Apache Server for Dummies [With One/Cheatsheet]

by Ken A.L. Coar

Book Overview

Novice and veteran Webmasters alike should have a copy of Apache Server For Dummies by their computer. This comprehensive guide helps you understand and maximize the capabilities of Apache, one of the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764502913
• ISBN13: 9780764502910
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: For Dummies
• Length: 355 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

This is a wonderful book for people just starting off

This is the only apache book I have been reading, so I can't compare it to others. Its organized realy well. All though this is a dummys book, I would strongly suggest learning the basic commands for unix or linux, the basics of the emacs editor, and how the linux operating system is organized before getting involved with apache. Learning the above really shouldn't take that long or much money. If you buy packaged linux distro, it will come with a manual to help you learn how the os works and the commands that you will need. Mandrake 7.1 and Caldera OpenLinux are available here in the software store, both a very good choice, it will get you up and running quickly and easily. This book is easy to understand and it gets you excited about becoming a web master. Highly recommended. END

For both the novice and experienced Web site administrator

If you would otherwise be put off by the "For Dummies" title, don't be. Ken is a long time member of the Apache Group. This book is written in such a way that it's useful for both the novice and the experienced Web site administrator. The first Apache book I read offered nothing I hadn't picked up in the comments in the configuration files. A few years later, I read Ken's book. "Apache Server For Dummies" offered lot's of new information. The book is organized in such a way that each topic is presented in sections of increasing complexity. If you've found what you need, you can stop. If you want more, you can keep on reading within each topic.

Author is Unix-focused, this is THE best dummies book.

Congratulations, Ken Coar! We're ready for the next edition. If every Dummies-series book were written like this, we wouldn't need O'Reilly titles...Seriously, this book is a really first-rate introduction that will get most of us who operate in the Unix/Linux space where we need to be. It's not Windows oriented at all which is just fine since Apache belongs to Unix, right? Friendly advice: Use the Apache Server Bible by Kabir if you must deploy on Windows. But better yet, dump NT and go with a stable OS for a stable, scalable web server.

Great Book for Beginners and for Review

This book brings out the ease with which Apache server can be implemented in any setting. It is a great book for beginners. The examples are clear and the text is well written with good step-by-step action. Although we implemented Apache on a Linux (RedHat 6x) in a learning environment (Intranet setting) already consisting of NT, Unix, and Novell servers, this book provided the filler and substance that the on-line Apache documentation couldn't so that we turned up the server before deadline. Our students and instructors now use Apache 1.3.6 to more fully teach web design, web server mechanics, and other web topics better and more fully thanks to the start we got with this book. For instance, the Bare-Bones HTTPD.CONF file (page 72) works and is the foundation for more developed and advanced topics. I recommend this book to beginners, lab technicians who are charged with making the Server work, and those who need a really good overview of the esoteric commands in Apache.

Excellent presentation!

If are looking for a book on Web Server (esp Apache) and want to have fun while reading it, then, this is the one!