Product Description
Apache continues to be the leading open source web server in the industry, and Sybex has the information you need with a revised edition of Linux Apache Web Server Administration, the book selected as one of “Top Five Linux Books” by Linux Online. Fully updated to cover the newest version of Apache, v. 2.0, as well as the latest Linux kernel, v. 2.4, and Red Hat 7.2, this second edition provides clearly written and focused explanations of the real-world issues that… More >>
Linux Apache Web Server Administration, Second Edition
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#1 by Anonymous on April 2, 2010 - 10:11 pm
There is a lot of good information contained in this book just waiting to get out. Unfortunately, the poor chapter organisation and the abyssmal index makes finding the information you need (or trying to find it later) a frustrating experience. There’s also a lot of padding with CGI and PHP scripts that didn’t seem to serve any purpose unless you really wanted to learn how to program ‘hello world’. Overall, it will teach you the gist of administrating an Apache Web Server, but I found it disappointing.
Rating: 3 / 5
#2 by Stephen A Savard on April 3, 2010 - 12:07 am
Excellent instructions, and an amazing companion to the O’ Reiley book. Takes the guesswork out of Linux Apache admin, and is a handy tool for any other Unix folks as well.
It’s so nice to read a technical book that is accurate and in English not geek.
Rating: 5 / 5
#3 by Stephen Lee on April 3, 2010 - 12:27 am
You can’t go wrong with this book if you need a reference book concerning Linux and Apache Web Server Administration.
Author Aulds has a way with words, and he makes the subject easy to digest mixed with a dose of magical clarity. He is up to date, and this book covers besides Perl and CGI, PHP. Good selection of examples which anyone can use in everyday Apache Web administration shows the author’s vast experience which is tempered with an equal amount of theorectical expertise.
Highly recommended.
Rating: 5 / 5
#4 by Anonymous on April 3, 2010 - 2:04 am
I bought ‘Apache server bible’, this book does not cover enough on Apache server. So, I bought another book ‘Apache server administrator’s handbook’, I still was disappointed from what I can learn from the two books. I have had many questions unanswered for many months. Finally, this book resolves all my unanswered questions. This book can replace both the above two books plus more. I am so pleased that I read the right one now. If this book was published earlier, it would save me lots of time and money.
Rating: 5 / 5
#5 by Anonymous on April 3, 2010 - 4:53 am
Everything you need to know about v.1.3, but with Apache 2.0 just around the corner (currently in beta), you might want to hold off until the 2nd edition. This edition touches very briefly on 2.0, providing a general overview of what to expect, but no meat. A lot remains the same, but some critical things are different, and clear documentation of the kind that this book provides for 1.3 is scant. Hopefully something will come out before too long fill the void.
Of course, Apache 1.x is no slouch, has the majority share of servers on the web currently, could be all you need and more. If you’re inclined towards the tried, tested, and true, and shun the unproven, consider this a 5 star recommendation for an excellent book on an excellent, if somewhat venerable, web server.
Rating: 4 / 5