Download Web Server Management: Running Apache 2 on Red Hat Linux

Table of Contents
1. Installing the software .....................................................................................................1
The web server group of packages ............................................................................1
Installing the packages ................................................................................................2
Changes made to the system ......................................................................................4
Quick and Dirty Web Server.......................................................................................7
2. The site’s design..............................................................................................................11
The server we want....................................................................................................11
What is a virtual host? ...............................................................................................11
Structures of HTTP queries and responses.............................................................12
3. Getting started.................................................................................................................15
4. Supporting MIME types................................................................................................23
MIME types on a Red Hat Linux system................................................................23
Loading and using the MIME module....................................................................24
5. Symbolic links.................................................................................................................27
6. Handling directories ......................................................................................................31
Using default documents ..........................................................................................32
Automatic indexing of directories ...........................................................................33
Manipulating columns.....................................................................................36
Manipulating rows ...........................................................................................39
Adding icons to the listing ..............................................................................42
Adding text to the listing.................................................................................44
Using an HTML table.......................................................................................46
Summary of the auto-indexing module ........................................................47
Using both modules...................................................................................................49
7. Logging .............................................................................................................................51
The error log................................................................................................................51
Access logs ..................................................................................................................53
Log rotation.................................................................................................................57
Log file analysis ..........................................................................................................59
8. Users’ own web pages....................................................................................................63
9. Delegated control............................................................................................................65
10. Access control ................................................................................................................71
Access control by client IP address..........................................................................71
Access control by client identity ..............................................................................73
Variations on a theme of user identification...........................................................77
Mix and match: Location and Authentication .......................................................78
Blocking access based on a file’s name ...................................................................79
11. Conclusion .....................................................................................................................81
A. Apache modules.............................................................................................................85
B. Reference information for logging .............................................................................89
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