Apache: the definitive guide

Preface  1. Getting Started  What Does a Web Server Do?  How Apache Works  Apache and Networking  How HTTP Clients Work  What Happens at the Server End?  Planning the Apache Installation Windows?  Which Apache?  Installing Apache  Building Apache 1.3.X Under Unix  New Features in Apache v2  Making and Installing Apache v2 Under Unix  Apache Under Windows  2. Configuring Apache: The First Steps  What\'s Behind an Apache Web Site?  site.toddle Setting Up a Unix Server  Setting Up a Win32 Server  Directives Shared Objects  3. Toward a Real Web Site  More and Better Web Sites: site.simple  Butterthlies, Inc., Gets Going  Block Directives  Other Directives  HTTP Response Headers  Restarts .htaccess  CERN Metafiles  Expirations  4. Virtual Hosts Two Sites and Apache  Virtual Hosts  Two Copies of Apache Dynamically Configured Virtual Hosting  5. Authentication Authentication Protocol  Authentication Directives  Passwords Under Unix  Passwords Under Win32  Passwords over the Web  From the Client\'s Point of View  CGI Scripts  Variations on a Theme  Order, Allow, and Deny  DBM Files on Unix  Digest Authentication Anonymous Access  Experiments  Automatic User Information Using .htaccess Files  Overrides  6. Content Description and Modification  MIME Types  Content Negotiation  Language Negotiation Type Maps  Browsers and HTTP/1.1  Filters  7. Indexing  Making Better Indexes in Apache  Making Our Own Indexes  Imagemaps Image Map Directives  8. Redirection  Alias  Rewrite  Speling  9. Proxying  Security  Proxy Directives  Apparent Bug  Performance  Setup  10. Logging  Logging by Script and Database Apache\'s Logging Facilities  Configuration Logging  Status 11. Security  Internal and External Users  Binary Signatures, Virtual Cash  Certificates  Firewalls  Legal Issues  Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)  Apache\'s Security Precautions  SSL Directives Cipher Suites  Security in Real Life  Future Directions  12. Running a Big Web Site  Machine Setup  Server Security  Managing a Big Site  Supporting Software  Scalability  Load Balancing 13. Building Applications  Web Sites as Applications  Providing Application Logic  XML, XSLT, and Web Applications  14. Server-Side Includes  File Size  File Modification Time  Includes  Execute CGI Echo  Apache v2: SSI Filters  15. PHP  Installing PHP  Site.php 16. CGI and Perl  The World of CGI  Telling Apache About the Script Setting Environment Variables  Cookies  Script Directives  suEXEC on Unix  Handlers  Actions  Browsers  17. mod_perl  How mod_perl Works  mod_perl Documentation  Installing mod_perl-The Simple Way Modifying Your Scripts to Run Under mod_perl  Global Variables Strict Pregame  Loading Changes  Opening and Closing Files  Configuring Apache to Use mod_perl  18. mod_jserv and Tomcat  mod_jserv  Tomcat  Connecting Tomcat to Apache  19. XML and Cocoon XML  XML and Perl  Cocoon  Cocoon 1.8 and JServ  Cocoon 2.0.3 and Tomcat  Testing Cocoon  20. The Apache API  Documentation APR  Pools  Per-Server Configuration  Per-Directory Configuration Per-Request Information  Access to Configuration and Request Information  Hooks, Optional Hooks, and Optional Functions  Filters, Buckets, and Bucket Brigades  Modules  21. Writing Apache Modules  Overview  Status Codes  The Module Structure  A Complete Example  General Hints  Porting to Apache 2.0  Appendix: The Apache 1.x API  Index