Apache Configuration Primer

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Apache is a very powerful and flexible web server with many configuration options. This presentation takes you on a guided tour of the configuration mechanism for Apache 2.0, with a particular focus on how modules are loaded and the various virtual host configuration options available including:
- IP-based virtual hosts
- Name-based virtual hosts
- SSL hosting
- Automatic mass hosting setup using mod_vhost_alias
- Mixing vhost configuration methods


Keywords: apache, configuration, virtual hosting
Stream: Tools
Presentation Type: 30 minute Paper Presentation in English
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Jonathan Oxer

Technical Director, Internet Vision Technologies
South Croydon, Victoria, AUSTRALIA

Jonathan is President of Linux Australia, the national organisation for Linux users, developers and vendors, and is also a former Committee Member and regular speaker at the Melbourne PHP User Group. He is the author of "How To Build A Website And Stay Sane" (Oft Press, 2004) and "Ubuntu Hacks" (O'Reilly, 2006), and technical advisor for "Linux Desktop Hacks" (O'Reilly, 2005). His articles have been translated into many languages and appeared in dozens of publications.

Jonathan is a Debian GNU/Linux developer, and has convened the Debian Miniconf in a different city every year since 2003. He has spoken on various Internet-related topics at both corporate and government seminars around the world including linux.conf.au, OSDC, LinuxTag, and OSCON, and has been a guest on radio station RRR's "Byte Into IT" segment a number of times. He sits on the Advisory Board of Swinburne University's Centre for Collaborative Business Innovation, responsible for researching and formulating future IT-related post-graduate curriculum strategies, and on the Australian Federal government's e-Research Coordinating Committee Reference Group.

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