Accessing Credentials Embedded in URLs
Securing WebDAV
Enabling WebDAV Without Making Files Writable by the Web User Restricting Proxy Access to Certain URLs
Protecting Files with a Wrapper
Protecting Server Files from Malicious Scripts
Setting Correct File Permissions
Running a Minimal Module Set
Restricting Access to Files Outside Your Web Root
Limiting Methods by User
Restricting Range Requests
Rebutting DoS Attacks with mod_evasive
Chrooting Apache with mod_security
Migrating to 2.2 Authentication
Blocking Worms with mod_security
Mixing Read-Only and Write Access to a Subversion Repository
Using Permanent Redirects to Obscure Forbidden URLs
7. SSL
Installing SSL
Installing SSL on Windows
Generating Self-Signed SSL Certificates
Generating a Trusted CA
Serving a Portion of Your Site via SSL
Authenticating with Client Certificates
SSL (Secure Socket Layers) Virtual Hosts
Wildcard Certificates
8. DYNAMIC CONTENT
Enabling a CGI Directory
Enabling CGI Scripts in Non-ScriptAliased Directories
Specifying a Default Document in a CGI Directory
Using Windows File Extensions to Launch CGI Programs
Using Extensions to Identify CGI Scripts
Testing that CGI Is Set Up Correctly
Reading Form Parameters
Invoking a CGI Program for Certain Content Types
Getting SSIs to Work
Displaying Last Modified Date
Including a Standard Header
Including the Output of a CGI Program
Running CGI Scripts as a Different User with suexec
Installing a mod_perl Handler from CPAN
Writing a mod_perl Handler
Enabling PHP Script Handling
Verifying PHP Installation
Parsing CGI Output for Server Side Includes
Parsing ScriptAlias Script Output for Server-Side Includes
Getting mod_perl to Handle All Perl Scripts
Enabling Python Script Handling
9. ERROR HANDLING
Handling a Missing Host Field
Changing the Response Status for CGI Scripts
Customized Error Messages
Providing Error Documents in Multiple Languages
Redirecting Invalid URLs to Some Other Page
Making Internet Explorer Display Your Error Page
Notification on Error Conditions 10. PROXIES
Securing Your Proxy Server
Preventing Your Proxy Server from Being Used as an Open Mail Relay
Forwarding Requests to Another Server
Blocking Proxied Requests to Certain Places
Proxying mod_perl Content to Another Server
Configuring a Caching Proxy Server
Filtering Proxied Content
Requiring Authentication for a Proxied Server
Load Balancing with mod_proxy_balancer
Proxied Virtual Host
Refusing to Proxy FTP
11. PERFORMANCE
Determining How Much Memory You Need
Benchmarking Apache with ab
Tuning KeepAlive Settings
Getting a Snapshot of Your Site�s Activity
Avoiding DNS Lookups
Optimizing Symbolic Links
Minimizing the Performance Impact of .htaccess Files
Disabling Content Negotiation
Optimizing Process Creation
Tuning thread creation
Caching Frequently Viewed Files
Distributing Load Evenly Between Several Servers
Caching Directory Listings
Speeding Up Perl CGI Programs with mod_perl
Caching Dynamic Content
12. DIRECTORY LISTINGS
Generating Directory/Folder Listings
Display a Standard Header and Footer on Directory Listings
Applying a Stylesheet
Hiding Things from the Listing
Searching for Certain Files in a Directory Listing
Sorting the List
Allowing a Client-Specified Sort Order
Specifying How the List Will Be Formatted
Allowing the Client to Specify the Formatting
Adding Descriptions to Files
Autogenerated Document Titles
Changing the Listing Icons
Listing the Directories First
Ordering by Version Number
Allowing the End User to Specify Version Sorting
Complete User Control of Output
Don�t Allow the End User to Modify the Listing
Suppressing Certain Columns
Showing Forbidden Files
Aliases in Directory Listings
13. MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS
Placing Directives Properly
Renaming .htaccess Files
Generating Directory/Folder Listings
Solving the �Trailing Slash� Problem
Setting the Content-Type According to Browser Capability
Handling Missing Host: Header Fields
Alternate Default Document Setting Up a Default �Favicon�
Directory Listings in ScriptAliased Directories
Enabling .htaccess Files
Converting IBM/Lotus Server-Side Includes to Apache
Appendix
A. Using Regular Expressions in Apache
B. Troubleshooting
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