Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 09:07:22 -0800 (PST) From: Todd Meister <todd@lmi.net> To: James Polly <jbpoll0@pop.uky.edu> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: how apache works... Message-ID: <XFMail.20010125090722.todd@lmi.net> In-Reply-To: <5.0.1.4.0.20010125112704.009f1cb0@pop.uky.edu>
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On 25-Jan-2001 James Polly wrote: > Knowing that Apache is a web server, and knowing that it is very widely > used, how exactly is it used, and how does it work? > I suggest you check out http://www.apache.org In particular http://www.apache.org/httpd Also, if you download the source and check out the default configuration files, you will find they are very well-documented (look at httpd.conf). As a brief, and perhaps mis-focused answer to your question (which was a tad vague), Apache runs as a daemon on a *nix server (FreeBSD, Linux, HP/UX, whatever). It reads config information from a file called httpd.conf, which can be specified on the apache command line (something to the effect of <path_to_httpd>/httpd -f <path_to_httpd.conf>/httpd.conf). It is very easy to compile and install (though you should, of course, read all documentation, first). I managed to have my first web server up and running, back when I could barely install FreeBSD on my own, in a few hours. -Todd To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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