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Unit 4: Apache Server Installation in Window

• When running CGI scripts, the method Apache uses to find the interpreter for the script Notes
is configurable using the ScriptInterpreterSource directive.
• Since it is often difficult to manage files with names like .htaccess under windows, you
may find it useful to change the name of this configuration file using the AccessFilename
directive.

Apache Software Foundation

he Apache Web Server from the Apache Software Foundation. It’s a legendary product
in many ways. The Internet as we know it now almost certainly wouldn’t be here if
Tit wasn’t for Apache’s web server.
It is currently, and has been for many years, the number one web server on the Internet
according to most analytical reports. This is despite the extreme lengths that some rivals
have gone to try and skew the figures. The widely read monthly survey by Netcraft shows
that in July 2008, Apache was serving almost 50% of the worlds web sites. Apache has been
the most popular web server on the Internet since April 1996.
The Apache web server became so popular for several reasons:

• Cost: It is Open Source and free.

• Cross Platform: Apache runs on almost every mainstream Operating System.
• Modular: Plugin modules enable wide support for building interactive and dynamic

web sites using a multitude of backend services. Highly popular is the combination of
the MySQL database and the PHP programming language.
• Performance: Consistently Apache has outperformed its rivals in terms of raw page
impression performance, efficiency of memory and processor cycle usage and its ability
to scale to support many websites within one running server instance.
Questions
1. Explain the Software foundation of Apache.
2. What do you mean by PHP programming language?

4.5 Summary

• Apache comes already bundled with a variety of linux distribution.
• The main file of its called httpd conf. This file contains directives and containers, which
enable you to customize your apache installation.
• For the single site, apache is pretty much configured for logging in the default install.

4.6 Keywords

Building from Source: Building from source gives you the greatest flexibility, as it enables
you to build a custom server, remove modules you do not need, and extend the server with
third party modules.

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