What is Apache Server in Windows Environment? How I can configure and maintain Apache Server?

Question

I want to know about the Apache Server in Windows Environment? What I can do for the Installation and Maintaining the Apache Server in Windows Environt?
Can u tell me the web sites to solve this queries?

Answer 1

Once installed, Apache, well is Apache! So the best source for information is http://apache.org

for version 2.0 of apache with Windows
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/platform/windows.html
for earlier releases
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/windows.html
and for easy installation
http://www.wampserver.com/en/


You can find easy setup packages for Windows OS you are using which makes the initial setup quick and painless.

Maintenance with Apache is very easy doesn't require much. The Config is all handled in the httpd.conf file and that is well documented.
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/en/configuring.html

I have apache running on my laptop and does just fine for development work. I will say that the BEST combination is on a LINUX server. LAMP *Linux, Apache, MySql, and PHP is probably the best and most used server on the internet today. Apache works under windows but the weakness there well, is Windows! (All my production machines are Linux based and just simply work day after day with very little admin or maintenance needed! - Auto updates keep them current and an occasional kernel update is all that is needed.)
If you want a full LINUX / APACHE combination just download and run Ubuntu (use the server install) and your DONE! Very solid running system. (just a free word of good advice.)

But all you ever will need to find with apache is on the apache website.

Great Web server so USE IT!
and
have fun

Answer 2

domicile windows 2003(Win2k3) and Apache are 2 distinctive kinds of servers and function distinctive purpose to serve. Win2k3 is an internet site controller for configuring domain names, DNS, DHCP, etc and Apache is a internet Server for web hosting web pages. you may no longer replace a win2k3 server with an Apache server. you may replace IIS server with Apache server, in spite of the undeniable fact that that's superb to have a separate server for web hosting internet centers and not touch the area controller..