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Course Outline
Apache fundamentals
- Understanding what a web server is
- The relationship between Apache and the Web
- Overview of HTTP
- Overview of Apache installation
- Lab: Installing Apache
Server Configuration
- Requirements for a website
- Performance considerations
- The Apache configuration file
- Apache modules
- Shared vs. built-in modules
- Lab: Setting up a simple website
Logging
- Error logs
- Enabling transfer logs
- Customized logging
- Log filters
- Log file analysis tools
- Log file management
- Lab: Enabling logging
Dynamic Content
- Server status and information
- Common Gateway Interface (CGI)
- Perl and mod_perl
- PHP
- Java servlets, JSP, and Tomcat
- Integrating Apache with Tomcat
- Lab: Enabling various forms of dynamic content
Controlling Access
- Access control by hostname and IP address
- Using mod_auth for password authentication
- Database-based authentication
- Lab: Enabling authentication and access control
Security
- Web security issues
- The Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
- Certificates
- Lab: Installing Apache with SSL
Authentication
- HTTP authentication
- Apache authentication directives
- Authentication using PHP
- Lab: Providing a password-protected web page to access an order database
Virtual Hosting
- IP-based virtual hosting
- Name-based virtual hosting
- Port-based virtual hosting
- Bulk virtual hosting
- Virtual hosting with mod_rewrite
- Lab: Enabling virtual hosting
Other modules
- Guided tour of other Apache modules
Managing Web Content
- FTP access
- WebDAV
- Lab: Using WebDAV
Requirements
- A solid understanding of UNIX is required, including proficiency in file handling commands and text editing.
- Familiarity with HTML and SQL is beneficial.
- Experience using the Mozilla web browser is advantageous.
28 Hours
Testimonials (1)
Lots of exercises and help with problems.
