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author | Bob Beck <beck@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2001-03-29 10:21:59 +0000 |
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committer | Bob Beck <beck@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2001-03-29 10:21:59 +0000 |
commit | 2b3dc365d4b023a5259d936c068cb5df3426967b (patch) | |
tree | b1346522cde73ec5b607759538d83c41556a8fb5 /usr.sbin/httpd/README | |
parent | 818340ddb467ba6a4dbdf09a24dc1f0199231090 (diff) |
Apache 1.3.19+mod_ssl 2.8.1 merge - also adds shared build of mod_headers
and mod_expire
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/httpd/README')
-rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/httpd/README | 113 |
1 files changed, 45 insertions, 68 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/httpd/README b/usr.sbin/httpd/README index 4757f026d0c..a4549c3c8ee 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/httpd/README +++ b/usr.sbin/httpd/README @@ -1,86 +1,63 @@ - Apache - Version 1.2 (and up) - -What is it? ------------ - -Apache is an HTTP server designed as a plug-in replacement for the NCSA -server version 1.3 (or 1.4). It fixes numerous bugs in the NCSA server and -includes many frequently requested new features, and has an API which -allows it to be extended to meet users' needs more easily. - -Documentation -------------- -The documentation available as of the date of this release is also -included, in HTML format, in the htdocs/manual/ directory. For the -most up-to-date documentation, visit us on the WWW, at -<URL:http://www.apache.org/>. - -Installation ------------- - -Unless you grabbed a binary distribution of Apache, you must compile -it for your specific platform. In order to compile it, you must set -compile-time options (in particular, system type) for your system by -editing a Configuration file, run a script which generates a Makefile -and a small piece of C code, and then compile it. + Apache + Version 1.3 (and up) -For instructions on compilation, see the file 'INSTALL' in the src/ directory. + What is it? + ----------- -After compilation, you will have a binary called "httpd" in the src/ -directory. If you received a binary distribution of apache, you -should have this file already. + Apache is an HTTP server designed as a plug-in replacement for + the NCSA server version 1.3 (or 1.4). It fixes numerous bugs in + the NCSA server and includes many frequently requested new + features, and has an API which allows it to be extended to meet + users' needs more easily. -The next step is to edit the configuration files for the server. In -the subdirectory called "conf" you should find distribution versions -of the three configuration files: srm.conf-dist, access.conf-dist, and -httpd.conf-dist. Copy them to srm.conf, access.conf, httpd.conf -respectively. + The Latest Version + ------------------ -First edit httpd.conf. This sets up general attributes about the -server - the port number, the user it runs as, etc. Next edit the -srm.conf file - this sets up the root of the document tree, special -functions like server-parsed HTML or internal imagemap parsing, etc. -Finally, edit the access.conf file to at least set the base cases of -access. Documentation for all of these is located at -<URL:http://www.apache.org/docs/>. + Details of the latest version can be found on the Apache HTTP + server project page under http://httpd.apache.org/. -Finally, make a call to httpd, with a -f to the full path to the -httpd.conf file. I.e., the common case: + Documentation + ------------- - /usr/local/etc/apache/src/httpd -f /usr/local/etc/apache/conf/httpd.conf + The documentation available as of the date of this release is + also included, in HTML format, in the htdocs/manual/ directory. + For the most up-to-date documentation can be found on + http://httpd.apache.org/docs/. -And voila! The server should be running. + Installation + ------------ -By default the srm.conf and access.conf files are located by name - to -specifically call them by other names, use the AccessConfig and -ResourceConfig directives in httpd.conf. + From Apache version 1.3 and up you have two possibilities to + build and install the Apache package: The old commonly known + but manual way from Apache 1.2 and below and the new + out-of-the-box way through the new Apache Autoconf-style + Interface (APACI). For detailed instructions see the file + INSTALL in this directory. -The Latest Version ------------------- + Licensing + --------- -Details of the latest version are in the apache project page (above). + Please see the file called LICENSE. -Licensing ---------- + Acknowledgments + ---------------- -Please see the file called LICENSE. + We wish to acknowledge the following copyrighted works that + make up portions of the Apache software: -Acknowledgments ----------------- + Portions of this software were developed at the National Center + for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of + Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. -We wish to acknowledge the following copyrighted works that make up -portions of the Apache software: + This software contains code derived from the RSA Data Security + Inc. MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm, including various + modifications by Spyglass Inc., Carnegie Mellon University, and + Bell Communications Research, Inc (Bellcore). -Portions of this software were developed at the National Center for -Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois at -Urbana-Champaign. + This package contains software written and copyrighted by Henry + Spencer. Please see the file called src/regex/COPYRIGHT. -This software contains code derived from the RSA Data Security Inc. MD5 -Message-Digest Algorithm, including various modifications by Spyglass Inc., -Carnegie Mellon University, and Bell Communications Research, Inc. -(Bellcore). + The NT port was started with code provided to the Apache Group + by Ambarish Malpani of ValiCert, Inc. (http://www.valicert.com/). -This package contains software written and copyrighted by Henry Spencer. -Please see the file called src/regex/COPYRIGHT. |