The first of our Apache web server series that focuses on setting up and managing various parts of the Apache web server. Join the conversation now and help mold the course.

The Apache Web server is arguably the best and most powerful Web server software available for any operating system. While many learn to edit the configuration files and configure or enable various modules, the bulk of what most people do with Apache is manage the content that Apache serves, with very little attention paid to what Apache itself can do.

"The Apache Software Foundation and the Apache HTTP Server Project are pleased to announce the release of version 2.2.9 of the Apache HTTP Server ("Apache")..."

Apache has always been the web server of choice for me. It is a real beast when it comes to resources usage specially in a resource limited environment such as a VPS. I started playing with Nginx a lightweight, high performance web server. My area of interest was running Nginx as a reverse proxy and making it work in a Apache/ISPConfig 3 environment.

"The Apache Software Foundation and the Apache HTTP Server Project are pleased to announce the legacy release of version 2.0.63 of the Apache HTTP Server ("Apache"). This Announcement notes the significant changes in 2.0.63 as compared to 2.0.61 (2.0.62 was not released). [...] This version of Apache is principally a bug and security fix release..."

"The Apache Software Foundation and the Apache HTTP Server Project are pleased to announce the release of version 2.2.8 of the Apache HTTP Server ("Apache"). This version of Apache is principally a bug and security fix release..."

"The Apache Software Foundation and the Apache HTTP Server Project are pleased to announce the release of version 1.3.41 of the Apache HTTP Server ("Apache"). This Announcement notes the significant changes in 1.3.41 as compared to 1.3.39 (1.3.40 was not released). This version of Apache is a security fix release only..."

"The Apache Software Foundation and the Apache HTTP Server Project are pleased to announce the release of version 2.2.11 of the Apache HTTP Server ("Apache"). This version of Apache is principally a bug fix release..."

How many times have you installed a LAMP server only to find Apache doesn't seem to want to run right? Or you install a new module only to see Apache try to download pages as file, instead of displaying them on screen?