Apache Essentials

Apache Essentials

Install, Configure, Maintain

Harkness, Darren James

APress

08/2022

187

Mole

Inglês

9781484283233

15 a 20 dias

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Introduction: Revisiting Apache Essentials







Goals







* Learn about Apache and get very brief history of its origins and use.







* Discover what you will learn from Apache and what you will be able to accomplish with it.







* Question: where to use Apache or another web server, and what the benefits/drawbacks of each are.











Chapter 1: Installing Apache



Goals:







* Feel confident installing Apache on Windows, Linux, and MacOS for a development environment.



* Create a running installation of Apache serving its Hello World static HTML file.







Subtopics







* Instal Apache.







* Question: should to use something other than Apache?







* Manage dependencies (PHP, RewriteEngine, etc).











Chapter 2: Configuration Essentials



Goals







* Set up a basic Apache instance pointing to static HTML on http://localhost/.







* Develop an understanding of commonly used Apache directives.







* Learn .htaccess files and how/when to use them.







Subtopics







* Structure of Apache configuration files.







* Commonly used configuration directives.












* The .htaccess file. Benefits & drawbacks of putting configuration options in .htaccess.







* Put it all together.











Chapter 3: Scripting languages



Goals:







* Learn how the web server and programming languages work together to create websites.







* Configure your website securely for PHP or NodeJS.







* Configure your localhost to load an index.php instead of the default Apache HTML file.







Subtopics







* Overview.







* Commonly used scripting environments.







* PHP on Apache.







* NodeJS on Apache.







* Put it all together.







Chapter 4: setting up virtual hosts for development



Goals







* Learn about Apache virtual hosts and how to configure them.







* Set up a local dev domain - using local DNS settings or a tool such as ngrok.







* Create two development environments configured and accessible through the browser; one for PHP and another for NodeJS.



Subtopics







* Overview of virtual hosts.







* Set up a local dev domain.







* Configure Apache for multiple virtual hosts.







* Configure Apache for modern PHP and Node frameworks (example of setting up a NodeJS application).












Chapter 5: Securing your setup



Goals







* Understand the importance of using HTTPS by default.







* Recognize what SSL certificates are and how they work to secure communication between the browser and the server.



* Install an SSL certificate on their local Apache setup.







Subtopics







* How HTTPS works to secure data and why this is important.







* Get a certificate for your development environment.







* Put it all together.











Chapter 6: Using log files to troubleshoot your code



Goals







* Learn about Log files and what information they provide.







* Troubleshoot code problems via Apache' s log files.







Subtopics







* About Apache's log files.







* Configure Apache log files.







* Common troubleshooting patterns for PHP and NodeJS.







* A troubleshooting story (leads reader through analyzing and identifying an issue in a piece of faulty PHP code).



Chapter 7: Sample Apache Configurations



Goals







* Use one the 4-5 example Apache configurations in your own Apache configurations.







Subsections







* Basic configuration for PHP.












* Basic configuration for NodeJS.







* Protecting a directory / domain.







* Virtual Host configuration.







* Configuring for Rewritten URLs (URL redirecting).







Afterword



Goals







* Revisit main concepts from book. Looking forward to next steps.
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