Raspberry Pi_Eng_24.3.1 Web server and Apache


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All of IOT Starting with the Latest Raspberry Pi from Beginner to Advanced – Volume 1
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24.3   Apache web server

 

24.3.1  Web server and Apache

 

24.3.1.1    Web server

 

By installing a web site on the Internet, people can access the site through a web browser, view the data they want, and do other various necessary works.

 

A web server is required to install and operate such a web site. People send various client requests to a web site through a web browser. At this time, web server is the application to perform functions that receive the request from the client, interpret the contents, perform necessary processing, and then return the web page contents of the corresponding web site to the client.

 

This web server manages various HTML files necessary for composing a web site and it also perform the function to search the data stored in the database if necessary.

 

24.3.1.2    Introduction and Features of Apache

 

Apache is used as a web server in LAMP combinations. Apache was first introduced in 1995 and can be called the beginning of the web srver.

 

Apache is open source software that is free to use by default, and various open source tools associated with Apache can also be used together.

 

Though Apache is free, it is a tool to provide powerful function that is as good as any web server. Apache has been adopted as a server for many web sites around the world, and it is reported that more than 50% of world's web sites is using Apache now.

                                                                                 

. For more detailed information on Apache, please refer to the followings:

    http://www.apache.org/