...a behemoth of a resource for everything you ever wanted to know about Apache.
— Doug Schasteen, member, Kansas City's PHP User Group
This is by far the best know all, end all reference, bar none. My hat goes off to Peter Wainwright and Apress for opening up a whole new world to me.
— Eric Wolf (a.k.a. 'nawlej'), Codewalkers.com
This book aims to teach you everything you need to know to build, install, and configure every aspect of Apache, the world's most popular Web server.
Two versions of Apache are now available. Apache 1.3 is still widely used and is continuously updated. Apache 2 offers new and powerful features, such as multi-processsing modules and filters, as well as a revised and expanded build system for compiling Apache from source. This book comprehensively covers both server versions, presenting up-to-date information and examples, and highlighting variations bettween the two releases in context.
In addition, this book is organized to provide solutions to common problems. It answers the questions that administrators like you typically ask, without requiring that you know the name of a specific Apache module or directive beforehand. This book also demonstrates multiple solutions to a problem, and contrasts the benefits and drawbacks of each approach. After reading Pro Apache, you'll know not only how to get the results you want, but also why a solution works the way it does.
Finally, this book examines how to accomplish more advanced configurations, where individual features must cooperate with each other intelligently.
Now in its third edition, the expertise found in Pro Apache makes it the definitive guide to harnessing the power of Apache safely and securely.
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - Best Apache HTTP Server book I've owned
I own and have read numerous Apache books over the last seven years. I believe this publication to be the best reference book for the workplace.
O'Reilly books are definitely well written; however, I find myself ALWAYS going to this book first, even though it was published in 2004. The Apache Directives, topics, and examples covered are timeless. It puts side-by-side code base 1.3 and 2.0, with strength of focus on the 2.0 code base. If you use the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) ... Read More
Rating: - Not a XXI century book
This book contains some meaningful information but is largely obsolete.
Some fairly informative chapters contain introduction to common configuration, authentication, configuring SSL, using WebDAV and subversion.
But lot of space in the book is wasted on topics that were cool in the last century like compiling apache and compiling single modules, but not relevant anymore. Today you are likely not going to recompile you server every week, but you SHOULD install security patches ... Read More
Rating: - Professional's Apache Reference
This is by far the best standalone book on Apache I've seen. It really is a very good reference for professional web server admins, as well as developers and others, who need help in managing Apache web servers. It's well-written too, something that is becoming increasingly rare in the technical book area.
Rating: - EXCELLENT VERY WELL WRITTEN BOOK
The book is very well written it has helped to go through with the apache server i will recomended it to manyone who is interested in these kind of books. Very explicitly described the content of the book.An excellent purchase
Rating: - One of the better books for getting a good handle on Apache
In this voluminous title author Peter Wainwright covers the Apache web server in detail. Chapters include Installing Apache and basic configuration, building Apache the way you want it, configuring Apache the way you want it, deciding what the client needs, delivering dynamic content, hosting more than one web site, improving Apache's performance, monitoring Apache, Securing Apache, Improving Web Server Security, and Extending Apache. It has some excellent sections on advanced configuration, handling ... Read More
- Best Apache HTTP Server book I've owned
- Not a XXI century book
