Apache (HTTP Server) /əˈpætʃiː/ is a modular cross-platform web server software with a large variety of features(called modules) including SSL, compression, log, proxy and server-side programming language interfaces like Perl, Python, Tcl, and PHP.

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What are the most commonly used and basic Apache htaccess redirects?

This question is here so we can offer users who are looking for information on how to make one or more common or basic redirects in Apache using the htaccess file. All future questions pertaining to ...
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Forward the request to other backend system on Apache webserver?

I want to forward my domain request to my backend systems without creating subdomain. For example: xyz.com my domain, when anyone enter 1.xyz.com request forward to 10.0.x.x. I want to host my all ...
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htaccess preventing sqlite database being downloaded

I have a VPS, running apache2 on Debian 6. Created a file called .htaccess on the web root, which included: <Files ~ "\.db$"> Order allow,deny Deny from all </Files> ...
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Automatic redirection from http to https with .htaccess authentication in virtual hosting

Hi I have configured Virtual host on apache with .htaccess authentication with SSL. It's working fine when I typed url https://www.example.com:9004/test.php but when I typed ...
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How to properly deny Railo directory access through Apache

I've been battle tested on this and failed to achieve my goal which is to deny all access to all directories except the Public directory and only allow access to all all other directories with ...
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SetEnv directive not working for localhost VirtualHost but works for other VirtualHost

I have two virtual hosts declared: localhost and test. Both use the SetEnv directive and point to the same DocumentRoot: NameVirtualHost *:80 <VirtualHost _default_:80> DocumentRoot ...
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Speed up XHR requests [closed]

I have a Yii project (PHP framework) running on Apache2, where I use AngularJS for the front-end. I have some AJAX requests, but they are kind of slow... sometimes it reaches 2.5 sec. I'd like to ...
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Can I redirect the http request towards an old folder to the homepage using .htaccess file?

I have to following situation: I had an old blog that was made using Joomla (this blog was indexed well enough by search engines). For some problems I delete it and I have create it again using ...
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How to set htaccess working on opensuse for codeigniter project

I'm trying to have htaccess work on codeigniter project but the module is not working and I don't know how to enable rewrite module. To have read the htaccess. The OS is Opensuse 12.2. I have this ...
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Enabling SSL on Apache2 causes address already in use error

My server works just fine on a normal Apache2 install. Now, I'm trying to install subversion on this server using a guide I found on the net called: Installation of Subversion on Ubuntu, with Apache, ...
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how to set secure flag on cookies generated from a python application

I have an application (written in python) placed behind apache and ssl. I am not seeing a secure flag on my cookie. apache Server version: Apache/2.2.15 (Unix) I have added a configuration line to my ...
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How to configure apache2 to just save certain POST requests without even passing them to application?

I'm running Apache in front of glassfish server using BalancerMember. For performance reasons I would like that POST requests on certain endpoint are just saved to a file without passing them to ...
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Apache virtual hosts - Resources on website not loaded when accessed from other hostname than localhost

Running virtual hosts on Mac OS X 10.6.8 running Apache 2.2.22. /etc/hosts is as follows: 127.0.0.1 localhost 3dweergave studio-12.fritz.box 255.255.255.255 broadcasthost ::1 ...
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Using mod_speling with multi-level htaccess and rewriterules

We recently switched formats for managing our 301s. For the most part, everything went well, but it seems to have stopped mod_speling from working properly. Here's what we changed: old ...
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mod_jk status page “Client Errors”

I have been examining the information displayed in the mod_jk status page for a server instance and there is a column for each worker titled "CE" which the key states is a count of "Client Errors". I ...
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Apache System privilege issues on windows server

I am trying to open an excel application and open a excel file locally on the windows server, using perl module win32::OLE on my web page, running on Apache. I understand when apache serves the ...
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Best practices for serving multiple sites with Apache2

I have a server with a number of virtual hosts. Over the last couple of years I have continually been improving on most parts of serving these sites, everything from how and where to do logging, how ...
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Need to redirect to another server with no access to DNS A record

I've a website which is on two servers - the one it's on now malfunctioned. I have the site hosted on a second server, but have no access to the DNS Records to point the A Record to the new server IP. ...
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Issue with Apache redirection [duplicate]

I want to redirect mysite.com or http://mysite.com or www.mysite.com or any other format given my user to http://www.mysite.com, I'm able to achieve this by rewriting following lines in my .htaccess ...
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Web server with or without Panel [closed]

I start a Web server for my company for hosting about 15 website and I didn't install a Control Panel, I do everything by command and i'm pretty comfortable with it but do you think i'm losing time by ...
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Can't Get a Virtual Host to Work

I can't get a specific virtual host to work. This is the first part of my httpd-vhosts.conf file: NameVirtualHost *:80 <VirtualHost *:80> DocumentRoot "/Volumes/Data ...
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prevent hotlinking of off-site content?

I have a www.example.com site where I serve all static content (e.g. http.//www.example.com/image.jpg) off a CDN with URLs like http://static.example.com/image.jpg An Apache 2 .htaccess rule ...
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Apache server not able to read cookies from Browser

I have developed a login authentication page using cookies (with spring security) where for the first time, the user will need to get itself authenticated. Once the user gets successfully ...
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Apache - Reverse proxy

I am using Apache 2 and using the below virtual host definition in httpd.conf file <VirtualHost *> ServerName localhost ProxyPass / http://localhost:8080/stackoverflow/ ...
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Installing a PHP framework to a host without public_html or www folders (ftp is DocumentRoot)

I've developed a PHP framework that operates with the directory structure of / /classes/ /templates/ /.../ /www/ (public_html) But I've come across a host that only allows ftp to the ...
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Custom 505 and SEO

There is a PHP project that sometimes throws 500 errors, I'm making a customized 500 page so that people realize we are monitoring this event and we will fix the issues. My question is related to SEO ...
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Why isn't my PHP file running?

I recently installed Apache and later installed PHP too. When I browse to http://localhost/index.html it displays the default Apache page "it works". But when i try to run ...
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CGI program can't access external sites through a proxy

We have a local "server" machine (Web, Samba, LTSP, DHCP.. etc) 192.168.0.11 running Mandriva / Apache2 which connects to internet using another machine as a proxy (Vista 192.168.0.2:6588). Browsers, ...
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Apache2 “pseudo” doc root

I have several folders in my /www folder that contain various applications. To keep things organized, I keep them in their own folders -- this includes my base application. Examples: phpmyadmin = ...
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redirect non-www to www while preserving protocol

I am aware of the fact that there are tons of questions in this section and in server fault dealing with re-directions from non-www to www URLs. But I couldn't find one dealing with this issue while ...
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Virtual host not working in Windows 7 XAMPP

I am using Windows 7 and XAMPP. I want to create a virtual host so I added 127.0.0.1 myawesomeproject to my hosts file (C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts) like this: # Copyright ...
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Apache logs: “::1 … ”OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0" 200 -

Just looking at logs of a not-so-busy site on one of our Apache servers and notice tons of these in the log: ::1 - - [15/Apr/2011:12:11:40 -0700] "OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0" 200 - ::1 - - ...
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Changing domain name - what are the practical steps involved [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How do I rename a domain and preserve PageRank? I launched a website a couple of years ago, bright eyed and bushy tailed, with dreams of conquering the world. ...
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How can I bypass modules in apache?

I have an apache server running on an embedded device that serves webpages to clients using a bunch of custom modules. I'm now trying to load some webpages from the device using ...
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Let apache run perlscripts that don't have an extension

I'd like to use perlscripts without their extension. f.e. "index" instead of "index.pl". Changing the DefaultType-directive from text/plain to application/x-perl didn't do the trick. Instead of ...
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How many connection can my website have? [closed]

As the traffic increased my website hangs quite regularly. The page visit is now averaging 50k per day. The static page loads fine, but when the page has mysql request it takes too much time to ...
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What measures should I take after I find one of my scripts being vulnerable?

I maintain a few PHP-based websites for a small company on a LAMP server. The scripts include CMS such as Joomla or Wordpress, as well as SilverStripe and Drupal installations. A week ago, I found ...
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apache virtual host problem on windows 7 - please explain

This problem has never occurred in the past (i have tried this many times) but this time, ALL virtual hosts defined in the virtual-hosts.conf file in the apache installation directory direct the ...
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htaccess and htpasswd trouble

This is the first time that I have ever tried working with .htpasswd and .htaccess files, so please point out my childish works. I have my apache document root set to /www/ on my debian server. ...
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Is there a modern (eg NoSQL) web analytics solution based on log files?

I have been using Awstats for many years to process my log files. But I am missing many possibilities (like cross-domain reports) and I hate being stuck with extra fields I created years ago. ...
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Forcing adverts via apache configuration file

I have a server I am trying to force adverts for free users. I can do it with a .htaccess file with this line "php_value auto_append_file '/var/www/vhosts/demoblog/demoblog.tk/httpdocs/test_ad.php'" ...
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Run server-side script as authenticated user in apache--is it possible?

I'm developing a web app that takes a bunch of parameters (dropdown boxes, etc) from an authenticated user, creates a file, then delivers that file via stdin to a program on my web server. Due to ...
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Multiple PHP 5.x version for different directory [closed]

Is this thing even possible because I searched every where but all I could find was this one post ? Using .htaccess or using AddHandler/Action MIME module Directive ? I have compiled all Apache, PHP ...
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Apache2's recursive directory permission requirement

The experience I've had thus far is from Ubuntu 10.04 and 12.04 64 bit OS so if there are other OS differences I'd like to know if this is an OS specific problem or not. The issue I've experienced is ...
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What VPS spec would I require to run WordPress [closed]

I am looking to move an existing WordPres website to a VPS. It will be a Debian (Minimal install) running ISPConfig3, Squirrel Mail, Apache 2. The wordpress site currently accepts 40-60 online ...
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Apache, Rewrite Rule and Directories

my sites-available/ file looks something like the following: <VirtualHost *:80> ServerAdmin webmaster@mysite ServerName mysite.co.uk ServerAlias www.mysite.co.uk DocumentRoot ...
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Huge difference between Facebook Ad Click figures and Apache log requests

We're running a facebook ad campaign for our business but there seems to be a huge discrepancy between the number of clicks registered and the number of requests made with "facebook.com" in the HTTP ...
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Can I dynamically set the SSLInsecureRenegotiation Directive?

We're running Apache 2.2.22 with OpenSSL 0.98, one of our Citrix NetScaler Hosts cannot send a client certificate after handshaking SSL as we have to set SSLInsecureRenegotiation off as a security ...
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GWT “Big traffic change for top URL”

I recently received an email from GWT saying that one of my URL's traffic has suddenly dropped. As it turned out the traffic to the whole site has drastically dropped, from some 300+ unique visitors ...
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How to force browsers to always reload xslt files?

Related: Apache: How can I force the browser to reload CSS files? I'm building an xml page (on an apache2) that is supposed to be translated to xhtml by the browser, so my server also serves a ...

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