Apache httpd Training Overview
Apache httpd is the world's leading Web server software. In this course, attendees learn how to set up, configure, administer, and secure Apache httpd 2.4 or later.
Location and Pricing
Accelebrate offers instructor-led enterprise training for groups of 3 or more online or at your site. Most Accelebrate classes can be flexibly scheduled for your group, including delivery in half-day segments across a week or set of weeks. To receive a customized proposal and price quote for private corporate training on-site or online, please contact us.
In addition, some courses are available as live, instructor-led training from one of our partners.
Objectives
- Learn how to build, configure, monitor, and tune Apache httpd 2.4 or later
- Master deploying Web sites and server-side applications to Apache httpd
- Discover how to secure applications running on Apache httpd
Prerequisites
All attendees should be familiar with general principles of Web server administration.
Outline
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Introduction
Downloading and installing Apache server- Building Apache httpd from source (optional)
- Why build from source?
- Downloading the source
- Choosing an MPM
- Setting configuration options
- Selecting modules to enable/disable
- Installing Apache httpd from a package (the package environment used would be set based on your platform)
Starting, Stopping, and Restarting Apache HTTP
Configuration with httpd.conf
- Directives, containers, and comments
- Container scopes
- Options
- Determining which module is supplying the given directive
- Determining where a directive is valid
Setting up virtual hosts
- IP-based
- Name-based
- Port-based
- Running several Apache daemons simultaneously
Handling service of MIME and file types
mod_alias
- Alias and AliasMatch
- Redirect and RedirectMatch
- Understanding various redirect http status codes
- ScriptAlias and ScriptAliasMatch
Directory indexing
- Controlling IndexOptions
- Excluding files from indexing
- Security issues
mod_rewrite
- Regular expressions primer (if needed)
- Why rewrite URLs?
- Turning on the rewrite engine
- Configuring mod_rewrite logging
- RewriteRule and RewriteCond
- Common URL rewriting tasks
- Redirecting http requests to https
- Mapping URL pieces to query string parameters
- Filtering requests by IP
- Other common rewriting tasks
Performance tuning and load testing
- Monitoring Apache httpd with mod_status
- Building Apache with just the modules you need
- Understanding Apache MPM (multiprocessor modules)
- Tuning your specific MPM
- Load testing with ab
- Load testing with JMeter
- Caching and proxying
- Other performance enhancement strategies
Logging and Troubleshooting
- Error logging and interpreting the error logs
- Access logs and interpreting your access logs
- Log rotation
- Apache httpd troubleshooting for crashes, freezes, errors, and other situations
- Apache httpd tracing
Handlers and filters
Managing applications on Apache (only the application platforms applicable to your environment would be taught)- PHP
- Java (running on Apache Tomcat or another application server behind Apache httpd)
- Others upon request
Basics of Apache security
- Items to consider when creating a strategy
- Understanding file permissions
- Limiting modules and extensions
- .htaccess settings
Fundamentals of authentication and authorization
- Basic authentication
- Digest authentication
- Authentication modules
- Access control
SSL with mod_ssl
- Building Apache httpd with SSL support
- Generating a certificate signing request
- Protecting your server's private key
- Installing a certificate
- Generating a self-signed certificate for testing purposes
- Requiring SSL for specific URLs
Other topics upon request
Conclusion
Training Materials
All Apache httpd training students receive courseware covering the topics in the class.
Software Requirements
Attendees will not need to install any software on their computers for this class. The class will be conducted in a remote environment that Accelebrate will provide; students will only need a local computer with a web browser and a stable Internet connection. Any recent version of Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, or Google Chrome will work well.
