Apache Server 2.0: A Beginner's Guide

By Stuart McClure and Joel Scambray

This work offers clear and straightforward instructions for tasks ranging from basic to technical, as well as the background information required for an administrator to understand the history of the server and how best to run it in today's Web environment. It contains information on running Apache with different platforms, including UNIX-based systems like Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris; Windows products, including NT and Windows 2000; and Mac OS X. There are eight pages of blueprints which demonstrate the differences between Apache Server and IIS 5 and diagrams showing Apache running on different operating systems. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 007219183X
• ISBN13: 9780072191837
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.0" x 9.7"

Customer Reviews

Well organized and a good read

It's a rare technical writer who can be conversational and engaging in her style without compromising either the quality or quanity of the technical information within the work. Wrightson has managed this balancing act, with a guide that is friendly, well organized and above all useful for a web administrator. The book's attention to Mac OS X is also welcome -- far too many Mac users have upgraded to Mac OS X and leapt into...