Apache (HTTP Server) /əˈpætʃiː/ is a modular cross-platform web server software with a large variety of features(called modules) including SSL, compression, log, proxy and server-side programming language interfaces like Perl, Python, Tcl, and PHP.

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Standard Wordpress mod_rewrite rules interacting with one of my own rules are causing all requests for a certain page to be sent to the homepage

I have WordPress 3.5.1 installed on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. I'm running Apache 2.2.22. NOTE: I can't share the domain that I'm working on, and must santize any config files and log outputs. While the ...
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Redirecting one page to HTTPS, and all others back to HTTP isn't working as expected

I have WordPress 3.5.1 installed on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. I'm running Apache 2.2.22. NOTE: I can't share the domain that I'm working on, and must santize any config files. While the website is public, ...
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Apache is redirecting all https requests to one vhost

Apache novice here, We run a server with a few dozen vhosted sites, under apache 2.2.22 on ubuntu 12.0.4. None of them had a SSL before. We had a client request one the other day, and shortly after ...
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Configure clean URLs using Laravel using a rewrite rule to index.php

Recently I've started learning Laravel , I haven't any experience with framework before. I'm encountering the following problem .I'm trying to configure the .htaccess file so I can have clean URLs but ...
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apache2 subdirectory access

I am setting up an apache server on my linux (debian) machine. I am making a website, with sub directories that contains my css and image file. Here is my config. <Directory /var/www/*> ...
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Pretending a file is in subdirectory with .htaccess

I have a web application, and it has a RESTful PHP backend that uses Zend framework (which does its own URL rewriting magic). The problem is, my backend's entry-page is api.php and the endpoints look ...
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Automatic redirection from http to https with .htaccess authentication in virtual hosting

Hi I have configured Virtual host on apache with .htaccess authentication with SSL. It's working fine when I typed url https://www.example.com:9004/test.php but when I typed ...
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SetEnv directive not working for localhost VirtualHost but works for other VirtualHost

I have two virtual hosts declared: localhost and test. Both use the SetEnv directive and point to the same DocumentRoot: NameVirtualHost *:80 <VirtualHost _default_:80> DocumentRoot ...
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Speed up XHR requests [closed]

I have a Yii project (PHP framework) running on Apache2, where I use AngularJS for the front-end. I have some AJAX requests, but they are kind of slow... sometimes it reaches 2.5 sec. I'd like to ...
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how to set secure flag on cookies generated from a python application

I have an application (written in python) placed behind apache and ssl. I am not seeing a secure flag on my cookie. apache Server version: Apache/2.2.15 (Unix) I have added a configuration line to my ...
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mod_jk status page “Client Errors”

I have been examining the information displayed in the mod_jk status page for a server instance and there is a column for each worker titled "CE" which the key states is a count of "Client Errors". I ...
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Apache System privilege issues on windows server

I am trying to open an excel application and open a excel file locally on the windows server, using perl module win32::OLE on my web page, running on Apache. I understand when apache serves the ...
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Best practices for serving multiple sites with Apache2 [closed]

I have a server with a number of virtual hosts. Over the last couple of years I have continually been improving on most parts of serving these sites, everything from how and where to do logging, how ...
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What are the most commonly used and basic Apache htaccess redirects?

This question is here so we can offer users who are looking for information on how to make one or more common or basic redirects in Apache using the htaccess file. All future questions pertaining to ...
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Can I redirect the http request towards an old folder to the homepage using .htaccess file?

I have to following situation: I had an old blog that was made using Joomla (this blog was indexed well enough by search engines). For some problems I delete it and I have create it again using ...
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Issue with Apache redirection [duplicate]

I want to redirect mysite.com or http://mysite.com or www.mysite.com or any other format given my user to http://www.mysite.com, I'm able to achieve this by rewriting following lines in my .htaccess ...
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Web server with or without Panel [closed]

I start a Web server for my company for hosting about 15 website and I didn't install a Control Panel, I do everything by command and i'm pretty comfortable with it but do you think i'm losing time by ...
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Can't Get a Virtual Host to Work

I can't get a specific virtual host to work. This is the first part of my httpd-vhosts.conf file: NameVirtualHost *:80 <VirtualHost *:80> DocumentRoot "/Volumes/Data ...
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prevent hotlinking of off-site content?

I have a www.example.com site where I serve all static content (e.g. http.//www.example.com/image.jpg) off a CDN with URLs like http://static.example.com/image.jpg An Apache 2 .htaccess rule ...
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Apache server not able to read cookies from Browser

I have developed a login authentication page using cookies (with spring security) where for the first time, the user will need to get itself authenticated. Once the user gets successfully ...
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Apache - Reverse proxy

I am using Apache 2 and using the below virtual host definition in httpd.conf file <VirtualHost *> ServerName localhost ProxyPass / http://localhost:8080/stackoverflow/ ...
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Installing a PHP framework to a host without public_html or www folders (ftp is DocumentRoot)

I've developed a PHP framework that operates with the directory structure of / /classes/ /templates/ /.../ /www/ (public_html) But I've come across a host that only allows ftp to the ...
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How many connection can my website have? [closed]

As the traffic increased my website hangs quite regularly. The page visit is now averaging 50k per day. The static page loads fine, but when the page has mysql request it takes too much time to ...
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Multiple PHP 5.x version for different directory [closed]

Is this thing even possible because I searched every where but all I could find was this one post ? Using .htaccess or using AddHandler/Action MIME module Directive ? I have compiled all Apache, PHP ...
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What VPS spec would I require to run WordPress [closed]

I am looking to move an existing WordPres website to a VPS. It will be a Debian (Minimal install) running ISPConfig3, Squirrel Mail, Apache 2. The wordpress site currently accepts 40-60 online ...
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Can I dynamically set the SSLInsecureRenegotiation Directive?

We're running Apache 2.2.22 with OpenSSL 0.98, one of our Citrix NetScaler Hosts cannot send a client certificate after handshaking SSL as we have to set SSLInsecureRenegotiation off as a security ...
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How can I bypass modules in apache?

I have an apache server running on an embedded device that serves webpages to clients using a bunch of custom modules. I'm now trying to load some webpages from the device using ...
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CGI program can't access external sites through a proxy

We have a local "server" machine (Web, Samba, LTSP, DHCP.. etc) 192.168.0.11 running Mandriva / Apache2 which connects to internet using another machine as a proxy (Vista 192.168.0.2:6588). Browsers, ...
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What measures should I take after I find one of my scripts being vulnerable?

I maintain a few PHP-based websites for a small company on a LAMP server. The scripts include CMS such as Joomla or Wordpress, as well as SilverStripe and Drupal installations. A week ago, I found ...
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GWT “Big traffic change for top URL”

I recently received an email from GWT saying that one of my URL's traffic has suddenly dropped. As it turned out the traffic to the whole site has drastically dropped, from some 300+ unique visitors ...
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How to set htaccess working on opensuse for codeigniter project

I'm trying to have htaccess work on codeigniter project but the module is not working and I don't know how to enable rewrite module. To have read the htaccess. The OS is Opensuse 12.2. I have this ...
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Apache2 redirect all sub-directories to index.html of main directory?

I want to put an .htaccess file in a directory of my website. For this purpose in: www.mysite.com/dir/ Then I want anything after /dir/ to direct to /dir/index.html but still display the original ...
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How to configure apache2 to just save certain POST requests without even passing them to application?

I'm running Apache in front of glassfish server using BalancerMember. For performance reasons I would like that POST requests on certain endpoint are just saved to a file without passing them to ...
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mod_rewrite works within directory not on root

I am having a problem with my RewriteRule for the querystring portion. What I am able to debug is that the rule is being triggered at least because the page "tags.php" is being rendered but without ...
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Apache, Rewrite Rule and Directories

my sites-available/ file looks something like the following: <VirtualHost *:80> ServerAdmin webmaster@mysite ServerName mysite.co.uk ServerAlias www.mysite.co.uk DocumentRoot ...
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Is it possible to stream music/video from an Apache server?

I'm just starting to get into setting up a server. I've set up a basic Apache server to access some songs and movies. When I click one of the songs though, nothing happens. When I click one of the ...
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htaccess code for maintenance page redirect

I set up a maintenance page that I could enable through an htaccess file. The html file is located in a folder called "maintenance". The html file has some images in it. However, visitors to the page ...
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A lot of 408 errors in apache logs - how to prevent them?

I see a lot of 408 errors in my apache2 logs. I increased RequestReadTimeout and KeepAliveTimout but errors are still there. The errors look like this: xx.xx.xx.xx - - [05/Dec/2012:19:33:56 +0100] ...
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Enabling SSL on Apache2 causes address already in use error

My server works just fine on a normal Apache2 install. Now, I'm trying to install subversion on this server using a guide I found on the net called: Installation of Subversion on Ubuntu, with Apache, ...
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redirect non-www to www while preserving protocol

I am aware of the fact that there are tons of questions in this section and in server fault dealing with re-directions from non-www to www URLs. But I couldn't find one dealing with this issue while ...
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Changing domain name - what are the practical steps involved [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How do I rename a domain and preserve PageRank? I launched a website a couple of years ago, bright eyed and bushy tailed, with dreams of conquering the world. ...
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Using mod_speling with multi-level htaccess and rewriterules

We recently switched formats for managing our 301s. For the most part, everything went well, but it seems to have stopped mod_speling from working properly. Here's what we changed: old ...
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Apache2's recursive directory permission requirement

The experience I've had thus far is from Ubuntu 10.04 and 12.04 64 bit OS so if there are other OS differences I'd like to know if this is an OS specific problem or not. The issue I've experienced is ...
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How to ensure apache2 reads htaccess for custom expiry?

I have a site with Apache 2.2.22 . I have enabled the mod-expires and mod-headers modules seemingly correctly: $ apachectl -t -D DUMP_MODULES … expires_module (shared) headers_module (shared) … ...
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Apache virtual hosts - Resources on website not loaded when accessed from other hostname than localhost [closed]

Running virtual hosts on Mac OS X 10.6.8 running Apache 2.2.22. /etc/hosts is as follows: 127.0.0.1 localhost 3dweergave studio-12.fritz.box 255.255.255.255 broadcasthost ::1 ...
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Apache DVB http video Streaming bandwidth or priority problem

I'm streaming few precompressed DVB videos from cloud. The streams are generated from VLC on "impossible" ports (such as 64085, 64086 etc) reverse proxed by Apache on port 80 and 8080. All the ...
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Need to redirect to another server with no access to DNS A record

I've a website which is on two servers - the one it's on now malfunctioned. I have the site hosted on a second server, but have no access to the DNS Records to point the A Record to the new server IP. ...
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Mod rewrite - redirecting url with certain parameter to new url

I need some help redirecting a url with particular parameter value to a new url. For example how can i redirect these two urls with id 123 and 345 to a new url? Redirect ...
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Is it possible to use two different ErrorDocuments for different paths of a website?

I currently run PmWiki at mydomain.com/pmwiki. I have a 404 page and .htaccess set up in my site's document root for 404 pages regarding anything that doesn't have to do with my wiki. By default, ...
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Unable to view 2 local sites over network

I have 2 websites running on my local machine that I'd like to view from other machines on the same network. For /etc/apache2/sites-available/site1.com: <VirtualHost *:80> ServerName ...

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