Install, Configure, Maintain
E-Book, Englisch, 187 Seiten, eBook
ISBN: 978-1-4842-8324-0
Verlag: APRESS
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Wasserzeichen (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
* Teaches subject using real world tutorials.
* Subject is taught in a very concise, no-nonsense fashion, wasting little time on history and other fluff. Book is therefore compact and portable. It gives you just what you need.
* Demystifies what is sometimes thought of as an intimidating subject.
* Covers Apache for Windows, Mac/Unix, and Linux.
* Full book support available online and via e-mail.
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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.