Installing Apache
Session Checklist
This book shows you how to knit together Web server, database server, and scripting technologies. These three technologies enable you to deliver powerful and dynamic content via the Web. Before you can begin using the technologies, you need to install all three components, starting with the Apache Web server. These first three sessions walk you though the process of installing the technologies, testing each, and testing their interactions to ensure that you are ready to start working with each.
Why Use Apache?
Apache powers the Web. Although this seems a grandiose claim, there is a lot of truth to it. Recent surveys show that an overwhelming number of Web sites run Apache as their Web server. That being the case, why do all these Web sites use Apache?
Apache is free.
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