Apache HTTP Server

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100 Reviews and Ratings

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 & Use Cases

Rudolph Pereira View profile

Team Lead in Information Technology at Avalon Information Systems Pvt. Ltd. (51-200 employees employees)

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

Andrei Volodin

Research Engineer in Research & Development at VizioChron (1-10 employees employees)

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

Moris Mendez View profile

Ing. de Sistemas Informaticos in Legal at Corte Suprema de Justicia (5001-10,000 employees employees)

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)

Ryan Prather

Account Manager at AVOH.com (1-10 employees employees)

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

Josh Stapp View profile

Sr Application Developer in Engineering at EnsembleIQ (201-500 employees employees)

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

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