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These references - do not appear, and are not needed, for the hypertext version. - </P> - <H2>The Questions</H2> -<OL TYPE="A"> -<!--#endif --> -<!--#if expr="$TOC || $STANDALONE" --> - <LI VALUE="9"><STRONG>Features</STRONG> - <OL> - <LI><A HREF="#proxy">Does or will Apache act as a Proxy server?</A> - </LI> - <LI><A HREF="#multiviews">What are "multiviews"?</A> - </LI> - <LI><A HREF="#putsupport">Why can't I publish to my Apache server - using PUT on Netscape Gold and other programs?</A> - </LI> - <LI><A HREF="#SSL-i">Why doesn't Apache include SSL?</A> - </LI> - <LI><A HREF="#footer">How can I attach a footer to my documents - without using SSI?</A> - </LI> - <LI><A HREF="#search">Does Apache include a search engine?</A> - </LI> - <LI><A HREF="#rotate">How can I rotate my log files?</A> - </LI> - <LI><A HREF="#conditional-logging">How do I keep certain requests from - appearing in my logs?</A> - </LI> - </OL> - </LI> -<!--#endif --> -<!--#if expr="$STANDALONE" --> -</OL> - -<HR> - - <H2>The Answers</H2> -<!--#endif --> -<!--#if expr="! $TOC" --> - - <H3>I. Features</H3> -<OL> - - <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 - <A HREF="../mod/mod_proxy.html">proxy module</A>. - If compiled in, this will make Apache act as a caching-proxy server. - </P> - <HR> - </LI> - - <LI><A NAME="multiviews"> - <STRONG>What are "multiviews"?</STRONG> - </A> - <P> - "Multiviews" is the general name given to the Apache - server's ability to provide language-specific document variants in - response to a request. This is documented quite thoroughly in the - <A HREF="../content-negotiation.html" REL="Help">content negotiation</A> - description page. In addition, <CITE>Apache Week</CITE> carried an - article on this subject entitled - "<A HREF="http://www.apacheweek.com/features/negotiation" REL="Help" - ><CITE>Content Negotiation Explained</CITE></A>". - </P> - <HR> - </LI> - - <LI><A NAME="putsupport"> - <STRONG>Why can't I publish to my Apache server using PUT on - Netscape Gold and other programs?</STRONG> - </A> - <P> - Because you need to install and configure a script to handle - the uploaded files. This script is often called a "PUT" handler. - There are several available, but they may have security problems. - Using FTP uploads may be easier and more secure, at least for now. - For more information, see the <CITE>Apache Week</CITE> article - <A HREF="http://www.apacheweek.com/features/put" - ><CITE>Publishing Pages with PUT</CITE></A>. - </P> - <HR> - </LI> - - <LI><A NAME="SSL-i"> - <STRONG>Why doesn't Apache include SSL?</STRONG> - </A> - <P> - SSL (Secure Socket Layer) data transport requires encryption, and many - governments have restrictions upon the import, export, and use of - encryption technology. If Apache included SSL in the base package, - its distribution would involve all sorts of legal and bureaucratic - issues, and it would no longer be freely available. Also, some of - the technology required to talk to current clients using SSL is - patented by <A HREF="http://www.rsa.com/">RSA Data Security</A>, - who restricts its use without a license. - </P> - <P> - Some SSL implementations of Apache are available, however; see the - "<A HREF="http://www.apache.org/related_projects.html" - >related projects</A>" - page at the main Apache web site. - </P> - <P> - You can find out more about this topic in the <CITE>Apache Week</CITE> - article about - <A HREF="http://www.apacheweek.com/features/ssl" REL="Help" - ><CITE>Apache and Secure Transactions</CITE></A>. - </P> - <HR> - </LI> - <LI><A NAME="footer"> - <STRONG>How can I attach a footer to my documents - without using SSI?</STRONG> - </A> - <P> - You can make arbitrary changes to static documents by configuring an - <A HREF="http://www.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_actions.html#action"> - Action</A> which launches a CGI script. The CGI is then - responsible for setting a content-type and delivering the requested - document (the location of which is passed in the - <SAMP>PATH_TRANSLATED</SAMP> environment variable), along with - whatever footer is needed. - </P> - <P> - Busy sites may not want to run a CGI script on every request, and - should consider using an Apache module to add the footer. There are - several third party modules available through the <A - HREF="http://modules.apache.org/">Apache Module Registry</A> which - will add footers to documents. These include mod_trailer, PHP - (<SAMP>php3_auto_append_file</SAMP>), mod_layout, and mod_perl - (<SAMP>Apache::Sandwich</SAMP>). - </P> - <HR> - </LI> - <LI><A NAME="search"> - <STRONG>Does Apache include a search engine?</STRONG> - </A> - <P>Apache does not include a search engine, but there are many good - commercial and free search engines which can be used easily with - Apache. Some of them are listed on the <A - HREF="http://www.searchtools.com/tools/tools.html">Web Site Search - Tools</A> page. Open source search engines that are often used with - Apache include <A HREF="http://www.htdig.org/">ht://Dig</A> and <A - HREF="http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/SWISH-E/">SWISH-E</A>. - </P> - <HR> - </LI> - <LI><A NAME="rotate"> - <STRONG>How can I rotate my log files?</STRONG> - </A> - <P>The simple answer: by piping the transfer log into an appropriate - log file rotation utility.</P> - - <P>The longer answer: In the - src/support/ directory, you will find a utility called <a - href="../programs/rotatelogs.html">rotatelogs</a> which can be used - like this:</p> - - <PRE>TransferLog "|/path/to/rotatelogs - /path/to/logs/access_log 86400"</PRE> - - <p>to enable daily rotation of - the log files.<BR> - A more sophisticated solution of a logfile - rotation utility is available under the name <CODE>cronolog</CODE> - from Andrew Ford's site at <A - HREF="http://www.ford-mason.co.uk/resources/cronolog/" - >http://www.ford-mason.co.uk/resources/cronolog/</A>. It can - automatically create logfile subdirectories based on time and date, - and can have a constant symlink point to the rotating logfiles. (As - of version 1.6.1, cronolog is available under the <A - HREF="../LICENSE">Apache License</A>). Use it like this:</p> - - <PRE>CustomLog "|/path/to/cronolog - --symlink=/usr/local/apache/logs/access_log - /usr/local/apache/logs/%Y/%m/access_log" combined </PRE> - - <HR> - </LI> - <LI><A NAME="conditional-logging"> - <STRONG>How do I keep certain requests from appearing - in my logs?</STRONG></A> - <P> - The maximum flexibility for removing unwanted information from - log files is obtained by post-processing the logs, or using - piped-logs to feed the logs through a program which does whatever - you want. However, Apache does offer the ability to prevent - requests from ever appearing in the log files. You can do this by - using the - <A HREF="../mod/mod_setenvif.html#SetEnvIf"><CODE>SetEnvIf</CODE></A> - directive to set an environment variable for certain requests and - then using the conditional - <A HREF="../mod/mod_log_config.html#customlogconditional"><CODE>CustomLog</CODE></A> - syntax to prevent logging when the environment variable is set. - </P> - <HR> - </LI> - -</OL> -<!--#endif --> -<!--#if expr="$STANDALONE" --> - <!-- Don't forget to add HR tags at the end of each list item.. --> - -<!--#include virtual="footer.html" --> -</BODY> -</HTML> -<!--#endif --> |