Apache Web Server Apache web server is the most widely used on the Internet. This program was first designed for the UNIX operating system environment. However, at some later versions of Apache issued a program that can run on Windows NT. Apache has a lot of support programs. This gives a fairly complete service for its users. Some support for Apache: 1. Access Control. These controls can be run by hostname or IP number 2. CGI (Common Gateway Interface) The most well-known to be used is Perl (Practical Extraction and Report Language), backed by Apache by placing it as a module (mod_perl) 3. PHP (Personal Home Page / PHP Hypertext Processor); CGI programs with such a method, which processes the text and work on the server. Apache supports PHP by placing it as one of its module (mod_php). This makes PHP a better performance 4. SSI (Server Side Includes) Apache Web server has the advantage of some of the considerations above: 1. Apache is included in the freeware category. 2. Apache is very easy installation process if compared to other web servers such as NCSA, IIS, and others. 3. Able to operate on various operating systems. 4. Easy to set the configuration. Apache configuration files have only four. 5. Easy to add other peripherals to the web server platform. Facilities or characteristic of the Apache web server are: 1. Can be used as a replacement for the NCSA web server. 2. Repairs to damage and errors on the NCSA 1.3 and 1.4. 3. Apache web client is very quick to respond to far exceed the NCSA. 4. Able in the compilation in accordance with the current HTTP specification. 5. Apache provides a feature for multihomed and virtual servers. 6. We can define an error response to be sent a web server using a file or script. 7. Apache server to automatically communicate with the client browser to display the best view on the client browsers. Apache Web server automatically runs the file index.html, main pages, to appear automatically on the client. 8. Apache Web server has the security levels. 9. Apache has a basic component of most other web servers. 10. In terms of historical development and its prospects, the Apache web server has a promising future. Derived from the Apache web server which is then developed by NCSA NCSA still have a shortage in the area of compatibility with other operating systems. Until now, the Apache Web server developed by a team from apache.org. 11. Performance and power consumption of the Apache web server is not too much, only about 20 MB for basic files and each daemon only needs about 950 KB of memory per child. 12. Supports secure transactions (secure transaction) using SSL (secure socket layer). 13. Having technical support via the web. 14. Having a high platform compatibility. 15. Supports third party in the form of additional modules.
Apache, otherwise known as Apache HTTP Server, is an established standard in the online distribution of website services, which gave the initial boost for the expansion of the World Wide Web. It is an open-source web server platform, which guarantees the online availability of the majority of the websites active today.