If you are a sysadmin, you should secure your Apache web server by following the 10 tips mentioned in this article. 1. Disable unnecessary modules If you are planning to install apache from source, you should disable the following modules. If you do ./configure –help, you’ll see all available modules that you can disable/enable. userdir [...]
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This article gives step by step instructions on how to install Apache 2 with mod_ssl. I prefer to install Apache from source, as it gives me more flexibility on exactly what modules I want to enable or disable, and I can also upgrade or apply patch immediately after it is released by the Apache foundation. [...]
To run various open source applications you might have to install Apache, MySQL, PHP, and Perl (or some combination of these). For those who have difficulties installing and configuring these separately, XAMPP might be helpful. XAMPP is Apache distribution that contains MySQL, PHP and Perl. You really don’t need to worry about configuring MySQL, PHP, [...]
If you are running any web based open source application that is written in perl, you should be using mod_perl with Apache instead of running it as CGI. mod_perl is way faster than running a web application using CGI. This article explains how to install mod_perl on Apache 2. First, install Apache 2, if you [...]
If you want to convert your website from HTTP to HTTPS, you need to get a SSL certificate from a valid organization like Verisign or Thawte. You can also generate self signed SSL certificate for testing purpose. In this article, let us review how to generate private key file (server.key), certificate signing request file (server.csr) [...]
Previously we discussed about how to install Apache and PHP from source. Installing LAMP stack from source will give you full control to configure different parameters. Installing LAMP stack using yum is very easy and takes only minutes. This is a good option for beginners who don’t feel comfortable installing from source. Also, Installing LAMP [...]
After you have installed Apache2, if you want to use apachectl and httpd to it’s maximum potential, you should go beyond using start, stop and restart. The 9 practical examples provided in this article will help you to use apachectl and httpd very effectively. Apachectl acts as SysV init script, taking arguments like start, stop, [...]
All Linux distributions comes with Apache. However, it is recommended to download latest Apache source code, compile and install on Linux. This will make it easier to upgrade Apache on a ongoing basis immediately after a new patch or release is available for download from Apache. This article explains how to install Apache2 from source [...]
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