Summary

This chapter explained different ways of getting an Apache 2.0 server installed and running on your Linux/Unix, Mac OS X, or Windows machine. It covered both binary and source installation and explained the basic build-time options. Additionally, you learned the location of the server configuration files, and the syntax of the commands used to modify your Apache configuration. You learned about the two main log files: access_log and error_log. Finally, you saw how to start and stop the server using the Apache control scripts or the Apache server binary on Linux/Unix, Mac OS X, and Windows platforms.