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ApacheConf

Sergey Zimin writes "ApacheConf is a shell for configuring Apache web servers, that will help you to tune the main configuration file httpd.conf. ApacheConf presents all the information in the file httpd.conf in a structured view. All of the server's directives are grouped by categories (Global parameters, Main server's parameters, Directories, Virtual hosts, etc) and all these groups are represented as a tree. Therefore you can see the entire structure of the server at a glance and you can easily manage all of the server's directives, as well as the directories and virtual hosts. You save time, as you don't have to use notepad for configuring your server! ApacheConf has advanced description all of the server's directives and parameters. It will help the beginner to quickly master the Apache server. For the experienced user it will become an indispensable administrative tool."

39 comments

  1. w00t by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    teh clit 0wnz j00!!11111111
    Y2Kbugs Bunny

  2. Oh, and they somehow forgot to mention by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative
    • Runs on WINDOWS ONLY
    • Comes as crippleware - costs $19.95 to actually make it usable
    Talk about a waste of effort.
    1. Re:Oh, and they somehow forgot to mention by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Parent article is NOT flamebait.

    2. Re:Oh, and they somehow forgot to mention by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      you're correct, but moderators like to tag comments that they disagree with as flamebait because it makes them feel good about themselves and their 'power'

  3. Notepad? by stevef · · Score: 2, Funny

    What is this notepad thing? Why would I use paper to configure my web server? Am I suppose to then copy the config from paper into my editor of choice?

    You know... this actually brings back memories. I developed an interest in programming before I had convenient access to a computer. I would write my programs on paper at home and then transcribe them onto the computer at school.

    Steve

    1. Re:Notepad? by signal+ll · · Score: 1

      Ah, you young whipper snappers. I used to scratch my programs in the dirt and then punch them into cards with a sharp rock.

    2. Re:Notepad? by SmallFurryCreature · · Score: 1

      Ha! Cards? We had to scratch our programs into the dirt(silicon).

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    3. Re:Notepad? by cant_get_a_good_nick · · Score: 1

      You had 1's and 0's? We had to take our 1's and bend them to make 0's..

      (apologies to Scott adams/Dilbert)

    4. Re:Notepad? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      negative. they use vim

  4. Windows only? by snoozerdss · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Am I wrong or does this appear to be a windows only program? If it is I give them credit for their effort but they are really missing the target audience.
    Although most Linux/Unix users are used to editing files by hand with vi and windows users are used to using point and click gui's. Nothing wrong with that. It just seems to be like that most of the time.

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    1. Re:Windows only? by thornist · · Score: 1

      Finally something worth doing with my mod points and I'm not allowed.

      Troll! (the article not the parent)

    2. Re:Windows only? by Lxy · · Score: 2

      Actually, it makes perfect sense. I used Commanche once, I hated it. And that was when I was a newbie!! vi httpd.conf was the way to do it!

      IIS is all point and click. Apache is starting to make waves in the IIS admin camps, and the admins are still scared of editing text files.

      When you think about it, $20 isn't bad for a management product.

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  5. Comanche by EyesWideOpen · · Score: 5, Informative

    ApacheConf looks pretty complete from the screenshots but I just wanted to mention that there is an alternative open source gui configuration tool for Apache called Comanche which works on a number of platforms.

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    1. Re:Comanche by pyrotic · · Score: 5, Informative

      Then there's redhat's apacheconf , which is a GTK based GUI for apache, or also linuxconf which uses Xwindows, curses or a web interface, or you could use webmin via a web interface, all open source tools. Personally I like to do it by hand as I haven't come across anything that lets me specify php settings per virtual host, but that's just me.

  6. Notepad? by KieranElby · · Score: 1

    > You save time, as you don't have to use notepad for configuring your server!

    Notepad! Shurely shome mistake? All web admins use vi, everyone knows that ...

  7. Windows? by OpperNerd · · Score: 0, Troll

    Experienced users don't use Microsoft Windows.

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    1. Re:Windows? by Hellkitten · · Score: 1

      Experienced users don't use Microsoft Windows.
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      Your statement together with your .sig leaves only one conclusion:
      Experienced users don't have a social life

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  8. If the seach engines have to disclose ad results.. by stienman · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Ok, so the search engines have to disclose paid results, right?

    Should that apply here as well? This is simply an advertisement for windows shareware software.

    That's right, it doesn't run on any other OS, and you have 30 days to pay up.

    I could see someone using it for remote administration, assuming the directory with the conf file has a windows share (right!), but it's not worth the money for a simple non-production windows apache server.

    -Adam

  9. A new advertising format on Slashdot? by jrc313 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    First we have big ass adverts appearing below articles. Now we've got adverts appearing in the guise of articles.

    When are the pop-unders going to start?

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  12. Re:If the seach engines have to disclose ad result by Kizzle · · Score: 2

    Well first off slashdot isn't a search engine, second I doubt slashdot is getting any money for posting the link.

  13. What did you expect? by techwolf · · Score: 2, Funny

    Sergey Zimin is the author.

    -techwolf

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  14. Agreed by tons+of+fun · · Score: 1

    thanks for the info

    tof

  15. HAVE SOME NORWEGIAN NEO-NAZISM, BITCH. by stallo · · Score: -1

    Vi kan jo la være å snakke om integrering.
    Kanskje problemene da går over av seg selv?

    Hvordan skal vi løse integreringsproblemet?

    Fremskrittspartiet vil ha en integreringspolitikk der det legges vekt på at de reglene, normene og verdiene som skal være felles for hele befolkningen må gå foran hensynet til ønsker hos enkeltgrupper.

    Vi må kunne forvente at innvandrere som flytter til Norge også har et klart ønske om å bli en integrert del av det norske samfunnet og dele det felles verdigrunnlag som nordmenn har.

    For å kunne fungere i Norge er språkkunnskaper nødvendig. Innvandrere bør derfor ha en egen interesse i å lære seg norsk snarest mulig etter at de er etablert i Norge. Dette gjelder også for barn og ektefeller. Språkopplæring og opplæring i samfunnsforståelse er avgjørende for å bli integrert i vårt samfunn på en god måte.

    Fremskrittspartiet vil:

    * at innvandrere skal ha en plikt til å lære seg norsk språk og samfunnsforståelse
    * at innvandrerforeldre på samme måte som norske foreldre overholder sitt ansvar og sikrer sine barns rett til utdannelse ved å sørge for at de har tilstrekkelig norskkunnskaper når de begynner på skolen
    * at de regler, normer og verdier som skal være felles for hele befolkningen går foran hensynet til enkeltgrupper

    Innvandring og integrering

    Fremskrittspartiet har alltid vært kjent for å ha en restriktiv innvandrings- og flyktningpolitikk. Det vil vi fortsette med.
    Vi har alltid stått på barrikadene og hevdet vår rett til å diskutere også dette temaet, selv om "forståsegpåere" har brukt skjellsord for å stoppe oss. Velgerne har satt pris på at det er ett parti som tør der andre tier.

    Integrering er å involvere. Integrering er ikke å diskriminere. Fremskrittspartiet har alltid tatt sterkt avstand fra enhver form for forskjellsbehandling basert på hudfarge, rase, kulturell, etnisk eller religiøs tilknytning.

    En samfunnskontrakt kan være en god løsning

    Vi vil arbeide hardt for å få etablert en type samfunnskontrakt etter samme modell som de bruker i Danmark. Kontrakten skal være obligatorisk for alle som ønsker opphold i Norge og skal bl.a. inneholde et program for opplæring i norsk språk og samfunnsforståelse.

    Integrering handler også om å forebygge motsetninger og konflikter mellom nordmenn og befolkningsgrupper med ulik bakgrunn. En samfunnskontrakt kan derfor være et godt virkemiddel sammen med en restriktiv og rettferdig innvandrings- og flyktningepolitikk med likebehandling av alle, der særytelser for innvandrere fjernes.

    Fremskrittspartiet vil:

    * at kriteriene for å gi asyl fortsatt skal tolkes strengt etter FNs konvensjoner
    * at utenlandske statsborgere som dømmes for forbrytelser med en strafferamme på 3 måneder eller mer, automatisk utvises fra landet etter endt soning.
    * at søknader om asyl skal behandles i førsteland, slik internasjonale lover slår fast

    Norge har godt med plass og hjerterom

    Det finnes i dag mange norske statsborgere, spesielt blant kvinner, som etter å ha levd i Norge i 20 år, fortsatt ikke kan snakke eller skrive norsk. Dette er en situasjon vi ikke kan ha. En vellykket integrasjon fordrer at de som bor her snakker samme språk.Kvinners situasjon i enkelte innvandrergrupper har også på dette området vært oversett alt for lenge.

    Vi har ingen problem med å forstå at det er naturlig for folk med samme bakgrunn å bosette seg i nærheten av hverandre. Dette fremmer ikke en involvering i det norske samfunn, fordi det skapes egne lukkede fellesskap med egne normer og egen samfunnsforståelse. Mistenksomhet og unødig skepsis til mennesker med en annen bakgrunn enn vår egen kunne vært unngått dersom store innvandrergrupper tok mer aktiv del i å involvere seg i det norske samfunnet.

    Også nordmenn må tørre å involvere innvandrerne. I altfor mange år har det politiske flertallet ført en dumsnill politikk, som har ført til mye av den såkalte fremmedfrykten. En restriktiv og rettferdig politikk ville ført til mindre motsetninger i Norge.

    Velferd er viktigst! En vellykket og konstruktiv integreringsprosess betyr større velferd for alle - både etniske nordmenn og innvandrere. Du bør derfor stemme på et parti som tør å gjøre noe med det - og ikke bare holder festtaler.

    Fremskrittspartiet har foreslått....

    * at det i alle asylmottak iverksettes omfattende og obligatoriske kurs i norsk språk og samfunnsforståelse for å forberede integrasjonsprosessen hvis opphold på permanent grunnlag innvilges.
    * at asylsøkere i mottak kan gis arbeidsoppgaver slik at hverdagen gjøres mer meningsfull samtidig som det gir verdifull språk og arbeidslivsopplæring.
    * at norsk skal være den eneste lærespråket i norsk offentlig skole i tillegg til ordinære fremmedspråk som for eksempel engelsk.
    * at asylsøkere, flyktninger og personer som får opphold på humanitært grunnlag må forplikte seg til å overholde norske lover og regler også dersom disse er i strid med egne religiøse bestemmelser eller skikker fra hjemlandet.
    * at asylsøknader fra personer som begår kriminelle handlinger i Norge mens de venter på behandlingen av sin søknad avslås
    * at asylsøkere med uakseptabel adferd plasseres i egne lukkede mottak

    I Stortinget fikk alle disse fornuftige forslagene kun FrPs stemmer våren 2001.

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  16. but by stallo · · Score: -1



    I've been using Apache 2 on Linux and FreeBSD for about 2 months now (got into it while playing around with Subversion, another project that seems to be making excellent progress), and IMHO it is really going to rock the server world. Some major plusses:

    * ./configure; make; make install (almost). No more APACI, thankfully.
    * APR. It's already starting to be used by other projects.
    * Totally rewritten mod_cache, mod_proxy, etc. Works much better now!
    * Will actually work on Windows (well, some may not see this as a benefit, but whatever).

    People have been complaining that Apache 2 is slow to come out, but from what I've seen lurking on the mailing list, it's because they want to ensure the quality of this release. They've also been talking about how they want a lot of beta testers, because ()they want to release soon, maybe even from 2.0.32. So get out there and beta test it!

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  17. One more by lmd · · Score: 1

    Another tool is ApacheToolbox.

    I agree with you. Editing by hand is the way to go.

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  18. Shouldnt be so hard on stuff like this... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    You know you guys shouldnt rag on stuff like this so much. Although I would rather see something like this open source or at least available free of charge, this is a start.

    I for one would like to see Apache start to eat into some of the marketshare of IIS on Windows servers. Without tools like this that make it possible for monkeys to run web servers, that will never happen...

    1. Re:Shouldnt be so hard on stuff like this... by grokster · · Score: 1
      > this is a start.

      start, programs, ApacheConf!

      > tools like this that make it possible for monkeys to run web servers

      What's the sign language for "vi /etc/apache/httpd.conf; apachectl start" ?

    2. Re:Shouldnt be so hard on stuff like this... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      What's the sign language for "vi /etc/apache/httpd.conf; apachectl start" ?

      or "vi /var/www/conf/httpd.conf"

      do not forget the openbsd's of teh world

    3. Re:Shouldnt be so hard on stuff like this... by cameloid · · Score: 1

      Any monkey coming near my server's gets a sound thrashing

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  19. Mr. Spammer by roly · · Score: 0

    The person who posted this must surely be the owner/a developer of this!

    First its for M$ Windows, umm windows is crap Linux/OpenBSD/Solaris/HP-UX/AIX/IRIX/FreeBSD/NetBS D are soo much better!
    Second Notepad?? ROTFLMAO No one even uses windows notepad (windows notepad sucks bad)

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  20. Useless by Quicksilver31337 · · Score: 1

    It seems to me that if you cant spend 20 mins reading and configuring apache from httpd.conf, then u shouldn't be running a webserver at all, as its completely "idiot proof". Additionally what the heck is it doing as a windows only app? If it were a *nix proggy or even OSX then that might make a bit more sense. I think it best that i stop here before i start ranting about the evil empire and whatnot..

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  21. Slashdot Janitors by enneff · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I don't understand. What exactly is it that the janitors do all day? Surely one competent person could quite easily maintain the entire site.

    How hard is it to read through a submission queue, check links, and post relevant stories?

  22. I downloaded it by roly · · Score: 0

    Well I decided to download and all I can say is: ROTFLMAO. It takes long while to load on my 1.2GHz Celeron and once your in it theres not much you can do in it! Its just a dumb text editor with lameo stuff for editing apache.

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    1. Re:I downloaded it by roly · · Score: 0

      Oops, I forgot to mention that the conf file I used with it is: ServerType standalone Port 80 HostnameLookups off User nobody Group #-1 ServerAdmin you@your.address ServerRoot "@@ServerRoot@@" #BindAddress * ErrorLog logs/error_log LogLevel warn LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\"" combined LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b" common LogFormat "%{Referer}i -> %U" referer LogFormat "%{User-agent}i" agent CustomLog logs/access_log common #CustomLog logs/referer_log referer #CustomLog logs/agent_log agent #CustomLog logs/access_log combined PidFile logs/httpd.pid ScoreBoardFile logs/apache_runtime_status #LockFile logs/accept.loc #ExtendedStatus On #ServerName new.host.name ServerSignature on UseCanonicalName on #CacheNegotiatedDocs Timeout 300 KeepAlive On MaxKeepAliveRequests 100 KeepAliveTimeout 15 MinSpareServers 5 MaxSpareServers 10 StartServers 5 MaxClients 150 MaxRequestsPerChild 30 #ProxyRequests On #ProxyVia on #CacheRoot @@ServerRoot@@/proxy #CacheSize 5 #CacheGcInterval 4 #CacheMaxExpire 24 #CacheLastModifiedFactor 0.1 #CacheDefaultExpire 1 #NoCache a_domain.com another_domain.edu joes.garage_sale.com #Listen 3000 #Listen 12.34.56.78:80 # #ServerAdmin webmaster@host.some_domain.com #DocumentRoot /www/docs/host.some_domain.com #ServerName host.some_domain.com #ErrorLog logs/host.some_domain.com-error_log #TransferLog logs/host.some_domain.com-access_log #

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  23. I downloaded it - Part 2 by roly · · Score: 0

    Tried it with a small httpd.conf, half of the options in it disappear! Heres the 'small' one I used:

    HostnameLookups off
    User nobody
    Group #-1
    ServerAdmin you@your.address
    ServerRoot "@@ServerRoot@@"
    ErrorLog logs/error_log
    LogLevel warn
    LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\"" combined
    LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b" common
    LogFormat "%{Referer}i -> %U" referer
    LogFormat "%{User-agent}i" agent
    CustomLog logs/access_log common
    PidFile logs/httpd.pid
    ScoreBoardFile logs/apache_runtime_status
    #ServerName new.host.name
    ServerSignature on
    UseCanonicalName on
    Timeout 300
    KeepAlive On
    MaxKeepAliveRequests 100
    KeepAliveTimeout 15
    MinSpareServers 5
    MaxSpareServers 10
    StartServers 5
    MaxClients 150
    MaxRequestsPerChild 30

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  24. What's wrong with editing a text file? by Orlando · · Score: 1

    I will never understand what people have against editing plain old text config files. You can use ANY text aditor without having to learn someone else's idea of a good UI, you have all the command line tools available to you (grep!), it's flexible, it works over pretty much any speed link on a text only display, you can add comments of your own, comment out lines you may want to use again later, etc.

    orlando....

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    1. Re:What's wrong with editing a text file? by MeNeXT · · Score: 2
      Why should I have to learn how to administer a computer when I only wish to run a server?/SARCASM

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