
The Apache Web Server Project from Apache Software Foundation is an effort to develop and maintain an open-source HTTP server for modern operating systems including UNIX and Windows. The goal of this project is to provide a secure, efficient and extensible server that provides HTTP services in sync with the current HTTP standards.
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FAQ
Apache web server runs basically on all major operating systems. It supports all Linux based systems such as Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora and Redhat. It also runs on Mac OS as well as Windows. There is also a version that runs on FreeBSD.
Apache server is written in C programming language.
There are Apache binaries available on Apache Lounge, which you can download for free and install on Windows. Check out our complete guide on installing Apache web server and PHP on Windows.
Apache service monitor is a utility provided on Windows systems to manage the state of the Apache web server.
You can install the Apache webserver on Debian or Ubuntu by entering the following command.
[email protected]:~$ sudo apt install apache2
This will install Apache2 which will be the default listen on port 80. You can confirm if the server is up and running by opening the URL http://localhost when installed locally.
Check our complete guide on installing Apache web server and PHP on Ubuntu.
You can change the default port by editing the apache2.conf
file when the server is installed on Ubuntu or the httpd.conf
file if installed on Windows.
Tomcat mod_jk is used to integrate with Apache HTTPD server.
Over 31% of the website run Apache server publicly. In addition, many more internal websites also run on the Apache server. Almost all of the Fortune 500 companies now have an install of Apache HTTD somewhere on their network.
There are many tools available to monitor Apache Web Server Performance. One of those is a pluggable module Mod_Status that comes bundled with the Apache Web Server. You can read the complete post on how to set up Mod_Status for Apache for Performance and Resource monitoring on our website.
Using Mod_Status you can view various Apache metrics such as threads and requests served. You can also view system resource consumption statistics such as cpu and memory.