DirectoryIndex index.html
index.cgi
, which instructs the server to either send
back index.html
or run index.cgi
when a directory URL is requested, whichever it finds in the
directory.
Speed, features, stability.
The Apache Group allows everyone to use and redistribute Apache as Open Source software. Please see our license for details.
The Apache Group consists of server users --- people who run web servers for a living, and will, if it is feasible, attempt to give other server users what they want. We have no outside sponsors to please and no institutional agenda of our own to pursue; everyone is welcome to make suggestions to influence the direction we take.
Some existing prominent web servers have already switched to Apache code and are actively helping with development of Apache. These include Hotwired, MIT AI Lab, The Internet Movie Database at US and UK, and Hyperreal, as well as many other sites running various services and OSes.
An incomplete list of sites running Apache is being maintained.
Support for Apache will be via the comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix and comp.infosystems.www.servers.ms-windows newsgroups. Our policy will be for complete openness, with the exception of reports of security holes.
A number of companies now also provide full commercial support for the Apache server
Bug reports and suggestions should be submitted by filling out a report form at http://bugs.apache.org/. If your browser is not forms-capable, or you can't access the form for some other reason, you can submit information by sending a mail message to apache-bugs@mail.apache.org. Submission via the browser form is much preferable, however, so please only send mail if there is no alternative.
Since Apache was originally based on NCSA 1.3 code, many questions about it can be answered by many comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix readers who are not associated with the Apache project. Apache developers will regularly check this newsgroup for questions that need answering.
The Apache group was formed around a number of people who provided patch files that had been written for NCSA httpd 1.3. The result after combining them was A PAtCHy server.
The Apache httpd server is available in the form of source code: