Category Archives: Apache

Redirect users to Mobile Version or Desktop Version of Websites Based on Device using Apache mod_rewrite

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Tom

Since the massive rise of smartphones and tablets like the iPhone, iPad, Android phones and tablets, BlackBerries, etc. you might have considered creating a mobile version of your web site. This tutorial explains how to configure Apache to serve the

How to Install Mod_Gzip with Apache

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Tom

mod_gzip is an Internet Content Acceleration module for the popular Apache Web Server. It compresses the contents delivered to the client. There is no need to install any additional software on the client! If you are having difficulties with getting

Password Protect a Folder with .htaccess

Posted on November 4, 2011 by admin

To password protect a folder in Apache, create a password file [root@server12 ~]# htpasswd -c /path/to/.htpasswd admin New password: Re-type new password: Adding password for user admin [root@server12 ~]# This is create a password with user user “admin”. This file

Disable Unused Apache Modules

Posted on August 25, 2011 by admin

On server12 Apache installation, i commented out following modules, that is not required for web server. #LoadModule ldap_module modules/mod_ldap.so #LoadModule authnz_ldap_module modules/mod_authnz_ldap.so #LoadModule dav_module modules/mod_dav.so #LoadModule status_module modules/mod_status.so #LoadModule info_module modules/mod_info.so #LoadModule dav_fs_module modules/mod_dav_fs.so #LoadModule vhost_alias_module modules/mod_vhost_alias.so #LoadModule userdir_module modules/mod_userdir.so

Enable Apache Mode Rewrite in ubuntu

Posted on September 18, 2009 by admin

You need to run “a2enmod rewrite” to enable apache mod_rewrite. hon@hon-desktop:~/web$ sudo a2enmod rewrite Module rewrite already enabled hon@hon-desktop:~/web$ In my case it was already enabled, still .htaccess was not working. It was the default site, so i need to

libphp5.so: cannot enable executable stack as shared object requires: Permission denied

Posted on August 17, 2009 by admin

On starting Apache, i got following error [root@localhost apache2]# service httpd restart Stopping httpd: [FAILED] Starting httpd: httpd: Syntax error on line 210 of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf: Syntax error on line 6 of /etc/httpd/conf.d/zendserver_php.conf: Cannot load /usr/local/zend/lib/apache2/libphp5.so into server: /usr/local/zend/lib/apache2/libphp5.so: cannot enable

Apache serve blank page for static files in cifs mount

Posted on June 6, 2009 by admin

We use Linux guest on WMware as development web server. Files are stored in a windows share. This share in mounted inside DocumentRoot of apache web server. Today i have to reinstall web server as it created some disk issue

mod_secdownload for Apache

Posted on April 5, 2008 by flashweb

mod_secdownload is a lighttpd module that provide secure download of files. The file download link expire after specified amount of time. This is very usefull for file hosting and video sharing sites to prevent bandwidth stalers (hotlinking of files). mod_auth_token

Invalid command BytesLog

Posted on April 10, 2007 by flashweb

On Cpanel server after OS reload, can’t start apache, it shows following error Invalid command ‘BytesLog’, perhaps mis-spelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration The problem is fixed by installing mod_log_bytes cd /usr/local/cpanel/apache /usr/local/apache/bin/apxs -iac

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