#1 most frequent
United States of America
24.0%934,724 installations of 3,899,729
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.
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Who Buys & Uses Apache HTTP Server
#2 most frequent
Germany
17.0%661,107 installations of 3,899,729
#3 most frequent
France
6.1%238,036 installations of 3,899,729
Apache HTTP Server is the foundation of web!
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Apache HTTP Server to Host our Web Applications on Public Domains. We also use it for local development and testing on Developer Machines. It is used on both Linux and Windows Operation Systems. It is useful in Setting up several Virtual Hosts.
Pros
- Used to Host Web Applications
- Used as a Proxy Server
- Used to Host several Virtual Hosts.
Cons
- it should support multiple versions of PHP out of the box.
- Its official documentation needs improvement. It is not user-friendly.
- configuration of the XML conf file is complex
Most Important Features
- It is stable and highly Available.
- It has a great proxy module.
- It is Secure.
- It has good access and error logging features.
- It has good cli commands to start, stop, see status.
Return on Investment
- We have Apache HTTP Server on 5 Linux and 2 Windows Servers.
- All are system admin resources and trained on Apache HTTP Server.
- Apache HTTP server saves us 10 to 20 hours a week.
Alternatives Considered
NGINX and Lighttpd
Other Software Used
NGINX, Lighttpd
Apache HTTP Webserver
Pros
- 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
Cons
- 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
Most Important Features
- Deployability - it is easy to deploy
- Maintainability - it is straightforward to maintain
- It allows to publish a website very quickly
Return on Investment
- Use of Apache HTTPS has positive impact on ROI
- However, it is an axuilary service so the impact is minimal
Alternatives Considered
NGINX and Laravel PHP Framework
Other Software Used
NGINX, Laravel PHP Framework
Apache HTTP Server - The Ultimate Server
Pros
- 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
Cons
- 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
Return on Investment
- The greatest positive impact is seen in that with only Apache HTTP Server it is possible to solve various situations of administration of sites, services, or web systems.
- Due to the type of institution to which I belong, everything that means high performance and streamlining of the institution's processes is a great benefit for those interested.
Alternatives Considered
Microsoft IIS and Apache Tomcat
Other Software Used
Microsoft Visual Studio Code, Joomla!, Sugar Sell (SugarCRM)
The gold standard of web servers
Pros
- Ease of use
- Well documented
- Mature
Cons
- Optimization
- Not as flexible as new alternatives.
Return on Investment
- Free
- Easy to find documentation means less training.
- It's been around so long that there is a good chance someone has tried something similar to what you are doing.
Alternatives Considered
NGINX and Microsoft IIS
Other Software Used
Linode, CakePHP, Ubuntu Linux, MySQL
Apache is easy to use and trustworthy
Pros
- Robust
- Well documented
- Easy configuration
Cons
- 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
Return on Investment
- Apache helps things run smoothly, rarely needing a reboot
- Gives helpful error messages to solve problems easy
- Occasionally we have had to modify file upload size, request timeout, and parameter size which is annoying when it has to be done on a lot of servers or cannot be done through code
Alternatives Considered
Microsoft IIS and Nginx
Other Software Used
Laravel PHP Framework, Drupal, PostgreSQL