Questions tagged [apache-http-server]

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Apache HTTP Server is one of the most widely used web server software programs used to host web site content. Use this tag for questions related to issues related directly to configuration, troubleshooting, error messages, etc. from the Apache HTTP web server.

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How to remove Server: header from the HTTP response with Apache?

I would like to remove the line: Server: Apache/2.2.8 (Ubuntu) PHP/5.2.4-2ubuntu5.6 with Suhosin-Patch mod_ssl/2.2.8 OpenSSL/0.9.8g from my server's HTTP responses, but I couldn't find anything other than to modify include/ap_release.h and compile…
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Can I "reload" Apache2 configuration file without issues?

Is sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 reload interrupting the operations on the webservers hosted by apache ?
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What is the apache2ctl "-k" flag?

I've been searching for an hour and have found a hundred examples that use it, but no explanation of what it does. I did check man apache2ctl; it doesn't explain the k flag either (elthough it does use it in examples).
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Bare minimum Apache modules needed for static website and no authN

I've just installed the httpd package in RHEL 6.1 (which provides Apache 2.2.15). The default httpd.conf contains no fewer than 50 instances of the LoadModule directive. However, all I want to do is serve up static content, a Google map or two and…
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What does entry mean in Apache2 default configuration

This is from file /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default right after installing apache2 from repositories. DocumentRoot /var/www Options FollowSymLinks AllowOverride None
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What's the difference between /private/etc/apache2 and /etc/apache2?

Both of these directories are in 10.7 OSX, but I have no idea which httpd.conf I should be editing.
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always true rewritecond

My university provides a public_html file in each student's Linux directory so tat each student can have a webpage. I want to put all my PHP scripts into that file and place the index in a sub-directory called webroot. I'm trying to work out a way…
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How to configure mod-proxy-HTML without getting content encoding errors

I have setup a reverse proxy on my workplace LAN so several sites can be accessed from outside our LAN. I have included the mod-proxy-HTML, so it handles the rewriting of URLs in the returned HTML. However Firefox and Chromium complains about an…
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is AllowOverride working on all subfolders?

is AllowOverride working on all subfolders ? For example, if I specify AllowOverride None Is it working on my entire filesystem or only the main folder ?
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Whate does "nighty build" mean?

I was implementing to Apache-James server then I found James nightly builds. What is this James nightly builds and which is better, James or James nightly build?
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Remove "Server:" from response headers in Apache server

I am trying to remove "Server:" Header from Apache response headers. I found a lot of tutorials there but all of them shows how to hide version information from "Server" header. So far I tried: ServerSignature Off ServerTokens ProductOnly But it…
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Disable Apache under load?

I've inherited a legacy server that's just a Celery 2G4Hz (those with almost no L2 cache) and otherwise pretty constrained. It's still running, although most services have been moved off it it's nice to have. Now occasionally the box is unreachable…
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Detect when Apache graceful reload is complete

It appears Apache graceful reload (apachectl graceful) is an asynchronous operation. If I invoke it from a script, the script will continue while Apache does its thing, which may take an undetermined amount of time (e.g. slow clients, long…
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What are the auth_*, authn_*, and authz_* modules in Apache?

Do I need these modules? What are they for? I'm running WordPress on Ubuntu Server 12.04
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How to restart Apache when eth0 is plugged in?

Is it possible to force a restart of Apache as soon as eth0 (or any network interface for that matter) is plugged in? Update: Some details why I need this. Our clients use mobile terminals that repeatedly get plugged in and unplugged when they are…
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