Commit ffc99c11 authored by Ken Coar's avatar Ken Coar
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More format cleanup. Rename JDK link to not be 1.0.2-specific. 

	Add internal comments about structure.  Add note about where
	master copy of FAQ can be found.  More to come..


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  <!--#include virtual="header.html" -->

  <H1>Apache Server Frequently Asked Questions</H1>

  <P>

$Revision: 1.38 $ ($Date: 1997/04/22 10:26:39 $)

  $Revision: 1.39 $ ($Date: 1997/04/22 11:20:04 $)

  </P>

  <P>

  The latest version of this FAQ is always available from the main

  Apache web site, at

  &lt;<A

       HREF="http://www.apache.org/docs/misc/FAQ"

       REL="Help"

      ><SAMP>http://www.apache.org/docs/misc/FAQ</SAMP></A>&gt;.

  </P>

<!-- Notes about changes:					    -->

<!--  - If adding a relative link to another part of the	    -->

<!--    documentation, *do* include the ".html" portion.  There's a -->

<!--	good chance that the user will be reading the documentation -->

<!--	on his own system, which may not be configured for	    -->

<!--	multiviews.   Leave off the ".html" extension for absolute  -->

<!--	links to sites which are known to run multiviews (e.g.,	    -->

<!--	apache.or or apacheweek.com).				    -->

<!--  - When adding items, make sure they're put in the right place -->

<!--    - verify that the numbering matches up.			    -->

<!--  - Don't forget to include an HR tag after the last /P tag	    -->

<!--    but before the /LI in an item.				    -->

  </P>

  <P>

  If you are reading a text-only version of this FAQ, you may find numbers
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   <LI><A HREF="#cookies2">Why don't my cookies work, I even compiled in 

    mod_cookies?</A>

   </LI>

   <LI><A HREF="#jdk102">Why do my Java app[let]s give me plain text

   <LI><A HREF="#jdk1-and-http1.1">Why do my Java app[let]s give me plain text

    when I request an URL from an Apache server?</A>

   </LI>

   <LI><A HREF="#putsupport">Why can't I publish to my Apache server
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  </P>

  <HR>

 </LI>

 <LI><A

      NAME="why"

     ><STRONG>Why was Apache created?</STRONG></A>

 <LI><A NAME="why">

      <STRONG>Why was Apache created?</STRONG>

     </A>

  <P>

  To address the concerns of a group of WWW providers and part-time httpd

  programmers that httpd didn't behave as they wanted it to behave.
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  <HR>

  </P>

 </LI>

 <LI><A

      NAME="relate"

     ><STRONG>How does The Apache Group's work relate to other

      server efforts, such as NCSA's?</STRONG></A>

 <LI><A NAME="relate">

      <STRONG>How does The Apache Group's work relate to other

      server efforts, such as NCSA's?</STRONG>

     </A>

  <P>

  We, of course, owe a great debt to NCSA and their programmers for

  making the server Apache was based on. We now, however, have our own
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  </P>

  <HR>

 </LI>

 <LI><A

      NAME="name"

     ><STRONG>Why the name &quot;Apache&quot;?</STRONG></A>

 <LI><A NAME="name">

      <STRONG>Why the name &quot;Apache&quot;?</STRONG>

      </A>

  <P>

  A cute name which stuck. Apache is &quot;<STRONG>A

  PA</STRONG>t<STRONG>CH</STRONG>y server&quot;.  It was
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  </P>

  <HR>

 </LI>

 <LI><A

      NAME="compare"

     ><STRONG>OK, so how does Apache compare to other servers?</STRONG></A>

 <LI><A NAME="compare">

      <STRONG>OK, so how does Apache compare to other servers?</STRONG>

     </A>

  <P>

  For an independent assessment, see

  <A
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  </P>

  <HR>

 </LI>

 <LI><A

      NAME="tested"

     ><STRONG>How thoroughly tested is Apache?</STRONG></A>

 <LI><A NAME="tested">

      <STRONG>How thoroughly tested is Apache?</STRONG>

     </A>

  <P>

  Apache is run on over 400,000 Internet servers (as of April 1997). It has

  been tested thoroughly by both developers and users. The Apache Group
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  </P>

  <HR>

 </LI>

 <LI><A

      NAME="future"

     ><STRONG>What are the future plans for Apache?</STRONG></A>

 <LI><A NAME="future">

      <STRONG>What are the future plans for Apache?</STRONG>

     </A>

  <P>

  <UL>

   <LI>to continue as a public domain HTTP server,
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  </P>

  <HR>

 </LI>

 <LI><A

      NAME="support"

     ><STRONG>Whom do I contact for support?</STRONG></A>

 <LI><A NAME="support">

      <STRONG>Whom do I contact for support?</STRONG>

     </A>

  <P>

  There is no official support for Apache. None of the developers want to

  be swamped by a flood of trivial questions that can be resolved elsewhere.
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  </P>

  <HR>

 </LI>

 <LI><A

      NAME="more"

     ><STRONG>Is there any more information available on Apache?</STRONG></A>

 <LI><A NAME="more">

      <STRONG>Is there any more information available on

      Apache?</STRONG>

     </A>

  <P>

  Indeed there is.  See the main

  <A
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  </P>

  <HR>

 </LI>

 <LI><A

      NAME="where"

     ><STRONG>Where can I get Apache?</STRONG></A>

 <LI><A NAME="where">

      <STRONG>Where can I get Apache?</STRONG>

     </A>

  <P>

  You can find out how to download the source for Apache at the

  project's
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   Technical Questions

  </H3>

<OL START=11>

 <LI><A

      NAME="what2do"

     ><STRONG>&quot;Why can't I ...?  Why won't ... work?&quot;  What to

     do in case of problems</STRONG></A>

 <LI><A NAME="what2do">

      <STRONG>&quot;Why can't I ...?  Why won't ... work?&quot;  What to

      do in case of problems</STRONG>

     </A>

  <P>

  If you are having trouble with your Apache server software, you should

  take the following steps:
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  </OL>

  <HR>

 </LI>

 <LI><A

      NAME="compatible"

     ><STRONG>How compatible is Apache with my existing NCSA 1.3

      setup?</STRONG></A>

 <LI><A NAME="compatible">

      <STRONG>How compatible is Apache with my existing NCSA 1.3

      setup?</STRONG>

     </A>

  <P>

  Apache attempts to offer all the features and configuration options

  of NCSA httpd 1.3, as well as many of the additional features found in
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  </P>

  <HR>

 </LI>

 <LI><A

      NAME="CGIoutsideScriptAlias"

     ><STRONG>How do I enable CGI execution in directories other than

      the ScriptAlias?</STRONG></A>

  <P>

  </P>

 <LI><A NAME="CGIoutsideScriptAlias">

      <STRONG>How do I enable CGI execution in directories other than

      the ScriptAlias?</STRONG>

     </A>

  <P>

  Apache recognises all files in a directory named as a

  <A
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  </P>

  <HR>

 </LI>

 <LI><A

      NAME="ssi-part-i"

     ><STRONG>How do I enable SSI (parsed HTML)?</STRONG></A>

 <LI><A NAME="ssi-part-i">

      <STRONG>How do I enable SSI (parsed HTML)?</STRONG>

     </A>

  <P>

  SSI (an acronym for Server-Side Include) directives allow static HTML

  documents to be enhanced at run-time (<EM>e.g.</EM>, when delivered to
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  </UL>

  <HR>

 </LI>

 <LI><A

      NAME="ssi-part-ii"

     ><STRONG>Why don't my parsed files get cached?</STRONG></A>

 <LI><A NAME="ssi-part-ii">

      <STRONG>Why don't my parsed files get cached?</STRONG>

     </A>

  <P>

  Since the server is performing run-time processing of your SSI

  directives, which may change the content shipped to the client, it
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  </P>

  <HR>

 </LI>

 <LI><A

      NAME="ssi-part-iii"

     ><STRONG>How can I have my script output parsed?</STRONG></A>

 <LI><A NAME="ssi-part-iii">

      <STRONG>How can I have my script output parsed?</STRONG>

     </A>

  <P>

  So you want to include SSI directives in the output from your CGI

  script, but can't figure out how to do it?
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  what the SSIs would be doing.  After all, it's generating the

  rest of the content.

  </P>

  <P>

  This is a feature The Apache Group hopes to add in the next major

  release after 1.2.

  </P>

  <HR>

 </LI>

 <LI><A

      NAME="proxy"

     ><STRONG>Does or will Apache act as a Proxy server?</STRONG></A>

 <LI><A NAME="proxy">

      <STRONG>Does or will Apache act as a Proxy server?</STRONG>

     </A>

  <P>

  Apache version 1.1 and above comes with a proxy module. If compiled

  in, this will make Apache act as a caching-proxy server.

  </P>

  <HR>

 </LI>

 <LI><A

      NAME="multiviews"

     ><STRONG>What are &quot;multiviews&quot;?</STRONG></A>

 <LI><A NAME="multiviews">

      <STRONG>What are &quot;multiviews&quot;?</STRONG>

     </A>

  <P>

  &quot;Multiviews&quot; is the general name given to the Apache

  server's ability to provide language-specific document variants in
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  </P>

  <HR>

 </LI>

 <LI><A

      NAME="fdlim"

     ><STRONG>Why can't I run more than &lt;<EM>n</EM>&gt;

      virtual hosts?</STRONG></A>

 <LI><A NAME="fdlim">

      <STRONG>Why can't I run more than &lt;<EM>n</EM>&gt;

      virtual hosts?</STRONG>

     </A>

  <P>

  The Apache server can behave unpredictably when it encounters some

  resource limitations.  One of these is the <EM>per</EM>-process limit
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  </P>

  <HR>

 </LI>

 <LI><A NAME="jdk102">

 <LI><A NAME="jdk1-and-http1.1">

      <STRONG>Why do my Java app[let]s give me plain text when I request

      an URL from an Apache server?</STRONG>

     </A>