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.

Contents

  1. Apache
    1. Installation
    2. Configuration
      1. Server
      2. Sites
      3. Restricting Access

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>

Restricting Access

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