Apache

The 'Old Reliable' of web servers--it's sometimes even vendored as httpd. Can be just as fast as NGINX, as long as you have a few hundred years to figure out the optimized configuration.

Installation

Configuration

Server

The server is configured in /etc/apache2.conf. This file requires little intervention, while site-specific configurations are included.

Sites

Virtual hosts are declared in domain-specific files. An example site configuration for a CGI script, such as CGit.

<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
  ServerName git.my-domain.com
 
  DocumentRoot /usr/share/cgit
  Alias / /usr/share/cgit/cgit.cgi

  <Document '/usr/share/cgit/'>
    Options ExecCGI FollowSymLinks
    Require all granted
    AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
    DirectoryIndex cgit.cgi
  </Document>
 
  ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log
  CustomLog /var/log/apache2/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

Authentication

A document can be set to require authentication, except for a local network user.

<Document "/">
  AuthType Basic
  AuthName "Authentication Required"
  AuthUserFile /var/www/ftp-htpasswd
  <RequireAny>
    Require valid-user
    Require ip 192.168
    Require ip 10
  </RequireAny>
</Document>

This method of authentication is 'good-enough' for personal uses. It relies entirely on the traffic encryption (HTTPS).

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