Apache fundamentals

• What is a web server?
• Apache and the Web
• HTTP overview
• Apache Installation Overview
• Lab: Install Apache

Server Configuration

• Website requirements
• Performance issues
• Apache configuration file
• Apache modules
• Shared versus built in modules
• Lab: Set up a simple Website

Logging

• Error Logs
• Enabling transfer logs
• Customised logging
• Log filters
• Log file analysis tools
• Log file management
• Lab: Enable logging

Dynamic Content

• Server status and info
• Common Gateway Interface
• Perl and mod_perl
• PHP
• Java servlets, JSP and Tomcat
• Integrating Apache and Tomcat
• Lab: Enable several forms of dynamic content

Controlling Access

• Controlling access by hostname and IP address
• Using mod_auth password authentication
• Using database authentication
• Lab: Enable authentication and access control

Security

• Web security issues
• The Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
• Certificates
• Lab: Install Apache with SSL

Authentication

• HTTP authentication
• Apache authentication directives
• Authentication using PHP
• Lab: provide a password protected web page to access order database

Virtual Hosting

• IP bases virtual hosting
• Name based virtual hosting
• Port based virtual hosting
• Bulk virtual hosting
• Virtual hosting with mod_rewrite
• Lab: Enable virtual hosting

Other modules

• Guided tour of other Apache modules

Managing Web Content

• FTP access
• WebDAV
• Lab: Using WebDAV