Apache

Apache server is an open-source web server that can deliver web content through the internet. Apache was developed and maintained by Apache Software Foundation, There are so many web servers but Apache is popular because It is fast, reliable, and secure.

Now, before I go further we need to understand apache web application architecture

We should know that the most common web application stacks involves Apache, MySQL, PHP and (lAMP/LINEX)

Now we will discuss all the stacks.

Linux is an open-source operating system that can handle all the operations of applications. We know that apache is a web server that process serves web content through HTTP.

As we know that MySQL is a database Where we can store all the information.MySQL stores all the information in an easy query format

We all know PHP is a programing language. In apache PHP help to create dynamic web content pages.

The internet is comprised of many different technologies and not all of them are the same. While Apache is arguably one of the most popular web servers out there on the net, there are many other players and the landscape is always changing. Back in the late 90s and early 2000s, Apache’s dominance was very strong, serving over 50% of the internet’s active websites. Microsoft’s IIS (Internet Information Services) was also an option but not nearly as popular.

Apache is open-source software so being open source has made apache so much popular with developers who want to configure their own element to apply some specific functionality and improve on their core features.

Some of the most common elements that can be added are SSL, load balancing , Server-side Programming support etc

Apache can also be deployed on Linux, macOS, and Windows. If you learn how to configure Apache on Linux, you can administer Apache on Windows and Mac. The only difference would be directory paths and installation processes

Apache’s main role is all about communication over networks, and it uses the TCP/IP protocol (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol which allows devices with IP addresses within the same network to communicate with one another).

The Apache server is set up to run through configuration files, in which directives are added to control its behaviour. In its idle state, Apache listens to the IP addresses identified in its config file (HTTPd.conf). Whenever it receives a request, it analyzes the headers, applies the rules specified for it in the Config file, and takes action.

But one server can host many websites, not just one — though, to the outside world, they seem separate from one another. To achieve this, every one of those websites has to be assigned a different name, even if those all map eventually to the same machine. This is accomplished by using what is known as virtual hosts.

Since IP addresses are difficult to remember, we, as visitors to specific sites, usually type in their respective domain names into the URL address box on our browsers. The browser then connects to a DNS server, which translates the domain names to their IP addresses. The browser then takes the returned IP address and connects to it. The browser also sends a Host header with the request so that, if the server is hosting multiple sites, it will know which one to serve back.

As of now, apache servers are very common and easy to customize enviornments. and very much fast, reliable and highly secure and apache is open source so that makes apache server very common choice by users

Some Alternatives of apache webserver

As we know that Apache has proven to be a staple in many popular stacks and the backbone of the early internet year. as in my opinion, there are many web servers available instead of apache but apache still plays a very important role in many technologies stacks and companies system infrastructure. Even with new technologies and servers coming out as well, Every developer should learn how to handle and configure apache because apache is still technology.

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