Apache HTTP Server Project Reviews & Product Details

It is in my opinion an excellent web page server that allows you to use it in the PHP, Python and Java language, the most common are also handled by others, you can use this in different databases such as MySQL, in another aspect how adaptable it is to working in the windows and unix environments makes it very attractive.

I can say that I keep control of access or restrictions by the security policies that I can implement, and give predetermined access to different pages.

The use of open source software which allows me to see if there is a security failure gives me a reliability and the best e are in continuous updates, its cost is free, its work by module makes it easy to configure and I practice even if you are starting to work on it. Apache is not a new server but it has earned its place in the market. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I have no complaints of Apache has been very good for what I have needed, what can be is that if you are newbie it will not be very practical and you will have to invest time in learning to use but the Good is so you have to dedicate your weather. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is an excellent server, to use a language that is used mainly on the web that is PHP, is an HTTP server allows me to connect with databases such as MySQL and MariaDB. It is also an open source software, which can be monitored for security flaws, we can also say that it is a software that I consider very safe and is always in constant update and improvement. The costs of the Apache servers are free, we must know how to configure in a way that is quite easy to install on Windows, Macintosh and Linux. I have used it in the Windows and Linux server models, the experience in these two environments has been very good for me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I could say that some versions do not have a visually friendly presentation for its configuration, since this must be done by means of a console. For the person who is starting or not conosca can be something a bit cumbersome, but we can not ignore that is the most effective way to make such configurations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Apachee is one of the powerful webservers available. Runs on all the Operating Systems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ability modify its Configuration.Can cause very serious threat for security. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like the simplicity of use and the amount of libraries and modules available to use. You can easily enable and disable them and it works like a charm. It is also really easy to go from development to proudction. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It can be a little complex to configure, especially when you are new to it, but once you get the hang of the configuration files and the way it works, you can get it to work really good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Apache Server is an application to publish websites on your own server in an agile and powerful way. It is really complete and has many options, for example recently it has allowed me to configure two different web pages in two different domains on the same server, with SSL enabled and with different certificates for each one, definitively it's the most complete service. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Being so powerful, has a drawback, it is very complicated to configure it safely. Only with installing the service you have an operative web page, but once you want to deepen you have to dedicate many hours. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Apache is a great service to publish websites, together with ISS and Nginx, which are the alternatives. But Apache is much faster than the others, according to some synthetic tests, up to twice as fast Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The worst thing about Apache is undoubtedly how complicated it is to configure it, since it requires some good prior knowledge to have it configured correctly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

This software is a multi-platform, free, and robust web server that offers a wide range of functionalities. Firstly, it allows for the efficient management of a large number of requests made via HTTP, controlling the delivery or denial of service according to established security policies. Secondly, it allows for configuring access restrictions to files to prevent unauthorized access. Thirdly, it enables users to display predetermined web pages or general information when there is an error accessing a server resource. Fourthly, it allows for efficient management of logs with received requests and errors produced on the server, in order to generate access statistics. Finally, the Apache server also allows us to configure virtual hosts with HTTPS encryption. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Extensive knowledge and experience are required to achieve great performance of the web server and optimal security settings. Therefore, installing the web server and making it work in a production environment would be risky because it only has the default basic configurations. Under these conditions, the server would have significant vulnerabilities and low performance. Additionally, there is no configuration panel to facilitate the administration of the web server. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Apache web server it's a cross-platform application that gives you hundreds of options to configure it. To get it up, it's easy but there are lots of properties that you can define to get your services totally customized and secure. For example, you can define rules to set witch files will be accessible from the web and witch no, define witch users can see some pages or have multiple websites running in the same server, each one with a totally differenced options. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Apache has so many options that to configure everything is very complicated, and sometimes you need to spend much ours to get it good configured. Other handicap of apache at different of other web servers, is that there aren't available a control panel to deal with the numerous options Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Apache server it's the web server used by the 95% of administrators over the world, because it's the best in different aspects: First, it's available and compiled for the principal operatives systems that runs in servers, second because it's stable and runs very fast. And third, because it's maintained by the community, and this with thousands of users becomes in very tested and verified product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's a product for advanced administrators, comes with a basic configuration that is not recommendable for use in production because isn't safe enough.If you want to tune it to production, with the configuration of certificates and with the SSL enabled you need to work in that a few days. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Apache server it's the web server that everybody use as default, because it's the best option that there are in Linux. It's easy to install, since it is available for all environments, and once it's installed it weak up automatic. Once you have it installed just you needs to put the HTML files to the correct directory and you have a website running. It's really easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The advanced configurations are not so easy to configure, mainly the security options, the certificates configurations or for example get different webs in the same server, but anyway there are lots of manuals on the net to configure apache, so there are the MAN pages that also includes the information to configure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.