LAMP is short for Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP. This tutorial shows how you can install an Apache2 webserver on an Ubuntu 9.04 server with PHP5 support (mod_php) and MySQL support.
Read more »Wrangling mime.types
"One of the chores that I do for the Apache HTTP server project, every three months or so, is to slog through the IANA media type registry to see what new media types have been registered and add them to the mime.types configuration file. This is one of the few things I do that is almost all pain for little or no gain.
Read more »Lighttpd by Andre Bogus- Book Review
This book guides you to everything you will need to know to installing, maintaining and getting the best out of Lighttpd (or "Lighty" if you will). This piece of software is named correctly for its purpose, being a lightweight webserver. There are chapters about building Lighttpd, but even more interesting the book goes in depth about optimizing and securing the software.
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Apache Software Foundation Announces New Version of Leading Software Framework
Developers, stewards, and incubators of leading community-driven Open Source projects, The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), have announced the newest release of Apache Open For Business (OFBiz), a leading non-commercial enterprise software framework.
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Exploring CouchDB
Relational databases define a strict structure and provide a rigid way to maintain data for a software application. Apache's open source CouchDB offers a new method of storing data, in what is referred to as a schema-free document-oriented database model.
Read more »Cherokee: Why it could own the Internet
I've typically been pretty conservative when choosing a web server. Typically, I'll use Apache to run most sites, and possibly Lighttpd for static files. Experimenting never really has been something done with a web server once I'm past the initial setup.
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The Apache Software Foundation Celebrates a Decade of Open Source Leadership
The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) - developers, stewards, and incubators of leading community-driven Open Source projects - announced its tenth anniversary at ApacheCon, its official user conference, trainings, and expo.
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Microsoft’s Path of LAMP Destruction: From Novell to Apache (the L to the A)
Novell is left vulnerable by Microsoft while Microsoft proceeds to similar strategies further up the (G)LAMP stack
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Simple Site Redirection On Apache For Linux Or Unix
Not the longest post of the year, but building up to the longest title ;)
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Apache HTTP Server 2.2.11 Released
"The Apache Software Foundation and the Apache HTTP Server Project are pleased to announce the release of version 2.2.11 of the Apache HTTP Server ("Apache"). This version of Apache is principally a bug fix release..."
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Migration from Apache to Lighttpd
In this article by Andre Bogus, we will be focusing on migrating from Apache to Lighttpd web server. Lighttpd is the perfect solution for every server that is suffering load problems, as it has a small memory footprint compared to other web-servers, effective management of the cpu-load, and advanced feature set, such as FastCGI, SCGI, Auth, Output-Compression, URL-Rewriting, and many more.
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Apache and Setting Up SSL
The self-signed certificate is a certificate that you can create yourself that will provide SSL encryption but without the verification of your website from an outside source. The outside verification does cost money. In other words, you can get the protection you need, encryption by doing it yourself.
Read more »How To Manage Apache Resources Limits With mod_slotlimit (Debian Etch)
mod_slotlimit is an Apache module that using dynamic slot allocation algorithm and static rules, can manage resources used for each running site.
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Apache2 name-based virtual hosting on Debian/Ubuntu
This tutorial will walk you through the configuration of name-base virtual hosting using Apache2 server in Debian and Ubuntu. The default configuration of Apache server in Debian/Ubuntu is limited only to one website based on your IP Address. We will setup a name-based virtual hosting to have multiple websites using only one machine.
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Is Microsoft trying to kill Apache?
When the story about Microsoft shelling out $100,000 to Apache for ASF sponsorship broke across my radar it rather tickled my funny bone and my curiosity.
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