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For 2023 (and 2024 ...) - we are now fully retired from IT training.
We have made many, many friends over 25 years of teaching about Python, Tcl, Perl, PHP, Lua, Java, C and C++ - and MySQL, Linux and Solaris/SunOS too. Our training notes are now very much out of date, but due to upward compatability most of our examples remain operational and even relevant ad you are welcome to make us if them "as seen" and at your own risk.

Lisa and I (Graham) now live in what was our training centre in Melksham - happy to meet with former delegates here - but do check ahead before coming round. We are far from inactive - rather, enjoying the times that we are retired but still healthy enough in mind and body to be active!

I am also active in many other area and still look after a lot of web sites - you can find an index ((here))
Apache httpd - a robust, open source web server

Most major Open Source software has a bewildering assortment of levels and switches when compared to commercial software - and that's because there's no restriction on development / people can make suggestions and add in facilities without the bottom line question "And what's THAT going to cost / will we sell enough more units to make a financial case for it". And this flexibility can be both a blessing and a curse.

It can increase the total cost of ownership. Don't look just at what you pay to get the product - also look at what it costs you to install, look after and support it. And flexibiity can become complexity of choice if you're not careful.

Over the last two days, I've been teaching a private course about the Apache httpd and Apache Tomcat, and the question arose about all the various https / ssl (secure connection) options. How on earth can any newcomer be expected to learn and to choose between them all? How do they interact with each other, which ones are important, and which ones are there to meet some tiny niche requirement? The questions are excellent ones ... the answer (thank goodness) is that you won't go far wrong if you start from the default example configuration file, you read through the comments that are there to help you, and you leave most of it alone especially if you're not sure. Apache httpd has been around for a long time, and the configuration files are designed to work, work well, and work securely out of the box. It's in use for serving some 70% of the domains worldwide, has an excellent reputation; if you're looking for an assurance that it's not going to cause a security issue if you use a facility in vanilla mode, just consider how many people would be complaining / how it would have gone out of fashion is there were problems for the newcomer.

(written 2013-04-16, updated 2013-04-20)

 
Associated topics are indexed as below, or enter http://melksh.am/nnnn for individual articles
A601 - Web Application Deployment - Apache httpd - an overview
  [576] Why run two different web servers - (2006-01-25)
  [659] Web Application Components - (2006-03-28)
  [924] The LAMP Cookbook - Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP / Perl - (2006-11-13)
  [1265] Apache, Tomcat, Jakarta, httpd, web server - what are they? - (2007-07-13)
  [1593] Keep the client experience easy - single server contact point - (2008-03-27)
  [1897] Keeping on an even keel - (2008-11-21)
  [2016] Apache httpd and Apache Tomcat miscellany - (2009-01-30)
  [2038] Sticky Sessions with mod_jk (httpd to Tomcat) - (2009-02-12)
  [2054] Tuning httpd / the supermarket checkout comparison - (2009-02-26)
  [2063] Internal Dummy Connections on Apache httpd - (2009-03-02)
  [2077] Why put Apache httpd in front of Apache Tomcat - (2009-03-12)
  [2186] An FAQ on the Apache httpd and Apache Tomcat web servers, and on using them together - (2009-05-17)
  [4434] Public training courses - upcoming dates - (2015-02-21)


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