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Apache is an open source web server software developed by a loosely-knit group of programmers since 1995. It is freely available for use and modification without restrictions. To use Apache, users can download the binaries or source code from the Apache website and install it like other software, taking care to configure the user name, password, and port number. Apache is then started from the bin folder and web applications are made available by placing their folders in the webapps directory.

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Apache is an open source web server software developed by a loosely-knit group of programmers since 1995. It is freely available for use and modification without restrictions. To use Apache, users can download the binaries or source code from the Apache website and install it like other software, taking care to configure the user name, password, and port number. Apache is then started from the bin folder and web applications are made available by placing their folders in the webapps directory.

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INTRODUCTION

TO
APACHE
WEB SERVER
DEFINITION
 Apache is a public-domain open source 
Web server developed by a loosely-knit group
of programmers. The first version of Apache,
based on the NCSA httpd (HTTP daemon) Web
server, was developed in 1995.
PUBLIC DOMAIN
 Refers to any program that is not copyrighted.
Public-domain software is free and can be used
without restrictions. 
OPEN SOURCE
 Open source refers to a program in which the
source code is available to the general public for
use and/or modification from its original design
free of charge.
WEB SERVER
 A computer that delivers (serves up) Web pages.
Every Web server has an IP address and possibly
a domain name. For example, if you enter
the URL http://www.pcwebopedia.com/index.html
 in your browser, this sends a request to the server
whose domain name is pcwebopedia.com. The
server then fetches the page named
index.html and sends it to your browser.
HOW TO USE?
 Download the binaries or source code form this
website -http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi
 Install it simply as u install other software and
just take care of following two things
User name and Password
Port Number
CONTINUED…
 Start tomcat form “bin” folder of tomcat
directory.
 To start a web application, put the folder of web

application in “webapps” folder.


 By write the following you can see your web

application.
e.g. http://localhost:8080/milk/milk.html

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