Apache Cookbook, 2nd Edition

Apache Cookbook, 2nd Edition

by Rich Bowen, Ken Coar
Released December 2007
Publisher(s): O'Reilly Media, Inc.
ISBN: 9780596551568

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Book description

There's plenty of documentation on installing and configuring the Apache web server, but where do you find help for the day-to-day stuff, like adding common modules or fine-tuning your activity logging? That's easy. The new edition of the Apache Cookbook offers you updated solutions to the problems you're likely to encounter with the new versions of Apache.

Written by members of the Apache Software Foundation, and thoroughly revised for Apache versions 2.0 and 2.2, recipes in this book range from simple tasks, such installing the server on Red Hat Linux or Windows, to more complex tasks, such as setting up name-based virtual hosts or securing and managing your proxy server. Altogether, you get more than 200 timesaving recipes for solving a crisis or other deadline conundrums, with topics including:

  • Security
  • Aliases, Redirecting, and Rewriting
  • CGI Scripts, the suexec Wrapper, and other dynamic content techniques
  • Error Handling
  • SSL
  • Performance
This book tackles everything from beginner problems to those faced by experienced users. For every problem addressed in the book, you will find a worked-out solution that includes short, focused pieces of code you can use immediately. You also get explanations of how and why the code works, so you can adapt the problem-solving techniques to similar situations.

Instead of poking around mailing lists, online documentation, and other sources, rely on the Apache Cookbook for quick solutions when you need them. Then you can spend your time and energy where it matters most.

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Table of contents

  1. Apache Cookbook
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    2. Preface
      1. What’s in This Book
      2. Platform Notes
      3. Other Books
      4. Other Sources
      5. How This Book Is Organized
      6. Conventions Used in This Book
        1. Programming Conventions
        2. Typesetting Conventions
        3. Documentation Conventions
          1. The online manual (“man”) pages on a Unixish system
          2. The Apache Web server documentation
      7. Using Code Examples
      8. We’d Like to Hear from You
      9. Safari® Enabled
      10. Acknowledgments
        1. Ken Coar
        2. Rich Bowen
    3. 1. Installation
      1. 1.1. Installing from Red Hat Linux’s Packages
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      2. Installing from Debian Packages
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      3. 1.2. Installing Apache on Windows
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      4. 1.3. Downloading the Apache Sources
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      5. 1.4. Building Apache from the Sources
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      6. 1.5. Installing with ApacheToolbox
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      7. 1.6. Starting, Stopping, and Restarting Apache
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      8. 1.7. Uninstalling Apache
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      9. Which Version of Apache to Use
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      10. 1.8. Upgrading Using config.nice
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      11. 1.9. Starting Apache at Boot
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      12. 1.10. Useful configure Options
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      13. 1.11. Finding Apache’s Files
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
    4. 2. Adding Common Modules
      1. 2.1. Installing a Generic Third-Party Module
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      2. 2.2. Installing mod_dav on a Unixish System
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      3. 2.3. Installing mod_dav on Windows
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
          1. Using Windows Explorer to test mod_dav
        4. See Also
      4. 2.4. Installing mod_perl on a Unixish System
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      5. 2.5. Installing mod_php on a Unixish System
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      6. 2.6. Installing mod_php on Windows
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      7. 2.7. Installing mod_ssl
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      8. 2.8. Finding Modules Using modules.apache.org
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      9. 2.9. Installing mod_security
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      10. 2.10. Why Won’t This Module Work?
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
    5. 3. Logging
      1. 3.1. Getting More Details in Your Log Entries
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      2. 3.2. Getting More Detailed Errors
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      3. 3.3. Logging POST Contents
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      4. 3.4. Logging a Proxied Client’s IP Address
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      5. 3.5. Logging Client MAC Addresses
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      6. 3.6. Logging Cookies
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      7. 3.7. Not Logging Image Requests from Local Pages
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      8. 3.8. Rotating Logfiles at a Particular Time
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      9. 3.9. Rotating Logs on the First of the Month
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      10. 3.10. Logging Hostnames Instead of IP Addresses
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      11. 3.11. Maintaining Separate Logs for Each Virtual Host
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      12. 3.12. Logging Proxy Requests
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      13. 3.13. Logging Errors for Virtual Hosts to Multiple Files
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      14. 3.14. Logging Server IP Addresses
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      15. 3.15. Logging the Referring Page
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      16. 3.16. Logging the Name of the Browser Software
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      17. 3.17. Logging Arbitrary Request Header Fields
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      18. 3.18. Logging Arbitrary Response Header Fields
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      19. Logging Activity to a MySQL Database
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      20. Logging to syslog
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      21. Logging User Directories
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
    6. 4. Virtual Hosts
      1. 4.1. Setting Up Name-Based Virtual Hosts
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      2. 4.2. Designating One Name-Based Virtual Host as the Default
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      3. 4.3. Setting Up Address-Based Virtual Hosts
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      4. 4.4. Creating a Default Address-Based Virtual Host
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      5. 4.5. Mixing Address-Based and Name-Based Virtual Hosts
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      6. 4.6. Mass Virtual Hosting with mod_vhost_alias
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      7. 4.7. Mass Virtual Hosting Using Rewrite Rules
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      8. 4.8. Logging for Each Virtual Host
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      9. 4.9. Splitting Up a Logfile
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      10. 4.10. Port-Based Virtual Hosts
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      11. 4.11. Displaying the Same Content on Several Addresses
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      12. Defining Virtual Hosts in a Database
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
    7. 5. Aliases, Redirecting, and Rewriting
      1. 5.1. Mapping a URL to a Directory
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      2. 5.2. Creating a New URL for Existing Content
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      3. 5.3. Giving Users Their Own URLs
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      4. 5.4. Aliasing Several URLs with a Single Directive
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      5. 5.5. Mapping Several URLs to the Same CGI Directory
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      6. 5.6. Creating a CGI Directory for Each User
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      7. 5.7. Redirecting to Another Location
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      8. 5.8. Redirecting Several URLs to the Same Destination
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      9. 5.9. Permitting Case-Insensitive URLs
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      10. 5.10. Showing Highlighted PHP Source without Symlinking
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Alternate Solution
        4. Discussion
        5. See Also
      11. 5.11. Replacing Text in Requested URLs
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      12. 5.12. Rewriting Path Information to CGI Arguments
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      13. 5.13. Denying Access to Unreferred Requests
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      14. 5.14. Redirecting Unreferred Requests to an Explanation Page
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      15. 5.15. Rewriting Based on the Query String
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      16. 5.16. Redirecting All—or Part—of Your Server to SSL
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      17. 5.17. Turning Directories into Hostnames
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      18. 5.18. Redirecting All Requests to a Single Host
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      19. 5.19. Turning Document Names into Arguments
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      20. 5.20. Rewriting Elements between Path and Query String
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      21. 5.21. Rewriting a Hostname to a Directory
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      22. 5.22. Turning URL Segments into Query Arguments
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      23. 5.23. Using AliasMatch, ScriptAliasMatch, and RedirectMatch
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
    8. 6. Security
      1. 6.1. Using System Account Information for Web Authentication
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      2. 6.2. Setting Up Single-Use Passwords
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      3. 6.3. Expiring Passwords
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      4. 6.4. Limiting Upload Size
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      5. 6.5. Restricting Images from Being Used Off-Site
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      6. 6.6. Requiring Both Weak and Strong Authentication
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      7. 6.7. Managing .htpasswd Files
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      8. 6.8. Making Password Files for Digest Authentication
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      9. 6.9. Relaxing Security in a Subdirectory
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      10. 6.10. Lifting Restrictions Selectively
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      11. 6.11. Authorizing Using File Ownership
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      12. 6.12. Storing User Credentials in a MySQL Database
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      13. 6.13. Accessing the Authenticated Username
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      14. 6.14. Obtaining the Password Used to Authenticate
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      15. 6.15. Preventing Brute-Force Password Attacks
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      16. 6.16. Using Digest Versus Basic Authentication
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      17. 6.17. Accessing Credentials Embedded in URLs
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      18. 6.18. Securing WebDAV
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      19. 6.19. Enabling WebDAV Without Making Files Writable by the Web User
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      20. 6.20. Restricting Proxy Access to Certain URLs
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      21. 6.21. Protecting Files with a Wrapper
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      22. 6.22. Protecting Server Files from Malicious Scripts
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      23. 6.23. Setting Correct File Permissions
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      24. 6.24. Running a Minimal Module Set
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
          1. Apache 1.3
          2. Apache 2.x
        4. See Also
      25. 6.25. Restricting Access to Files Outside Your Web Root
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      26. 6.26. Limiting Methods by User
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      27. 6.27. Restricting Range Requests
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      28. Rebutting DoS Attacks with mod_evasive
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      29. Chrooting Apache with mod_security
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      30. Migrating to 2.2 Authentication
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      31. 6.28. Blocking Worms with mod_security
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      32. 6.29. Mixing Read-Only and Write Access to a Subversion Repository
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      33. 6.30. Using Permanent Redirects to Obscure Forbidden URLs
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
    9. 7. SSL
      1. 7.1. Installing SSL
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      2. Installing SSL on Windows
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
      3. 7.2. Generating Self-Signed SSL Certificates
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
          1. Generating the private key
          2. Generating the certificate signing request
          3. Removing the passphrase
          4. Signing your key
          5. Configuring the server
          6. The easy way
        4. See Also
      4. 7.3. Generating a Trusted CA
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
          1. Importing the CA
        4. See Also
      5. 7.4. Serving a Portion of Your Site via SSL
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      6. 7.5. Authenticating with Client Certificates
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      7. SSL Virtual Hosts
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
          1. Ignore the problem
          2. Use one certificate on several hosts
          3. Use more than one address
      8. Wildcard Certificates
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
    10. 8. Dynamic Content
      1. 8.1. Enabling a CGI Directory
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      2. 8.2. Enabling CGI Scripts in Non-ScriptAliased Directories
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      3. 8.3. Specifying a Default Document in a CGI Directory
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      4. 8.4. Using Windows File Extensions to Launch CGI Programs
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      5. 8.5. Using Extensions to Identify CGI Scripts
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      6. 8.6. Testing that CGI Is Set Up Correctly
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      7. 8.7. Reading Form Parameters
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      8. 8.8. Invoking a CGI Program for Certain Content Types
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      9. 8.9. Getting SSIs to Work
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      10. 8.10. Displaying Last Modified Date
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      11. 8.11. Including a Standard Header
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      12. 8.12. Including the Output of a CGI Program
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      13. 8.13. Running CGI Scripts as a Different User with suexec
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      14. 8.14. Installing a mod_perl Handler from CPAN
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      15. 8.15. Writing a mod_perl Handler
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      16. 8.16. Enabling PHP Script Handling
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      17. 8.17. Verifying PHP Installation
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      18. 8.18. Parsing CGI Output for Server Side Includes
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      19. 8.19. Parsing ScriptAlias Script Output for Server-Side Includes
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      20. 8.20. Getting mod_perl to Handle All Perl Scripts
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      21. 8.21. Enabling Python Script Handling
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
    11. 9. Error Handling
      1. 9.1. Handling a Missing Host Field
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      2. 9.2. Changing the Response Status for CGI Scripts
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      3. 9.3. Customized Error Messages
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      4. 9.4. Providing Error Documents in Multiple Languages
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      5. 9.5. Redirecting Invalid URLs to Some Other Page
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      6. 9.6. Making Internet Explorer Display Your Error Page
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      7. 9.7. Notification on Error Conditions
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
    12. 10. Proxies
      1. 10.1. Securing Your Proxy Server
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      2. 10.2. Preventing Your Proxy Server from Being Used as an Open Mail Relay
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      3. 10.3. Forwarding Requests to Another Server
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      4. 10.4. Blocking Proxied Requests to Certain Places
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      5. 10.5. Proxying mod_perl Content to Another Server
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      6. 10.6. Configuring a Caching Proxy Server
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      7. 10.7. Filtering Proxied Content
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      8. 10.8. Requiring Authentication for a Proxied Server
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      9. Load Balancing with mod_proxy_balancer
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      10. Proxied Virtual Host
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      11. Refusing to Proxy FTP
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
    13. 11. Performance
      1. 11.1. Determining How Much Memory You Need
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      2. 11.2. Benchmarking Apache with ab
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      3. 11.3. Tuning KeepAlive Settings
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      4. 11.4. Getting a Snapshot of Your Site’s Activity
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      5. 11.5. Avoiding DNS Lookups
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
          1. HostNameLookups
          2. Allow and Deny from hostnames
        4. See Also
      6. 11.6. Optimizing Symbolic Links
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      7. 11.7. Minimizing the Performance Impact of .htaccess Files
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      8. 11.8. Disabling Content Negotiation
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      9. 11.9. Optimizing Process Creation
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      10. 11.10. Tuning Thread Creation
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
          1. Setting the number of threads on single-child MPMs
          2. Number of threads when using the worker MPM
          3. Setting the number of threads when using netware or the perchild MPM
        4. See Also
      11. 11.11. Caching Frequently Viewed Files
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      12. 11.12. Distributing Load Evenly Between Several Servers
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      13. 11.13. Caching Directory Listings
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      14. 11.14. Speeding Up Perl CGI Programs with mod_perl
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      15. Caching Dynamic Content
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
    14. 12. Directory Listings
      1. 12.1. Generating Directory/Folder Listings
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
          1. Enabling directory listings
          2. Disabling directory indexing below an enabled directory
        4. See Also
      2. Display a Standard Header and Footer on Directory Listings
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      3. 12.2. Applying a Stylesheet
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      4. 12.3. Hiding Things from the Listing
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      5. 12.4. Searching for Certain Files in a Directory Listing
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      6. 12.5. Sorting the List
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      7. Allowing a Client-Specified Sort Order
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      8. 12.6. Specifying How the List Will Be Formatted
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      9. 12.7. Allowing the Client to Specify the Formatting
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      10. 12.8. Adding Descriptions to Files
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      11. 12.9. Autogenerated Document Titles
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      12. 12.10. Changing the Listing Icons
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      13. 12.11. Listing the Directories First
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      14. 12.12. Ordering by Version Number
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      15. 12.13. Allowing the End User to Specify Version Sorting
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      16. Complete User Control of Output
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      17. Don’t Allow the End User to Modify the Listing
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      18. 12.14. Suppressing Certain Columns
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      19. Showing Forbidden Files
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      20. 12.15. Aliases in Directory Listings
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
    15. 13. Miscellaneous Topics
      1. 13.1. Placing Directives Properly
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      2. 13.2. Renaming .htaccess Files
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      3. 13.3. Generating Directory/Folder Listings
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
          1. Enabling directory listings
          2. Disabling directory indexing below an enabled directory
        4. See Also
      4. 13.4. Solving the “Trailing Slash” Problem
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
          1. Incorrect ServerName
          2. Invalid Alias directive
        4. See Also
      5. 13.5. Setting the Content-Type According to Browser Capability
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      6. 13.6. Handling Missing Host: Header Fields
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      7. 13.7. Alternate Default Document
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      8. 13.8. Setting Up a Default “Favicon”
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      9. 13.9. Directory Listings in ScriptAliased Directories
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      10. 13.10. Enabling .htaccess Files
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
      11. 13.11. Converting IBM/Lotus Server-Side Includes to Apache
        1. Problem
        2. Solution
        3. Discussion
        4. See Also
    16. A. Using Regular Expressions in Apache
      1. What Directives Use Regular Expressions?
        1. Regular Expression Basics
        2. Examples
          1. Redirecting several URLs
          2. Catching common misspellings
        3. For More Information
    17. B. Troubleshooting
      1. Troubleshooting Methodology
        1. In the Error Log
        2. Characterize the Problem
      2. Debugging the Configuration
      3. Debugging Premature End of Script Headers
      4. Common Problems on Windows
        1. Cannot Determine Hostname
        2. Finding WS2_32.DLL on Windows
        3. Fixing WSADuplicateSocket Errors
        4. Handling System Error 1067
      5. Fixing Build-Time Error Messages
        1. __inet Symbols
      6. Getting Server-Side Includes to Work
      7. Debugging Rewrites That Result in “Not Found” Errors
      8. .htaccess Files Having No Effect
      9. Address Already in Use
    18. Index
    19. About the Authors
    20. Colophon
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Product information

  • Title: Apache Cookbook, 2nd Edition
  • Author(s): Rich Bowen, Ken Coar
  • Release date: December 2007
  • Publisher(s): O'Reilly Media, Inc.
  • ISBN: 9780596551568