Apache Server Administrator's Handbook [Paperback]

Mohammed J. Kabir (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0764533061 | ISBN-13: 978-0764533068 | Publication Date: April 28, 1999

Apache Server Administrator's Handbook On-the-Job Apache Server Solutions Your company wants that Web site back online ? immediately. Sound familiar? Apache Server Administrator's Handbook is the book that will bail you out ? a one-stop nuts-and-bolts reference that puts real-world solutions at your fingertips. Superbly organized and packed with crystal clear action steps, it's the one book you'll carry around and consult every day. Your One-Stop Reference for:

• Core directives
• Standard modules
• Virtual Web services
• SSI
• CGI
• FastCGI
• Server monitoring and security
• SSL For Apache
• Mod Perl
• Mod Rewrite
• Mod Proxy

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About the Author

About the Author Mohammed J. Kabir is the Chief Technology Officer and cofounder of Integration Logic, Inc., a firm specializing in Web-based software development, and the author of Apache Server Bible.

Product Details

• Paperback: 547 pages
• Publisher: Wiley (April 28, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764533061
• ISBN-13: 978-0764533068
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #774,735 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #32 in Books > Computers & Technology > Web Development > Web Servers

More About the Author

Mohammed Junayed Kabir (prefers to be called Kabir) was born in Bangladesh in 1971. He came to Sacramento, CA in 1990 to study computer engineering and has been living in Sacramento since then. His first book CGI Primer was written in 1995 and published in 1996. Kabir continued to write a dozen more books on Linux, Apache, MySQP/PHP, etc. over the last decade. He decided to stop writing technical books for publishers as he found the publishing process to be outdated and feels technical writing is best done in online format where changes, revisions and updates are up to speed with technologies that are written about.

Kabir is working on few new online titles: Virtual CIO for Small Business -- an online book to help small businesses make better technology decisions; The Software Company in a Box; Smart Sourcing Software for Small Companies -- a guide to help small businesses identify software needs, learn how to engage and manage small software projects using common sense tools and methodologies.

Kabir's company, EVOKNOW (short for Evolutionary Knowledge), focuses on building Web apps that help customers find initial user base and the kick-off buzz needed to launch new products and services. Kabir can be reached at [e-mail]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Apache Admin Handbook is a Oreilly class book from IDG!, May 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Apache Server Administrator's Handbook (Paperback)

It looks like a ORA book and reads like one too! IDG finally decided to write books for advanced readers. I have Kabir's Apache Bible; it helped me a lot and now that I am in kind of the advanced administrator level, I think this book will be staying on my desk a lot. After reading the bible, I am prepared for this one! Great look and feel and not to mention easy reading. Keep up the good work. I recommend this book for those who don't need a lot of handholding and just need to find the details quickly. If you are starting out with Apache, get the Apache Server Bible instead. This one is for us ex-ORA readers!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended for those wanting immediate results, October 3, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Apache Server Administrator's Handbook (Paperback)

I was told by an ISP administrator I would have to pay him 125.00 per hour to get my co-located server up and running on the Internet. After calling ahead and having the clerk look up some titles, I glanced through this book and had the answers I was looking for before I left the bookstore!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Incorrect information reflects the shortcut route it takes, May 16, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Apache Server Administrator's Handbook (Paperback)

Although the spirit of trying to be a handy reference is not a bad one, the books cannot differentiate itself from many of the short-cut, shallow books out there. One particular, when talking about Apache and mod_perl, a very important and prevelant extension to Apache, the author wrongfully states that "system calls such as system() ... IO pipe do not work." This is simply wrong in so many aspects. All of these can serve useful purposes when normal amount of caution is taken. THEY WORK. It makes me wonder if the author understands the real interaction of I/O under Apache/mod_perl's model at all, since he does not give any reference to the truth. On the other hand, the section does not state caveats such as scope and persistence of variable values in any apache/mod_perl setup. This is such an important issue which is the most common errors among mod_perl CGI beginners. There is NO shortcut to the full power of Apache.