FreeBSD: Apache + MySQL + PHP

"Setting up a LAMP server is a common task for systems administrators, and FreeBSD is one of the most reliable and stable operating systems available. You can swap out the L in LAMP with F for FreeBSD to build a fast and reliable Web server..."

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Setting up FAMP on FreeBSD

Setting up a LAMP server is a common task for systems administrators, and FreeBSD is one of the most reliable and stable operating systems available. You can swap out the L in LAMP with F for FreeBSD to build a fast and reliable Web server.

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Apache, PHP and PostgreSQL

"We are happy to announce the release of a new set of Infrastructure Stacks: LAPPStack, MAPPStack and WAPPStack. These stacks provide an easy to install distribution of Apache, PostgreSQL, PHP and supporting libraries. The user-friendly installer allows users to quickly install and configure a PHP-PostgreSQL platform on Linux, Windows and OS X."

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Setting up Virtual Hosting in Apache 2

Virtual hosting allows you to host multiple websites, accessed by unique domain names, from the same IP address (same server).

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5 useful url rewriting examples using .htaccess

In this post, I’ve given five useful examples of URL rewriting using .htacess.

Hide .php extension with url rewriting using .htaccess

Last time I’ve written an article about hiding php file extension where I’ve showed you how you can use .html or .asp extension of file instead of .php extension. But there was one flaw in that technique you have had to change the file extension explicitly but in this post I’m going to show you how to rewrite the URL instead of renaming the file extension Using this technique you will see product.html in the address bar of the browser but the actual file name remains product.php and you don’t need to rename the file extension. Furthermore you can rewrite the URL like product.php?id=5 to product-5.html.

"When a search engine visits the dynamic url like product.php?id=5 it does not give much importance to that URL as search engine sees “?” sign treat it as a url which keeps on changing. so we’re converting the dynamic URL like the product.php?id=5 to static url format like product-5.html. We’ll rewrite the url in such a way that in browser’s address bar it will display as a product-5.html but it actually calls the file product.php?id=5. So that why these kind of URL also named as SEO friendly URL."

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Configuring SSL Under Apache

With a secure web server, clients can connect to your server secure in the knowledge both that it is who it claims to be and that the transaction is well-encrypted so their data is safe. The best way of doing this is with Apache 2, the leading Linux web server software, and Secure Sockets Layer, a secure communication protocol. Transport Layer Security (TLS) is the successor to SSL, but they work in basically the same way. I'll refer from here on just to SSL.

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htaccess Editor: create .htaccess online

.htaccess Editor is a free Web 2.0-like tool that lets you quickly generate .htaccess files for your hosted website. To use, simply select a category on the left, and edit the parameters to your liking on the right. Then observe as .htaccess Editor sticks the proper code in the textbox at the bottom.

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Apache authentication and authorization using LDAP

Network administrators frequently use the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) to implement a centralized directory server. You can use LDAP to authenticate users in Apache. Two popular open source LDAP solutions are OpenLDAP and Red Hat Directory Server. According to the Apache documentation, Novell LDAP and iPlanet Directory Server are also supported. This article focuses on OpenLDAP, but the concepts and examples should be applicable to the others.

10 tips for securing Apache

In this article, I will provide you with 10 tips that will help you keep your Apache Web server protected from predators. Bear in mind that you need to carefully evaluate each of these tips to make sure that they are right for your organization.

Set up a Web server cluster in 5 easy steps

Construct a highly available Apache Web server cluster that spans multiple physical or virtual Linux® servers in 5 easy steps with Linux Virtual Server and Heartbeat v2.

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How to setup Apache2 web server to host multiple sites on 1 IP address

It’s very common these days to host multiple websites on a server using only a single IP address. This is done with the Apache web server using ‘Virtual Hosts’.

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Netcraft Says IIS Gaining on Apache

In the August 2007 survey we received responses from 127,961,479 sites, an increase of 2.3 million sites from last month. Microsoft continues to increase its web server market share, adding 2.6 million sites this month as Apache loses 991K hostnames. As a result, Windows improves its market share by 1.4% to 34.2%, while Apache slips by 1.7% to 48.4%.

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Using htaccess to password protect your site the easy way

The scenario is that you have a group of files within a folder that you want to password protect. You want to keep them secure from prying eyes.

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Creating openssl certificates

I got so much response on my post about the certificate problems with apache2 and Firefox that I decided to post a howto about creating valid certificates with openssl.

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Setup Apache2 with OpenLDAP Authentication

This is a how-to to allow only users that have authenticated against an openLDAP server to gain access to certain areas of your apache server.