The
Apache Web Server
Apache
is by far the most popular web server in use today. Based on the
HTTP
daemon (httpd), Apache provides simple and secure access to all
types of content
using the regular HTTP protocol as well as its
secure cousin, HTTPS.
Apache
was developed from the server code created by the National Center for
Supercomputing Applications (NCSA). It included so many patches that
it became
known as “a patchy” server. The Apache web server
continues to advance the art of
the web and provides one of the most
stable, secure, robust, and reliable web servers
available.
The
LAMP Stack
One
of the powers of Apache as a web server is the way it can be
integrated with
other software components. The most common version
of such is known as the
LAMP stack, which refers to its components:
Linux, Apache, MySQL, and one of
three scripting languages (Perl,
Python, or PHP).
they do explain many of the
modules available as
part of the Apache configuration files. And of course, Apache
works
with other SQL databases along with other scripting languages.
