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Apache: The Definitive Guide Subsequent Edition

by Ben Laurie (Author), Peter Laurie (Author)
3.3 3.3 out of 5 stars 23 ratings
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Written and reviewed by key members of the Apache group, this book
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  1. ISBN-10
    1565925289
  2. ISBN-13
    978-1565925281
  3. Edition
    Subsequent
  4. Publisher
    O'Reilly Media
  5. Publication date
    February 1, 1999
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    7.01 x 0.75 x 9.21 inches
  8. Print length
    369 pages
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With distributions for both Unix and 32-bit Windows environments, the Apache Web server boasts reliability, security, and scalability--and it's free. Apache: The Definitive Guide shows Apache administrators how to perform their jobs, detailing the server through version 1.3.

The authors--one of them a member of the Apache development team--begin with an academic discussion of what Web servers do before walking the reader through the process of installing Apache. Installation gets much attention--readers find out, step by step, how to set up a Web site (or several) under Apache, and how to set up Web site security and other preferences properly. The book also provides in-depth discussions of particular aspects of Apache operation, including MIME handling, the Common Gateway Interface (CGI), and security features such as authentication and caching.

For the programmers in the crowd, this book documents the Apache API with discussions of resource pools and their allocation, plus a full API reference. A tutorial explains how to write Apache extension modules in C. In all matters, Apache: The Definitive Guide covers both Unix and Win32 machines, but it places more emphasis on the Unix port. The complete source code of Apache 1.3 appears on the CD-ROM that ships with the book. --David Wall

About the Author

Ben Laurie is the coauthor of Apache: The Definitive Guide, Technical Director of A.L. Digital Ltd. and The Bunker, a director of the Apache Software Foundation, author of Apache-SSL and a core team member of OpenSSL. As well as his obvious involvement with free software, he's also obsessed with security and privacy, particularly on the net. In his copious spare time, he writes stuff, sometimes code, sometimes words.

Coauthor of Apache: The Definitive Guide, 3nd Edition

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ O'Reilly Media; Subsequent edition (February 1, 1999)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 369 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1565925289
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1565925281
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.46 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.01 x 0.75 x 9.21 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.3 3.3 out of 5 stars 23 ratings

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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2017
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Matthew Evans
3.0 out of 5 stars Great book for Apache 1 though
Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2016
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Make sure to do research - this book is for Apache 1, not Apache 2. Unfortunately Oreilly haven't released a proper book on Apache 2. Great book for Apache 1 though... Really bought back memories reading about windows 98 :)
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Tucson Tom
1.0 out of 5 stars It's all uphill from here.
Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2001
Usually purchasing an O'Reilly book on any topic is a virtual guarantee of excellence. This book is a notable exception. There are many other Apache books available, I can only encourage you to take a look at them. I have worked with Apache for several years, and this book fails me every time I turn to it for help. The on line documentation is excellent and is by far the better choice. This book skips over the essentials and the basics and wanders off to discuss odd topics that have never been of concern to me. Pretty much a waste of money and shelf space. Sometimes I do say good things, go read my review of Advanced Perl Programming by Sriram Srinivasan if you don't believe this.
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Tim Greer
2.0 out of 5 stars Very basic, generalized. Not much there.
Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2003
If you've used Apache without even reading about any detailed configurations, you'd still not see anything new in this book. I can see this book being a little useful for beginners, but even then, it's not really getting into very detailed information about the configurations and whatnot for module installs/additions. I can see someone new still getting frustrated with this book if they run into a problem.
I picked it up, well, because I buy every O'Reilly book that comes out (seriously) and thought I might be able to find something interesting, useful or that I wasn't aware of or forgot... maybe even a little tip about efficiency, compiling options or just anything of interest.
This is no more useful than the README and INSTALL files that come with Apache's source code. I'm not sure I want to even give this two stars come to think of it. I just don't see the point to this book. A let down coming from O'Reilly.
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W. Ewien
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2015
good product, like it.
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M Terrell Denman
5.0 out of 5 stars For those new to Apache...
Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2001
I respectfully disagree with most of the reviews I've read in this book. As the back of
the book states it is designed primarily for those who are "new" to Apache (as I am). As such,
this book has been a great help to my understanding of how to set up and configure an Apache
webserver. It takes you through the evolution of a sample site and allows you to see and witness how the
Apache configuration changes to accomodate the web site. It teaches you by doing, not just by a
bunch of idle, technical words. I have not finished the book yet, but I have already set up Name-based,
IP-based, Mixed-based hosts etc... with great ease. I'm using Win32!!. This book is great for the Apache beginner,
Take it from me :)
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Christopher M. Shatto
3.0 out of 5 stars Not for Newbies or Windows Users
Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2002
Really, this book can be described as the Apache httpd manual in much greater detail.
The book covers pretty much everything you might want to know about running Apache on a *nix or Windows Operating System, but the basic attitude toward Windows users is "If it doesn't work for you - tough luck", which is fine, since Apache really isn't meant to run on Windows as anything more than a test server anyway. Still, I fear that a lot of the Windows folks who are jumping into the Open Source craze may pick this book up and be greatly disappointed.
Another problem I had with the book was the fact that it plays out as more of a step by step manual for setting up specific features of Apache. This makes it fairly difficult to use it for reference later on, but perhaps the idea was that once you got through this book, you could use the web and the manual as a reference instead.
All in all, the book is fairly useful, it just takes some getting used to. If you plan to use it to set up a Windows server, you'd probably be better off braving the various forums and threads out there available to Apache users. However, if you have a good Operating System (BSD, Unix, or Linux), and you want some extra help setting up your Apache server, or setting up specific parts of your Apache server, by all means give this book a shot. It's an above average book, but it's below average by O'Reilly standards.
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Joe Rinehart (joe@config.com)
5.0 out of 5 stars A GREAT resource for the best web server software!
Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 1999
We been running apache since '97 when we blew out an NT server due to complex DNS issues it couldn't handle. Consulting fees have added up to a substantial amount since our conversion to apache on FreeBSD. This book has saved hundreds of dollars in consulting fees which are better spent on more advanced issues worthy of consultants;^)
If asked to recommend a first book on apache, this would be it.
I've said that I'd never run Microsoft anything software on a UNIX server, or UNIX on Microsoft... But, gee-whiz, I couldn't resist installing the NT port to my personal NT server <Grin>
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