The Apache Web server is arguably the best and most powerful Web server software available for any operating system. While many learn to edit the configuration files and configure or enable various modules, the bulk of what most people do with Apache is manage the content that Apache serves, with very little attention paid to what Apache itself can do.

This tutorial shows how you can install an Apache 2.4 webserver on a Fedora 18 server with PHP5 (through PHP-FPM) and MySQL support. PHP-FPM (FastCGI Process Manager) is an alternative PHP FastCGI implementation with some additional features useful for sites of any size, especially busier sites. On Apache 2.4, we need Apache's mod_proxy_fcgi module to make it work.

"Subtitled Application Development With Apache, this is a book for web developers who want to take their web applications to the next level – running them inside their web servers..."

Learn how to employ some of Apache’s most useful and effective modules to restrict access to your Apache-powered website.

Of course, the move to Lighttpd is not a small one, especially if our Apache configuration makes use of its many features. Systems tied into Apache as a module may make the move hard or even impossible without porting the module to a Lighttpd module or moving the functionality into CGI programs, if possible. We can ease the pain by moving in small steps.

How many times have you installed a LAMP server only to find Apache doesn't seem to want to run right? Or you install a new module only to see Apache try to download pages as file, instead of displaying them on screen?

To reduce bandwidth and speed you can install mod_gzip or mod_deflate with your Apache configuration. Unfortunately there are hosting providers who don't have either of these modules installed. With a little bash scripting and some modifications of your .htaccess you can accomplish almost the same thing

Rapache is a utility used for remotely managing Apache webserver.
Rapache is a free software, developed with Python + GTK, usong this utility you can very easily create a virtual host, enabling / disabling modules and quickly review the logs etc.

From making your site more friendly to visitors to improving your search engine standings, there’s a Drupal module for just about everything. Here are six of the most useful modules for businesses.