Apache Web Server Administration and E-Commerce Handbook

• Master configuration, management, and building e-commerce sites using Apache
• Database integration, dynamic content delivery, secure transactions, and more
• Covers all major platforms: UNIX, Linux, Windows-even Mac OS X
• CD-ROM contains a complete Apache toolkit PLUS e-commerce templates
• BONUS-Includes a PHP command reference!

Apache isn't just the #1 Web server-it's also the backbone for the world's leading e-commerce sites. In this comprehensive guide, Apache expert Scott Hawkins covers every aspect of configuring, administering, customizing, and troubleshooting Apache Server-and then demonstrates how to build powerful e-commerce applications based on PHP and MySQL, the leading open source scripting and database solutions!

Your complete Apache tutorial and resource!

• Installation, configuration, and tuning
• Secure transactions
• Database integration
• Proxy servers
• Module creation
• mod_perl API
• Secured Socket Layer
• CGI Configuration
• Virtual hosting
• MIME handling
• Authentication and caching
• Dynamic content delivery

You'll find advanced administration coverage not found in other Apache guides, PLUS detailed appendices cover Apache directives, key TCP/IP and name resolution concepts, HTTP header codes, the mod_perl API, and much more.

Contents

• 1. Basic Concepts.
• 2. Installing Apache.
• 3. Configuring Apache.
• 4. Starting, Restarting, and Stopping.
• 5. Hosting Multiple Sites.
• 6. Proxy Servers and Caching.
• 7. Logs and Monitoring.
• 8. Security.
• 9. Dynamic Content.
• 10. Performance Tuning.
• 11. URL Rewriting.
• 12. Module Construction.
• 13. Collecting Money.
• 14. Database Interaction.
• 15. Sample e-commerce Site.
• Appendix A: Core Directives.
• Appendix B: Other Directives.
• Appendix C: TCP/IP Concepts.
• Appendix D: Name Resolution.
• Appendix E: Network Troubleshooting.
• Appendix F: Unix Concepts.
• Appendix G: Windows NT.
• Appendix H: HTTP Status Codes.
• Appendix I: Regular Expressions.
• Appendix J: mod_perl API.
• Appendix K: PHP Statements.
• Glossary.
• Index.