Web Servers and Related Tutorials

Web servers are the rock upon which most of the Internet is built. These articles and turorials will help you to better use them.

Mod Deflate - Compress Your Web Pages and Save Bandwidth

Optimize your website so that it consumes less bandwidth using the Apache module mod_deflate. This module adds an output filter that allows output from your server to be compressed. A great side effect of the implementation of this module is that it also speeds up your website.

How to Setup a "Site Down for Maintenance" Notice with Apache

There are a number of ways to handle a maintenance downtime. You can either handle it inside of your web application or you can have Apache automatically direct all traffic to a specified page. This article explains how to have Apache redirect visitors to a maintenance page while still allowing you to view updates/changes.

Mod Rewrite Part 3 - Redirecting Browser Dependent Content with Apache and Mod Rewrite

Learn how to use the Apache mod_rewrite module to automatically redirect a user to a page designed specifically for their web browser.

Make Prettier URLs with Apache's Mod Rewrite

Sukrit Dhandhania discusses how to use .htaccess to make user and search engine friendly URLs for your web applications.

Getting Started with URL Rewriting with Apache

The Apache web server has a number of very useful and powerful features, one of which is the ability to rewrite URLs. Using the mod_rewrite module, Apache allows you to create short or fancy looking URLs transparently. This article discusses how to enable, configure, and tweak mod_rewrite in your Apache installation.

Basic Authentication with Apache

Apache can be configured to protect either the whole website or just certain sections of it. Learn how to create users and set up a user authentication system so that when someone goes to a protected section of your website they are asked to enter a username and a password.

Creating Custom Error Pages on Apache Servers

It's almost inevitable that on any given Web site someone, at some time, is going to be directed to a nonexistent URL. This tutorial will show you how to use a simple script to make the situation a bit easier on your visitors.

Apache Basics, Visited

The Apache Web server is a highly specialized software application used to serve billions of Web pages daily. The Apache Web server is the single most used Web server on the Internet today. In this article, we look at how to configure the program.

Opening The Source On Your Host

In this article You'll learn how you can configure Apache to allow your visitors to learn from (or offer advice on) your source code through browsing it in much the same way that they would browse your ordinary Web pages.

Logs and Monitoring for Apache Servers

In this excerpt you'll learn about the most common issues found when logging requests, such as conditional logging, log rotation, resolution of IP addresses, piped logging, monitoring the status of your Apache server and more.

Apache: The Definitive Guide - Authentication

This excerpt takes a look at using authentication techniques on an Apache server. Tpoics covered include: authentication directives and passwords; order, allow, and deny; dbm files; digest authentication; anonymous access; using .htaccess files; and overrides.

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