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<h3>See also</h3>
<ul>
<li><code class="directive"><a href="#rlimitmem">RLimitMEM</a></code></li>
<li><code class="directive"><a href="#rlimitcpu">RLimitCPU</a></code></li>
</ul>
</div>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="ScriptInterpreterSource" id="ScriptInterpreterSource">ScriptInterpreterSource</a> <a name="scriptinterpretersource" id="scriptinterpretersource">Directive</a></h2>
<table class="directive">
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Technique for locating the interpreter for CGI
scripts</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>ScriptInterpreterSource Registry|Registry-Strict|Script</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>ScriptInterpreterSource Script</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>Win32 only.</td></tr>
</table>
<p>This directive is used to control how Apache httpd finds the
interpreter used to run CGI scripts. The default setting is
<code>Script</code>. This causes Apache httpd to use the interpreter pointed to
by the shebang line (first line, starting with <code>#!</code>) in the
script. On Win32 systems this line usually looks like:</p>
<pre class="prettyprint lang-perl">#!C:/Perl/bin/perl.exe</pre>
<p>or, if <code>perl</code> is in the <code>PATH</code>, simply:</p>
<pre class="prettyprint lang-perl">#!perl</pre>
<p>Setting <code>ScriptInterpreterSource Registry</code> will
cause the Windows Registry tree <code>HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT</code> to be
searched using the script file extension (e.g., <code>.pl</code>) as a
search key. The command defined by the registry subkey
<code>Shell\ExecCGI\Command</code> or, if it does not exist, by the subkey
<code>Shell\Open\Command</code> is used to open the script file. If the
registry keys cannot be found, Apache httpd falls back to the behavior of the
<code>Script</code> option.</p>
<div class="warning"><h3>Security</h3>
<p>Be careful when using <code>ScriptInterpreterSource
Registry</code> with <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_alias.html#scriptalias">ScriptAlias</a></code>'ed directories, because
Apache httpd will try to execute <strong>every</strong> file within this
directory. The <code>Registry</code> setting may cause undesired
program calls on files which are typically not executed. For
example, the default open command on <code>.htm</code> files on
most Windows systems will execute Microsoft Internet Explorer, so
any HTTP request for an <code>.htm</code> file existing within the
script directory would start the browser in the background on the
server. This is a good way to crash your system within a minute or
so.</p>
</div>
<p>The option <code>Registry-Strict</code> which is new in Apache HTTP Server
2.0 does the same thing as <code>Registry</code> but uses only the
subkey <code>Shell\ExecCGI\Command</code>. The
<code>ExecCGI</code> key is not a common one. It must be
configured manually in the windows registry and hence prevents
accidental program calls on your system.</p>
</div>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="SeeRequestTail" id="SeeRequestTail">SeeRequestTail</a> <a name="seerequesttail" id="seerequesttail">Directive</a></h2>
<table class="directive">
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Determine if mod_status displays the first 63 characters
of a request or the last 63, assuming the request itself is greater than
63 chars.</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>SeeRequestTail On|Off</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>SeeRequestTail Off</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>Available in Apache httpd 2.2.7 and later.</td></tr>
</table>
<p>mod_status with <code>ExtendedStatus On</code>
displays the actual request being handled.
For historical purposes, only 63 characters of the request
are actually stored for display purposes. This directive
controls whether the 1st 63 characters are stored (the previous
behavior and the default) or if the last 63 characters are. This
is only applicable, of course, if the length of the request is
64 characters or greater.</p>
<p>If Apache httpd is handling <code>GET /disk1/storage/apache/htdocs/images/imagestore1/food/apples.jpg HTTP/1.1</code> mod_status displays as follows:
</p>
<table class="bordered">
<tr>
<th>Off (default)</th>
<td>GET /disk1/storage/apache/htdocs/images/imagestore1/food/apples</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>On</th>
<td>orage/apache/htdocs/images/imagestore1/food/apples.jpg HTTP/1.1</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="ServerAdmin" id="ServerAdmin">ServerAdmin</a> <a name="serveradmin" id="serveradmin">Directive</a></h2>
<table class="directive">
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Email address that the server includes in error
messages sent to the client</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>ServerAdmin <var>email-address</var>|<var>URL</var></code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
</table>
<p>The <code class="directive">ServerAdmin</code> sets the contact address
that the server includes in any error messages it returns to the
client. If the <code>httpd</code> doesn't recognize the supplied argument
as an URL, it
assumes, that it's an <var>email-address</var> and prepends it with
<code>mailto:</code> in hyperlink targets. However, it's recommended to
actually use an email address, since there are a lot of CGI scripts that
make that assumption. If you want to use an URL, it should point to another
server under your control. Otherwise users may not be able to contact you in
case of errors.</p>
<p>It may be worth setting up a dedicated address for this, e.g.</p>
<pre class="prettyprint lang-config">ServerAdmin www-admin@foo.example.com</pre>
<p>as users do not always mention that they are talking about the
server!</p>
</div>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="ServerAlias" id="ServerAlias">ServerAlias</a> <a name="serveralias" id="serveralias">Directive</a></h2>
<table class="directive">
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Alternate names for a host used when matching requests
to name-virtual hosts</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>ServerAlias <var>hostname</var> [<var>hostname</var>] ...</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>virtual host</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
</table>
<p>The <code class="directive">ServerAlias</code> directive sets the
alternate names for a host, for use with <a href="../vhosts/name-based.html">name-based virtual hosts</a>. The
<code class="directive">ServerAlias</code> may include wildcards, if appropriate.</p>
<pre class="prettyprint lang-config"><VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName server.example.com
ServerAlias server server2.example.com server2
ServerAlias *.example.com
UseCanonicalName Off
# ...
</VirtualHost></pre>
<p>Name-based virtual hosts for the best-matching set of <code class="directive"><a href="#virtualhost"><virtualhost></a></code>s are processed
in the order they appear in the configuration. The first matching <code class="directive"><a href="#servername">ServerName</a></code> or <code class="directive"><a href="#serveralias">ServerAlias</a></code> is used, with no different precedence for wildcards
(nor for ServerName vs. ServerAlias). </p>
<p>The complete list of names in the <code class="directive"><a href="#virtualhost"><VirtualHost></a></code>
directive are treated just like a (non wildcard)
<code class="directive">ServerAlias</code>.</p>
<h3>See also</h3>
<ul>
<li><code class="directive"><a href="#usecanonicalname">UseCanonicalName</a></code></li>
<li><a href="../vhosts/">Apache HTTP Server Virtual Host documentation</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="ServerName" id="ServerName">ServerName</a> <a name="servername" id="servername">Directive</a></h2>
<table class="directive">
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Hostname and port that the server uses to identify
itself</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>ServerName [<var>scheme</var>://]<var>domain-name</var>|<var>ip-address</var>[:<var>port</var>]</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
</table>
<p>The <code class="directive">ServerName</code> directive sets the
request scheme, hostname and port that the server uses to identify itself.
</p>
<p><code class="directive">ServerName</code> is used (possibly
in conjunction with <code class="directive"><a href="#serveralias">ServerAlias</a></code>) to uniquely
identify a virtual host, when using <a href="../vhosts/name-based.html">name-based virtual hosts</a>.</p>
<p>Additionally, this is used when
creating self-referential redirection URLs when
<code class="directive"><a href="#usecanonicalname">UseCanonicalName</a></code> is set to a non-default
value.</p>
<p>For example, if the name of the
machine hosting the web server is <code>simple.example.com</code>,
but the machine also has the DNS alias <code>www.example.com</code>
and you wish the web server to be so identified, the following
directive should be used:</p>
<pre class="prettyprint lang-config">ServerName www.example.com</pre>
<p>The <code class="directive">ServerName</code> directive
may appear anywhere within the definition of a server. However,
each appearance overrides the previous appearance (within that
server).</p>
<p>If no <code class="directive">ServerName</code> is specified, the
server attempts to deduce the client visible hostname by first asking
the operating system for the system hostname, and if that fails,
performing a reverse lookup on an IP address present on the system.</p>
<p>If no port is specified in the
<code class="directive">ServerName</code>, then the server will use the
port from the incoming request. For optimal reliability and
predictability, you should specify an explicit hostname and port
using the <code class="directive">ServerName</code> directive.</p>
<p>If you are using <a href="../vhosts/name-based.html">name-based virtual hosts</a>,
the <code class="directive">ServerName</code> inside a
<code class="directive"><a href="#virtualhost"><VirtualHost></a></code>
section specifies what hostname must appear in the request's
<code>Host:</code> header to match this virtual host.</p>
<p>Sometimes, the server runs behind a device that processes SSL,
such as a reverse proxy, load balancer or SSL offload
appliance. When this is the case, specify the
<code>https://</code> scheme and the port number to which the
clients connect in the <code class="directive">ServerName</code> directive
to make sure that the server generates the correct
self-referential URLs.
</p>
<p>See the description of the
<code class="directive"><a href="#usecanonicalname">UseCanonicalName</a></code> and
<code class="directive"><a href="#usecanonicalphysicalport">UseCanonicalPhysicalPort</a></code> directives for
settings which determine whether self-referential URLs (e.g., by the
<code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_dir.html">mod_dir</a></code> module) will refer to the
specified port, or to the port number given in the client's request.
</p>
<div class="warning">
<p>Failure to set <code class="directive">ServerName</code> to a name that
your server can resolve to an IP address will result in a startup
warning. <code>httpd</code> will then use whatever hostname it can
determine, using the system's <code>hostname</code> command. This
will almost never be the hostname you actually want.</p>
<div class="example"><p><code>
httpd: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using rocinante.local for ServerName
</code></p></div>
</div>
<h3>See also</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="../dns-caveats.html">Issues Regarding DNS and
Apache HTTP Server</a></li>
<li><a href="../vhosts/">Apache HTTP Server virtual host
documentation</a></li>
<li><code class="directive"><a href="#usecanonicalname">UseCanonicalName</a></code></li>
<li><code class="directive"><a href="#usecanonicalphysicalport">UseCanonicalPhysicalPort</a></code></li>
<li><code class="directive"><a href="#serveralias">ServerAlias</a></code></li>
</ul>
</div>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="ServerPath" id="ServerPath">ServerPath</a> <a name="serverpath" id="serverpath">Directive</a></h2>
<table class="directive">
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Legacy URL pathname for a name-based virtual host that
is accessed by an incompatible browser</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>ServerPath <var>URL-path</var></code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>virtual host</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
</table>
<p>The <code class="directive">ServerPath</code> directive sets the legacy
URL pathname for a host, for use with <a href="../vhosts/">name-based virtual hosts</a>.</p>
<h3>See also</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="../vhosts/">Apache HTTP Server Virtual Host documentation</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="ServerRoot" id="ServerRoot">ServerRoot</a> <a name="serverroot" id="serverroot">Directive</a></h2>
<table class="directive">
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Base directory for the server installation</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>ServerRoot <var>directory-path</var></code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>ServerRoot /usr/local/apache</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
</table>
<p>The <code class="directive">ServerRoot</code> directive sets the
directory in which the server lives. Typically it will contain the
subdirectories <code>conf/</code> and <code>logs/</code>. Relative
paths in other configuration directives (such as <code class="directive"><a href="#include">Include</a></code> or <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_so.html#loadmodule">LoadModule</a></code>, for example) are taken as
relative to this directory.</p>
<pre class="prettyprint lang-config">ServerRoot "/home/httpd"</pre>
<p>The default location of <code class="directive">ServerRoot</code> may be
modified by using the <code>--prefix</code> argument to
<a href="../programs/configure.html"><code>configure</code></a>, and
most third-party distributions of the server have a different
default location from the one listed above.</p>
<h3>See also</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="../invoking.html">the <code>-d</code>
option to <code>httpd</code></a></li>
<li><a href="../misc/security_tips.html#serverroot">the
security tips</a> for information on how to properly set
permissions on the <code class="directive">ServerRoot</code></li>
</ul>
</div>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="ServerSignature" id="ServerSignature">ServerSignature</a> <a name="serversignature" id="serversignature">Directive</a></h2>
<table class="directive">
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Configures the footer on server-generated documents</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>ServerSignature On|Off|EMail</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>ServerSignature Off</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>All</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
</table>
<p>The <code class="directive">ServerSignature</code> directive allows the
configuration of a trailing footer line under server-generated
documents (error messages, <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_proxy.html">mod_proxy</a></code> ftp directory
listings, <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_info.html">mod_info</a></code> output, ...). The reason why you
would want to enable such a footer line is that in a chain of proxies,
the user often has no possibility to tell which of the chained servers
actually produced a returned error message.</p>
<p>The <code>Off</code>
setting, which is the default, suppresses the footer line (and is
therefore compatible with the behavior of Apache-1.2 and
below). The <code>On</code> setting simply adds a line with the
server version number and <code class="directive"><a href="#servername">ServerName</a></code> of the serving virtual host,
and the <code>EMail</code> setting additionally creates a
"mailto:" reference to the <code class="directive"><a href="#serveradmin">ServerAdmin</a></code> of the referenced
document.</p>
<p>After version 2.0.44, the details of the server version number
presented are controlled by the <code class="directive"><a href="#servertokens">ServerTokens</a></code> directive.</p>
<h3>See also</h3>
<ul>
<li><code class="directive"><a href="#servertokens">ServerTokens</a></code></li>
</ul>
</div>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="ServerTokens" id="ServerTokens">ServerTokens</a> <a name="servertokens" id="servertokens">Directive</a></h2>
<table class="directive">
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Configures the <code>Server</code> HTTP response
header</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>ServerTokens Major|Minor|Min[imal]|Prod[uctOnly]|OS|Full</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>ServerTokens Full</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
</table>
<p>This directive controls whether <code>Server</code> response
header field which is sent back to clients includes a
description of the generic OS-type of the server as well as
information about compiled-in modules.</p>
<dl>
<dt><code>ServerTokens Full</code> (or not specified)</dt>
<dd>Server sends (<em>e.g.</em>): <code>Server: Apache/2.4.2
(Unix) PHP/4.2.2 MyMod/1.2</code></dd>
<dt><code>ServerTokens Prod[uctOnly]</code></dt>
<dd>Server sends (<em>e.g.</em>): <code>Server:
Apache</code></dd>
<dt><code>ServerTokens Major</code></dt>
<dd>Server sends (<em>e.g.</em>): <code>Server:
Apache/2</code></dd>
<dt><code>ServerTokens Minor</code></dt>
<dd>Server sends (<em>e.g.</em>): <code>Server:
Apache/2.4</code></dd>
<dt><code>ServerTokens Min[imal]</code></dt>
<dd>Server sends (<em>e.g.</em>): <code>Server:
Apache/2.4.2</code></dd>
<dt><code>ServerTokens OS</code></dt>
<dd>Server sends (<em>e.g.</em>): <code>Server: Apache/2.4.2
(Unix)</code></dd>
</dl>
<p>This setting applies to the entire server, and cannot be
enabled or disabled on a virtualhost-by-virtualhost basis.</p>
<p>After version 2.0.44, this directive also controls the
information presented by the <code class="directive"><a href="#serversignature">ServerSignature</a></code> directive.</p>
<div class="note">Setting <code class="directive">ServerTokens</code> to less than
<code>minimal</code> is not recommended because it makes it more
difficult to debug interoperational problems. Also note that
disabling the Server: header does nothing at all to make your
server more secure. The idea of "security through obscurity"
is a myth and leads to a false sense of safety.</div>
<h3>See also</h3>
<ul>
<li><code class="directive"><a href="#serversignature">ServerSignature</a></code></li>
</ul>
</div>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="SetHandler" id="SetHandler">SetHandler</a> <a name="sethandler" id="sethandler">Directive</a></h2>
<table class="directive">
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Forces all matching files to be processed by a
handler</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>SetHandler <var>handler-name</var>|none|<var>expression</var></code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>expression argument 2.4.19 and later</td></tr>
</table>
<p>When placed into an <code>.htaccess</code> file or a
<code class="directive"><a href="#directory"><Directory></a></code> or
<code class="directive"><a href="#location"><Location></a></code>
section, this directive forces all matching files to be parsed
through the <a href="../handler.html">handler</a> given by
<var>handler-name</var>. For example, if you had a directory you
wanted to be parsed entirely as imagemap rule files, regardless
of extension, you might put the following into an
<code>.htaccess</code> file in that directory:</p>
<pre class="prettyprint lang-config">SetHandler imap-file</pre>
<p>Another example: if you wanted to have the server display a
status report whenever a URL of
<code>http://servername/status</code> was called, you might put
the following into <code>httpd.conf</code>:</p>
<pre class="prettyprint lang-config"><Location "/status">
SetHandler server-status
</Location></pre>
<p>You could also use this directive to configure a particular
handler for files with a particular file extension. For example:</p>
<pre class="prettyprint lang-config"><FilesMatch "\.php$">
SetHandler application/x-httpd-php
</FilesMatch></pre>
<p>String-valued expressions can be used to reference per-request
variables, including backreferences to named regular expressions:</p>
<pre class="prettyprint lang-config"><LocationMatch ^/app/(?<sub>[^/]+)/>
SetHandler "proxy:unix:/var/run/app_%{env:MATCH_sub}.sock|fcgi://localhost:8080"
</LocationMatch></pre>
<p>You can override an earlier defined <code class="directive">SetHandler</code>
directive by using the value <code>None</code>.</p>
<div class="note"><h3>Note</h3>
<p>Because <code class="directive">SetHandler</code> overrides default handlers,
normal behavior such as handling of URLs ending in a slash (/) as
directories or index files is suppressed.</p></div>
<h3>See also</h3>
<ul>
<li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_mime.html#addhandler">AddHandler</a></code></li>
</ul>
</div>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="SetInputFilter" id="SetInputFilter">SetInputFilter</a> <a name="setinputfilter" id="setinputfilter">Directive</a></h2>
<table class="directive">
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Sets the filters that will process client requests and POST
input</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>SetInputFilter <var>filter</var>[;<var>filter</var>...]</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
</table>
<p>The <code class="directive">SetInputFilter</code> directive sets the
filter or filters which will process client requests and POST
input when they are received by the server. This is in addition to
any filters defined elsewhere, including the
<code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_mime.html#addinputfilter">AddInputFilter</a></code>
directive.</p>
<p>If more than one filter is specified, they must be separated
by semicolons in the order in which they should process the
content.</p>
<h3>See also</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="../filter.html">Filters</a> documentation</li>
</ul>
</div>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="SetOutputFilter" id="SetOutputFilter">SetOutputFilter</a> <a name="setoutputfilter" id="setoutputfilter">Directive</a></h2>
<table class="directive">
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Sets the filters that will process responses from the
server</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>SetOutputFilter <var>filter</var>[;<var>filter</var>...]</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
</table>
<p>The <code class="directive">SetOutputFilter</code> directive sets the filters
which will process responses from the server before they are
sent to the client. This is in addition to any filters defined
elsewhere, including the
<code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_mime.html#addoutputfilter">AddOutputFilter</a></code>
directive.</p>
<p>For example, the following configuration will process all files
in the <code>/www/data/</code> directory for server-side
includes.</p>
<pre class="prettyprint lang-config"><Directory "/www/data/">
SetOutputFilter INCLUDES
</Directory></pre>
<p>If more than one filter is specified, they must be separated
by semicolons in the order in which they should process the
content.</p>
<h3>See also</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="../filter.html">Filters</a> documentation</li>
</ul>
</div>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="TimeOut" id="TimeOut">TimeOut</a> <a name="timeout" id="timeout">Directive</a></h2>
<table class="directive">
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Amount of time the server will wait for
certain events before failing a request</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>TimeOut <var>seconds</var></code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>TimeOut 60</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
</table>
<p>The <code class="directive">TimeOut</code> directive defines the length
of time Apache httpd will wait for I/O in various circumstances:</p>
<ul>
<li><p>When reading data from the client, the length of time to
wait for a TCP packet to arrive if the read buffer is
empty.</p>
<p> For initial data on a new connection, this directive doesn't
take effect until after any configured <code class="directive"><a href="#acceptfilter">
AcceptFilter</a></code> has passed the new connection to the server.</p>
</li>
<li>When writing data to the client, the length of time to wait
for an acknowledgement of a packet if the send buffer is
full.</li>
<li>In <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_cgi.html">mod_cgi</a></code> and <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_cgid.html">mod_cgid</a></code>,
the length of time to wait for any individual block of output
from a CGI script.</li>
<li>In <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_ext_filter.html">mod_ext_filter</a></code>, the length of time to
wait for output from a filtering process.</li>
<li>In <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_proxy.html">mod_proxy</a></code>, the default timeout value if
<code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_proxy.html#proxytimeout">ProxyTimeout</a></code> is not
configured.</li>
</ul>
</div>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="TraceEnable" id="TraceEnable">TraceEnable</a> <a name="traceenable" id="traceenable">Directive</a></h2>
<table class="directive">
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Determines the behavior on <code>TRACE</code> requests</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>TraceEnable <var>[on|off|extended]</var></code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>TraceEnable on</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
</table>
<p>This directive overrides the behavior of <code>TRACE</code> for both
the core server and <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_proxy.html">mod_proxy</a></code>. The default
<code>TraceEnable on</code> permits <code>TRACE</code> requests per
RFC 2616, which disallows any request body to accompany the request.
<code>TraceEnable off</code> causes the core server and
<code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_proxy.html">mod_proxy</a></code> to return a <code>405</code> (Method not
allowed) error to the client.</p>
<p>Finally, for testing and diagnostic purposes only, request
bodies may be allowed using the non-compliant <code>TraceEnable
extended</code> directive. The core (as an origin server) will
restrict the request body to 64Kb (plus 8Kb for chunk headers if
<code>Transfer-Encoding: chunked</code> is used). The core will
reflect the full headers and all chunk headers with the response
body. As a proxy server, the request body is not restricted to 64Kb.</p>
<div class="note"><h3>Note</h3>
<p>Despite claims to the contrary, enabling the <code>TRACE</code>
method does not expose any security vulnerability in Apache httpd.
The <code>TRACE</code> method is defined by the HTTP/1.1
specification and implementations are expected to support it.</p>
</div>
</div>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="UnDefine" id="UnDefine">UnDefine</a> <a name="undefine" id="undefine">Directive</a></h2>
<table class="directive">
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Undefine the existence of a variable</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>UnDefine <var>parameter-name</var></code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
</table>
<p>Undoes the effect of a <code class="directive"><a href="#define">Define</a></code> or
of passing a <code>-D</code> argument to <code class="program"><a href="../programs/httpd.html">httpd</a></code>.</p>
<p>This directive can be used to toggle the use of <code class="directive"><a href="#ifdefine"><IfDefine></a></code> sections without needing to alter
<code>-D</code> arguments in any startup scripts.</p>
<p>While this directive is supported in virtual host context,
the changes it makes are visible to any later configuration
directives, beyond any enclosing virtual host.</p>
<h3>See also</h3>
<ul>
<li><code class="directive"><a href="#define">Define</a></code></li>
<li><code class="directive"><a href="#ifdefine">IfDefine</a></code></li>
</ul>
</div>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="UseCanonicalName" id="UseCanonicalName">UseCanonicalName</a> <a name="usecanonicalname" id="usecanonicalname">Directive</a></h2>
<table class="directive">
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Configures how the server determines its own name and
port</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>UseCanonicalName On|Off|DNS</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>UseCanonicalName Off</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
</table>
<p>In many situations Apache httpd must construct a <em>self-referential</em>
URL -- that is, a URL that refers back to the same server. With
<code>UseCanonicalName On</code> Apache httpd will use the hostname and port
specified in the <code class="directive"><a href="#servername">ServerName</a></code>
directive to construct the canonical name for the server. This name
is used in all self-referential URLs, and for the values of
<code>SERVER_NAME</code> and <code>SERVER_PORT</code> in CGIs.</p>
<p>With <code>UseCanonicalName Off</code> Apache httpd will form
self-referential URLs using the hostname and port supplied by
the client if any are supplied (otherwise it will use the
canonical name, as defined above). These values are the same
that are used to implement <a href="../vhosts/name-based.html">name-based virtual hosts</a>
and are available with the same clients. The CGI variables
<code>SERVER_NAME</code> and <code>SERVER_PORT</code> will be
constructed from the client supplied values as well.</p>
<p>An example where this may be useful is on an intranet server
where you have users connecting to the machine using short
names such as <code>www</code>. You'll notice that if the users
type a shortname and a URL which is a directory, such as
<code>http://www/splat</code>, <em>without the trailing
slash</em>, then Apache httpd will redirect them to
<code>http://www.example.com/splat/</code>. If you have
authentication enabled, this will cause the user to have to
authenticate twice (once for <code>www</code> and once again
for <code>www.example.com</code> -- see <a href="http://wiki.apache.org/httpd/FAQ#Why_does_Apache_ask_for_my_password_twice_before_serving_a_file.3F">
the FAQ on this subject for more information</a>). But if
<code class="directive">UseCanonicalName</code> is set <code>Off</code>, then
Apache httpd will redirect to <code>http://www/splat/</code>.</p>
<p>There is a third option, <code>UseCanonicalName DNS</code>,
which is intended for use with mass IP-based virtual hosting to
support ancient clients that do not provide a
<code>Host:</code> header. With this option, Apache httpd does a
reverse DNS lookup on the server IP address that the client
connected to in order to work out self-referential URLs.</p>
<div class="warning"><h3>Warning</h3>
<p>If CGIs make assumptions about the values of <code>SERVER_NAME</code>,
they may be broken by this option. The client is essentially free
to give whatever value they want as a hostname. But if the CGI is
only using <code>SERVER_NAME</code> to construct self-referential URLs,
then it should be just fine.</p>
</div>
<h3>See also</h3>
<ul>
<li><code class="directive"><a href="#usecanonicalphysicalport">UseCanonicalPhysicalPort</a></code></li>
<li><code class="directive"><a href="#servername">ServerName</a></code></li>
<li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mpm_common.html#listen">Listen</a></code></li>
</ul>
</div>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="UseCanonicalPhysicalPort" id="UseCanonicalPhysicalPort">UseCanonicalPhysicalPort</a> <a name="usecanonicalphysicalport" id="usecanonicalphysicalport">Directive</a></h2>
<table class="directive">
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Configures how the server determines its own port</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>UseCanonicalPhysicalPort On|Off</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>UseCanonicalPhysicalPort Off</code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
</table>
<p>In many situations Apache httpd must construct a <em>self-referential</em>
URL -- that is, a URL that refers back to the same server. With
<code>UseCanonicalPhysicalPort On</code>, Apache httpd will, when
constructing the canonical port for the server to honor
the <code class="directive"><a href="#usecanonicalname">UseCanonicalName</a></code> directive,
provide the actual physical port number being used by this request
as a potential port. With <code>UseCanonicalPhysicalPort Off</code>,
Apache httpd will not ever use the actual physical port number, instead
relying on all configured information to construct a valid port number.</p>
<div class="note"><h3>Note</h3>
<p>The ordering of the lookup when the physical port is used is as
follows:</p>
<dl>
<dt><code>UseCanonicalName On</code></dt>
<dd>
<ol>
<li>Port provided in <code class="directive"><a href="#servername">Servername</a></code></li>
<li>Physical port</li>
<li>Default port</li>
</ol>
</dd>
<dt><code>UseCanonicalName Off | DNS</code></dt>
<dd>
<ol>
<li>Parsed port from <code>Host:</code> header</li>
<li>Physical port</li>
<li>Port provided in <code class="directive"><a href="#servername">Servername</a></code></li>
<li>Default port</li>
</ol>
</dd>
</dl>
<p>With <code>UseCanonicalPhysicalPort Off</code>, the
physical ports are removed from the ordering.</p>
</div>
<h3>See also</h3>
<ul>
<li><code class="directive"><a href="#usecanonicalname">UseCanonicalName</a></code></li>
<li><code class="directive"><a href="#servername">ServerName</a></code></li>
<li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mpm_common.html#listen">Listen</a></code></li>
</ul>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="VirtualHost" id="VirtualHost"><VirtualHost></a> <a name="virtualhost" id="virtualhost">Directive</a></h2>
<table class="directive">
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Contains directives that apply only to a specific
hostname or IP address</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code><VirtualHost
<var>addr</var>[:<var>port</var>] [<var>addr</var>[:<var>port</var>]]
...> ... </VirtualHost></code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
</table>
<p><code class="directive"><VirtualHost></code> and
<code></VirtualHost></code> are used to enclose a group of
directives that will apply only to a particular virtual host. Any
directive that is allowed in a virtual host context may be
used. When the server receives a request for a document on a
particular virtual host, it uses the configuration directives
enclosed in the <code class="directive"><VirtualHost></code>
section. <var>Addr</var> can be any of the following, optionally followed by
a colon and a port number (or *):</p>
<ul>
<li>The IP address of the virtual host;</li>
<li>A fully qualified domain name for the IP address of the
virtual host (not recommended);</li>
<li>The character <code>*</code>, which acts as a wildcard and matches
any IP address.</li>
<li>The string <code>_default_</code>, which is an alias for <code>*</code></li>
</ul>
<pre class="prettyprint lang-config"><VirtualHost 10.1.2.3:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@host.example.com
DocumentRoot "/www/docs/host.example.com"
ServerName host.example.com
ErrorLog "logs/host.example.com-error_log"
TransferLog "logs/host.example.com-access_log"
</VirtualHost></pre>
<p>IPv6 addresses must be specified in square brackets because
the optional port number could not be determined otherwise. An
IPv6 example is shown below:</p>
<pre class="prettyprint lang-config"><VirtualHost [2001:db8::a00:20ff:fea7:ccea]:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@host.example.com
DocumentRoot "/www/docs/host.example.com"
ServerName host.example.com
ErrorLog "logs/host.example.com-error_log"
TransferLog "logs/host.example.com-access_log"
</VirtualHost></pre>
<p>Each Virtual Host must correspond to a different IP address,
different port number, or a different host name for the server,
in the former case the server machine must be configured to
accept IP packets for multiple addresses. (If the machine does
not have multiple network interfaces, then this can be
accomplished with the <code>ifconfig alias</code> command -- if
your OS supports it).</p>
<div class="note"><h3>Note</h3>
<p>The use of <code class="directive"><VirtualHost></code> does
<strong>not</strong> affect what addresses Apache httpd listens on. You
may need to ensure that Apache httpd is listening on the correct addresses
using <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mpm_common.html#listen">Listen</a></code>.</p>
</div>
<p>A <code class="directive"><a href="#servername">ServerName</a></code> should be
specified inside each <code class="directive"><VirtualHost></code> block. If it is absent, the
<code class="directive"><a href="#servername">ServerName</a></code> from the "main"
server configuration will be inherited.</p>
<p>When a request is received, the server first maps it to the best matching
<code class="directive"><VirtualHost></code> based on the local
IP address and port combination only. Non-wildcards have a higher
precedence. If no match based on IP and port occurs at all, the
"main" server configuration is used.</p>
<p>If multiple virtual hosts contain the best matching IP address and port,
the server selects from these virtual hosts the best match based on the
requested hostname. If no matching name-based virtual host is found,
then the first listed virtual host that matched the IP address will be
used. As a consequence, the first listed virtual host for a given IP address
and port combination is the default virtual host for that IP and port
combination.</p>
<div class="warning"><h3>Security</h3>
<p>See the <a href="../misc/security_tips.html">security tips</a>
document for details on why your security could be compromised if the
directory where log files are stored is writable by anyone other
than the user that starts the server.</p>
</div>
<h3>See also</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="../vhosts/">Apache HTTP Server Virtual Host documentation</a></li>
<li><a href="../dns-caveats.html">Issues Regarding DNS and
Apache HTTP Server</a></li>
<li><a href="../bind.html">Setting
which addresses and ports Apache HTTP Server uses</a></li>
<li><a href="../sections.html">How <Directory>, <Location>
and <Files> sections work</a> for an explanation of how these
different sections are combined when a request is received</li>
</ul>
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