Sams Teach Yourself Apache in 24 Hours covers the installation, configuration, and ongoing administration of the Apache Web server, the most popular Internet Web server. It covers both the 1.3 and the new 2.0 versions of Apache.

Using a hands-on, task-oriented format, it concentrates on the most popular features and common quirks of the server.

The first part of the book helps the reader build, configure, and get started with Apache. After completing these chapters the reader will be able to start, stop, and monitor the Web server. He also will be able to serve both static content and dynamic content, customize the logs, and restrict access to certain parts of the Web server.

The second part of the book explains in detail the architecture of Apache and how to extend the server via third-party modules like PHP and Tomcat. It covers server performance and scalability, content management, and how to set up a secure server with SSL.

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Average Amazon.com® Rating:  Based on 8 Ratings

Excellent for beginners and worthwhile to buy! - 2003-10-19
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Although the title of the book is Apache 2, and it contains full information about it, I learnt from it all the basic things you need to know related to web servers. Being a complete beginner, I learnt not just about Apache, but also about what are SSL, PHP, CGI's, Proxy servers and Tomcat through the book. Everything is explained in plain english and easy to understand. Each chapter has an introductory section that makes it much easier to understand. It's like having the author by your side guiding you.

Not a good book for beginners - 2003-08-04
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This book covers a wide scope of Apache configurations and operation mechanisms, though so few practical examples present. If you want to gain deep insight into Apache 2, go to another book.

Good beginner book - 2008-11-30
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So the "Sam's Teach Yourself" searies of books I have used a few times in the past to learn some tech stuff, and they have always been decently helpful.

These books can move a bit quickly and sometimes have a tendency to expect more from you than you might know, but it also covers a good range of stuff right from the beginning.

These books are set up in 24 chapters (Hour long lessons that usually do not take an hour to read to work through). This one starts right from the get go with what http is, how to request a webpage manually, what your browser actually does, and how a web server is build, then moves on to show you how apache runs and how to get to configured for yourself.

It is not always the most in depth and can go kind of fast for some people. I can see that if you have trouble retaining information, these might not be the best lessons for you, but if you can work quickly and understand things easily, these are good and easy lessons for you.

It is worth the price and better than one of those all-encompassing huge guides that are like 40[...] that really do not teach you anything, they are more just reference.

super - 2007-03-08
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Thanks a lot, we are very happy to have this book in our library!

Not useful as a learning guide - 2007-08-19
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I picked this book up hoping it would clarify some of the documentation that's freely available from Apache, but in most cases it was not helpful. It simply is not well-written and does not flow well, especially as a 'Teach Yourself' book. Disappointing...

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