HP Open Source Middleware Stacks Blueprints: LAMP Architecture on HP ProLiant BladeSystem Servers on SLES

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Introduction ...........................................................................................................................................7

Executive Summary...........................................................................................................................7

Intended Audience............................................................................................................................7

Scope and Purpose............................................................................................................................7

HP Services........................................................................................................................................7

Typographic Conventions......................................................................................................................8

HP Encourages Your Comments............................................................................................................8

LAMP OSMS Test Environment.............................................................................................................8

Installing, Configuring, and Managing LAMP Middleware Stack Components..................................9

Configuring the Basic Apache HTTP Server.....................................................................................9

Advanced Apache HTTP Server Features.......................................................................................10

Using the Apache HTTP Server Benchmarking Tool.................................................................10

Apache HTTP Server Status and Information...........................................................................11

Configuring and Using the Modules....................................................................................11

Apache HTTP Server Log...........................................................................................................13

Using the Error Log to Diagnose the Apache HTTP Server.................................................13

Using Webalizer to Perform Apache HTTP Server Log Analysis........................................13

Using Apache Virtual Host Support .........................................................................................14

Using Apache HTTP Server URL Redirection...........................................................................16

Using Apache HTTP Server Proxy Features..............................................................................16

Error Responses and Redirects...................................................................................................17

Customizing Plain Text Responses.......................................................................................17

Customizing Local URL Redirect Responses.......................................................................18

Customizing External URL Redirect Responses...................................................................18

Using Per-User Web Directories.................................................................................................19

Integrating LAMP Components...........................................................................................................19

Integrating Apache HTTP Server with PHP and MySQL...............................................................19

Integrating Apache HTTP Server with Perl and MySQL................................................................20

Integrating Apache HTTP Server with Python and MySQL...........................................................21

Secure the Web Server Stack.................................................................................................................22

Enabling HTTPS Support in the Apache Web Server.....................................................................22

Apache Web Server Authorization .................................................................................................23

Creating an index.html File........................................................................................................23

Configuring the Authorized Overrides.....................................................................................23

Creating a Password File ...........................................................................................................24

Creating the Distributed Configuration File..............................................................................24

Restarting the Apache Web Server ............................................................................................24

Verifying the Authentication and Authorization Operations....................................................24

Protecting Apache Web Server Authorization with Symas CDS....................................................24

Configuring CDS and LDAP Services........................................................................................25

Configuring Apache Web Server Services.................................................................................26

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