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We have some published websites at some servers, some of them are based on [Apache] HTTP Server.
However, it is more like encyclopedic or Wikipedia style use, as it allows to share information about certain products that are used within our organization.
The Apache HTTP Server makes sharing information about services easier.
Moreover, we support a number of clients who have various web servers, I found that Apache HTTP Server is the most convenient in installation and maintenance , comparing with alternatives like NGINX, etc.
However, it is more like encyclopedic or Wikipedia style use, as it allows to share information about certain products that are used within our organization.
The Apache HTTP Server makes sharing information about services easier.
Moreover, we support a number of clients who have various web servers, I found that Apache HTTP Server is the most convenient in installation and maintenance , comparing with alternatives like NGINX, etc.
- It does good with virtual hosts implementation
- It has good easy to read intuitive documentation and tutorials
- It is widely used so in the Internet there are many examples that could be adopted
- Some specific modules might be difficult to install
- Marketing could be more informative; some people prefer NGINX because they do not know how to do it with apache
March 31, 2021
We use Apache HTTP Server to support our infrastructure in different sites, services, and web systems, which are in a DMZ or exposed to the Internet, for which we use modules of load balancers, virtual hosts, SSL among others. Currently, Apache HTTP is being used in my department for over ten years with great success.
- Virtual host management offers extensive configuration options
- The ease of working with own and third-party modules
- Implementation as a load balancer is particularly good and helpful
- A descriptive graphical interface
- Native tool for statistics of use, access, error among others
- How hard it is to find something that Apache HTTP Server can improve is really great
March 25, 2021
Apache HTTP Server is our web server of choice for all of our projects. We use it to host our company website, client websites, development sites, and lots of personal projects. Its been our go-to thanks to its familiarity, maturity, reliability, and ease of use.
- Ease of use
- Well documented
- Mature
- Optimization
- Not as flexible as new alternatives.
May 02, 2021
I've used Apache for hosting multiple websites myself and for 6 years as my past job. I've also configured it to change default parameters and setup multiple virtual hosts.
- Robust
- Well documented
- Easy configuration
- I think it could use a web UI to configure it
- It could allow PHP to override configuration without having to modify it
- I've never seen statistics for it so I assume there is not much built in
April 30, 2021
The Apache HTTP Server is probably the most widely used web server on the entire Internet. We mainly use it for server-side scripting languages such as PHP, Perl or Ruby. However, these are not part of the server, but have to be installed separately. The Apache HTTP Server is a central part of our infrastructure. I myself was already involved with the HTTP server during my studies.
- Easy to configure, although many options are available.
- High performance
- Industry standard, many colleagues have know-how
- Performance of the competitor (NGINX) is a bit better
- Incorrect configuration can lead to security risks
- Modules that are not needed are difficult to identify
May 13, 2021
Apache HTTP Server is a powerful webserver and in our company we use it since 2000 to provide websites and web app worldwide. It is very useful and easly configurable and we really love integrations with other softwares. We use it in Linux environment but sometimes it had been useful in Microsoft Windows too.
- Fast installation
- Good integration with other tools
- Serving multilple sites by virtualhosts
- Resource consuming
- Not so fast as other simpler tools
- Not so performing for large traffic sites
May 01, 2021
We use Apache HTTP Server as our main front end web and proxy server for all our internal systems and web sites. We use it as a reverse proxy that sits in front of our applications and expose them to the internet, it is also where we terminate incoming SSL connections. It is easy to set up and has been very reliable over the years.
- Mature and solid product
- Well documented and supported by community
- Easy to set up and get going
- Reverse proxy
- Open source with constant development
- Comes out of box with many systems such as Linux
- Apache is built with the sync/blocking I/O architecture, which isn't as efficient as async/non-blocking I/O used by alternatives such as NGINX
- Heavily relies on using configuration files, which can be error prone
April 30, 2021
Apache HTTP Server is being used to serve a customer facing application for our company. It is used by all our customers, though it's maintained and managed by our IT department. It provides a reliable, secure webserver for our product that is well known and well respected. The documentation is detailed and the support available is significant.
- Security
- Support
- Reliability
- Documentation
- Complex syntax
- Does not scale as nicely as could be desired
January 17, 2020
Apache Web Server is used for hosting some of our internal web applications and database instances including a few partner/customer facing web applications and websites that need fine tuned web servers and performance.
- Apache Web Server provides detailed configuration options that makes it great for web applications where performance and a high level of security are a consideration.
- It works well even with reasonable compute / hardware for infrastructure.
- Although it has detailed configuration and administration capabilities, there is a steep learning curve to be able to configure Apache Web Server. It is not for beginners.
- The management console / dashboard can certainly be made better with default parameters in place.
November 09, 2019
I have been using the Apache webserver for over 20 years. At my current organization, we use it all over the place. From serving static pages to full-blown web applications. We also use it as a proxy to pass traffic to tomcat applications. It is used across the whole organization and it is our goto web server. It is incredibly configurable and robust. Never a problem. We use it to serve https and use PHP extensively.
- Apache is Open Source, governed well (the foundation) and probably the most stable computing platform ever.
- Apache is probably one of the most customizable and configurable pieces of software that I have ever run across in more than 30 years of development.
- If there is something that Apache can not do, then you need to ask yourself; should I be doing that? The point here is that it is a solid solution and seems to only integrate other technologies that are of the highest caliber.
- Apache will live forever and you can not go wrong with it.
- The one thing that I worry about Apache is the PHP language which is integrated into the platform. I am not sure if PHP has a relevant future. I worry about this because Python is becoming very popular.
- Some, not so sharp developers, might complain about the configuration file. Yes, it is complex. You need to learn it.
- Apache SSL documentation can be better.
- I would like to see video streaming, that would be fantastic.
February 13, 2019
We use Apache the server to serve all of the clients' websites which require LAMP stack and have been able to deliver medium to complex applications using Apache server. It is used by whole Web Development department and it allows a large number of HTTP requests, configuring access restrictions to certain files efficiently and see a real-time graph of network and hardware resource utilization hence giving us the ability to make informed decisions to optimize throughput and overall performance of the system.
- Apache server is a free and open source multi-platform software which gives ample amount of possibilities and options to use it without worrying about the hardware configurations much; it runs on almost everything!
- It is easy to configure quickly for a new project requires to set up a barebone server to serve any type of HTTP request.
- It allows us to configure https with encryption and configure virtual hosts easily.
- Log files are detailed enough to determine vulnerabilities by providing multiple params which makes it easy to diagnose and debug the root cause of any server issue.
- The default configurations which comes with Apache server needs to get optimized for performance and security with every new installation as these defaults are not recommended to push on the production environment directly.
- Security options and advanced configurations are not easy to set up and require an additional level of expertise.
- Admin frontend GUI could be improved to a great extent to match with other enterprise tools available to serve similar requirements.
March 01, 2019
Our company is currently operating three websites that are running on Apache Web Server. Apache handles page/file requests and serves those to visitors. Apache supports PHP, which is what WordPress is built on. All of our websites are WordPress sites. Apache supports common functions necessary to site administration including FTP and URL rewriting.
- Apache allows for single site configuration using .htaccess files. This allows you to make changes on a micro level.
- Apache offers WHM which allows experienced server admins a powerful tool for configuring their web server.
- Apache is well maintained. It receives frequent feature upgrades, security patches, and vulnerability improvements.
- Apache spawns new processes for each request.
- Apache allows you to modify its configuration (which is a plus). This, however, can cause a serious threat to the security, if not done properly.
- Apache consumes more RAM under heavier load.
- Easy to configure and is the go-to web server for many people.
- Great documentation and community support.
- Modules for added functionality.
- Quicker development of new features.
- A slim version of Apache would be neat for use in small deployments.
- Just copying our application folder in webapps and restarting the server will provide the application in browser and mostly it's secured.
- Easily change from default port to custom port
- Easily to transition http to https after doing some minimal set of configurations
- Can easily navigate with your own domain name using Apache by doing some configuration
- I would prefer it to be more user friendly
- Looking for clear user guide documentation to understand all functionality
- If EAR files are added, they should be accepted. In fact, accepting only WAR files.
April 11, 2017
I've used Apache Web Server for years and years. We have not found a more solid web server with as much support and customizability to serve pages for our website. Apache is widely used by millions of sites on the internet, and for good reason. The PHP, Perl, and other language support is extensive and very helpful.
- The documentation for Apache is very extensive and useful.
- There are a lot of users and systems folks that are familiar with Apache Web Server.
- There are so many available modules to help you customize Apache for your uses.
- There are times that Apache doesn't scale as well as we want.
I use Apache (as part of the LAMP stack) to run several web servers that I use in my organization. The web servers provide services such as help desk ticketing and tracking, intranet site, project management, network monitoring, and conference room scheduling. This allows me to provide these applications for no cost through the use of open-source software.
- Stability - the apache web server is extremely stable, with many months or even years in-between crashes or reboots
- Documentation - Apache is the #1 web server in the world, so there is a huge amount of documentation for support
- Compatibility - Apache is compatible with every technology I have come across
- Powerful - Apache can do a lot with a little, with hardware requirements that are very easy to achieve for low cost
- Apache configuration can be difficult for advanced setups
- Apache is configured slightly differently for the various flavors of Linux.
May 27, 2016
Apache web server allows for the display of websites to the consumer. It has become the standard for website configuration. It is fairly simple to set up and configure your website for display to the outside world, including secure websites having to use an SSL certificate. It allows for the rerouting of directories and even setting up private directories inaccessible to the outside world. You can specify what files can be seen as well.
- Private files can be hidden or set up only for specific users.
- You can block certain file types from being uploaded to your website.
- You can block certain IP addresses from accessing your website.
- Apache web server does not allow for multi-threading, meaning that too many users can crash the system causing downtime for your website.
- Apache web server is not very fast in that you have to do some tweaking to allow for your website to be faster.
March 27, 2019
We have implemented Apache Web Server in many projects: Everything from configuring Apache ourselves, to the bread and butter of most of our projects: data science. While we have also implemented other open source web Servers (lighttpd, et al), Apache is a package we come back to time and again. Our favorite toolchain is to implement a small, custom Linux distribution running nothing but Apache WS.
We have virtualized/containerized Apache, ran Apache on bare-metal, and even found some uses on embedded platforms such as Raspberry PI, Commodity (i.e. cheap) x86 hardware, pfSense (which includes its own Apache version, which we update and upgrade out of the box), firewalls, routers, gateways, and other devices. Additionally, with IoT related projects, we even load a small version of Apache to run PhP scripts, or upload environmental data from remote locations.
We have virtualized/containerized Apache, ran Apache on bare-metal, and even found some uses on embedded platforms such as Raspberry PI, Commodity (i.e. cheap) x86 hardware, pfSense (which includes its own Apache version, which we update and upgrade out of the box), firewalls, routers, gateways, and other devices. Additionally, with IoT related projects, we even load a small version of Apache to run PhP scripts, or upload environmental data from remote locations.
- Street Cred: Apache Web Server is the Founder for all of Apache Foundation's other projects. Without the Web Server, Apache Foundation would look very different. That being said, they have done a good job of maintaining the code base, and keeping a lot of what makes Apache so special
- Stability: Apache is rock-solid. While no software is perfect, Apache can parse your web sources quickly and cleanly.
- Flexibility: Need to startup your own Webpage? Done. Wordpress? Yup. REST Endpoint? Check. Honeypot? Absolutely.
- Large Attack Surface: Since Apache WS has been around so long, it's easy for villains to attack a public instance and find a vulnerability that may have existed for a lengthy period of time. With the rise of Platforms such as MetaSploit and Linux distro's like ParrotOS and Kali, finding those types of bugs / holes becomes much easier and cheaper.
- Configuration Scheme: While it's easy to configure Apache, it's a bit strange if you have never been exposed to it: Most software packages (indeed, even competing Web Servers) enable / disable webpages by a simple config file, Apache has a multistep process to setting up Websites. And while this might be great for larger websites, it's a lot of work for a simple webpage (say, something that simply vomits a report or informational page). I feel like this could be simplified greatly.
- Configuration Fatigue: Iterating off of the last point: The configuration files themselves are extensive, and lengthy. They resemble XML, but are not quite: They are actually sort of their own Markup, so that makes configuration a little more costly, in units of time.
Apache web server is supports major organizations and multiple web sites as their front end receiving host. This web server acts as the host to direct traffic into the web sites used by organizations and comes equipped with security and other protocols necessary to cut off unauthorized users.This also has a major role in authorizing user traffic and preventing unintended users/traffic from accessing the organizations' web site data.
- Apache web server is free and doesn't come tagged with license/purchase costs.
- Apache is the oldest web server and is widely used. The major advantage here is that all kinds of issues have been reported/resolved which gives an ease of understanding/ability for the user for install/support purposes.
- It is the most widely used web server in the market and has been known to support new technology. This web server is continuously updated by a team of developers- keeping it up to standards.
- Apache has a strong user community that helps with answering questions in any area - installation/support/maintenance/upgrade of this software.
- Apache web server is a highly recommended server and its disadvantages outweigh its advantages any time.
- Apache web server uses thread based processing which has some ove head when compared to newer web servers.
February 26, 2016
We use Apache Web Server on almost all of our *nix web servers. It is being used by Enterprise IT as well as most other departments. It is a solid web server, that allows for all the customizations and configurations that are needed. It allows us to easily and reliably set up web servers with a known configuration and reliability.
- Great handling of virtual hosts.
- Works extremely well with Perl/CGI and the Mod-Perl module for fast and reliable execution of server side scripts.
- Handles serving up web pages well, a true no muss, no fuss situation.
- Sometimes a little hard to patch.
- If you're not careful with the settings, you can easily provide too much information about your server to people you don't want to.
- If you're not familiar with text configuration files, it can get a little hairy, as there is no GUI interface for setting it up.
Apache HTTP Server Scorecard Summary
What is Apache HTTP Server?
Apache Web Server (Apache HTTP Server) is an open source HTTP web server for modern operating systems including UNIX and Windows.
Categories: Application Server, Application Infrastructure
Apache HTTP Server Technical Details
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is Apache HTTP Server?
Apache Web Server (Apache HTTP Server) is an open source HTTP web server for modern operating systems including UNIX and Windows.
What are Apache HTTP Server's top competitors?
Microsoft IIS, Microsoft SQL Server, and Amazon CloudFront are common alternatives for Apache HTTP Server.
What is Apache HTTP Server's best feature?
Reviewers rate Support Rating highest, with a score of 9.4.
Who uses Apache HTTP Server?
The most common users of Apache HTTP Server are from Small Businesses and the Information Technology & Services industry.