- Does or will Apache act as a Proxy server?
Apache version 1.1 and above comes with a
proxy module. If compiled in,
this will make Apache act as a caching-proxy server.
- What are "multiviews"?
"Multiviews" is the general name given to the Apache server's ability to
provide language-specific document variants in response to a request. This is documented
quite thoroughly in the
content negotiation description page. In addition, Apache Week
carried an article on this subject entitled "Content Negotiation
Explained".
- Why can't I publish to my Apache server
using PUT on Netscape Gold and other programs?
Because you need to install and configure a script to handle the uploaded files. This
script is often called a "PUT" handler. There are several available, but they
may have security problems. Using FTP uploads may be easier and more secure, at least for
now. For more information, see the Apache Week article Publishing Pages with PUT.
- Why doesn't Apache include SSL?
SSL (Secure Socket Layer) data transport requires encryption, and many governments have
restrictions upon the import, export, and use of encryption technology. If Apache included
SSL in the base package, its distribution would involve all sorts of legal and
bureaucratic issues, and it would no longer be freely available. Also, some of the
technology required to talk to current clients using SSL is patented by
RSA Data Security, who restricts its use without a license.
Some SSL implementations of Apache are available, however; see the "related projects" page at
the main Apache web site.
You can find out more about this topic in the Apache Week article about Apache and Secure
Transactions.
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You can make arbitrary changes to static documents by configuring an
Action which launches
a CGI script. The CGI is then responsible for setting a content-type and delivering the
requested document (the location of which is passed in the PATH_TRANSLATED
environment variable), along with whatever footer is needed.
Busy sites may not want to run a CGI script on every request, and should consider using
an Apache module to add the footer. There are several third party modules available
through the Apache Module Registry which will add
footers to documents. These include mod_trailer, PHP (php3_auto_append_file),
mod_layout, and mod_perl (Apache::Sandwich).
- Does Apache include a search engine?
Apache does not include a search engine, but there are many good commercial and free
search engines which can be used easily with Apache. Some of them are listed on the
Web Site Search Tools page. Open
source search engines that are often used with Apache include ht://Dig and SWISH-E.
- How can I rotate my log files?
The simple answer: by piping the transfer log into an appropriate log file rotation
utility.
The longer answer: In the src/support/ directory, you will find a utility called
rotatelogs which can be
used like this:
TransferLog "|/path/to/rotatelogs /path/to/logs/access_log 86400"
to enable daily rotation of the log files.
A more sophisticated solution of a logfile rotation utility is available under the name cronolog
from Andrew Ford's site at http://www.cronolog.org/.
It can automatically create logfile subdirectories based on time and date, and can have a
constant symlink point to the rotating logfiles. (As of version 1.6.1, cronolog is
available under the Apache License).
Use it like this:
CustomLog "|/path/to/cronolog --symlink=/usr/local/apache/logs/access_log /usr/local/apache/logs/%Y/%m/access_log" combined
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How do I keep certain
requests from appearing in my logs?
The maximum flexibility for removing unwanted information from log files is obtained by
post-processing the logs, or using piped-logs to feed the logs through a program which
does whatever you want. However, Apache does offer the ability to prevent requests from
ever appearing in the log files. You can do this by using the
SetEnvIf
directive to set an environment variable for certain requests and then using the
conditional
CustomLog
syntax to prevent logging when the environment variable is set.
- Does Apache support any sort of database integration?
No. Apache is a Web (HTTP) server, not an application server. The base package does not
include any such functionality. See the PHP project and
the mod_perl project for examples of modules that
allow you to work with databases from within the Apache environment.
- Can I use Active Server Pages (ASP) with Apache?
The base Apache Web server package does not include ASP support. However, there are a
couple of after-market solutions that let you add this functionality; see the related projects page to find out
more.
- Does Apache come with Java support?
The base Apache Web server package does not include support for Java, Java Server
Pages, Enterprise Java Beans, or Java servlets. Those features are available as add-ons
from the Apache/Java project site, <URL:http://jakarta.apache.org/>.
