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diff --git a/docs/manual/getting-started.html.en b/docs/manual/getting-started.html.en new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e58dc4f --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/manual/getting-started.html.en @@ -0,0 +1,252 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> +<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> +<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><head> +<meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type" /> +<!-- + XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX + This file is generated from xml source: DO NOT EDIT + XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX + --> +<title>Getting Started - Apache HTTP Server Version 2.4</title> +<link href="./style/css/manual.css" rel="stylesheet" media="all" type="text/css" title="Main stylesheet" /> +<link href="./style/css/manual-loose-100pc.css" rel="alternate stylesheet" media="all" type="text/css" title="No Sidebar - Default font size" /> +<link href="./style/css/manual-print.css" rel="stylesheet" media="print" type="text/css" /><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./style/css/prettify.css" /> +<script src="./style/scripts/prettify.min.js" type="text/javascript"> +</script> + +<link href="./images/favicon.ico" rel="shortcut icon" /></head> +<body id="manual-page"><div id="page-header"> +<p class="menu"><a href="./mod/">Modules</a> | <a href="./mod/directives.html">Directives</a> | <a href="http://wiki.apache.org/httpd/FAQ">FAQ</a> | <a href="./glossary.html">Glossary</a> | <a href="./sitemap.html">Sitemap</a></p> +<p class="apache">Apache HTTP Server Version 2.4</p> +<img alt="" src="./images/feather.png" /></div> +<div class="up"><a href="./"><img title="<-" alt="<-" src="./images/left.gif" /></a></div> +<div id="path"> +<a href="http://www.apache.org/">Apache</a> > <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/">HTTP Server</a> > <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs/">Documentation</a> > <a href="./">Version 2.4</a></div><div id="page-content"><div id="preamble"><h1>Getting Started</h1> +<div class="toplang"> +<p><span>Available Languages: </span><a href="./en/getting-started.html" title="English"> en </a> | +<a href="./fr/getting-started.html" hreflang="fr" rel="alternate" title="Français"> fr </a></p> +</div> + +<p>If you're completely new to the Apache HTTP Server, or even to running +a website at all, you might not know where to start, or what questions to +ask. This document walks you through the basics.</p> +</div> +<div id="quickview"><a href="https://www.apache.org/foundation/contributing.html" class="badge"><img src="https://www.apache.org/images/SupportApache-small.png" alt="Support Apache!" /></a><ul id="toc"><li><img alt="" src="./images/down.gif" /> <a href="#clientserver">Clients, Servers, and URLs</a></li> +<li><img alt="" src="./images/down.gif" /> <a href="#dns">Hostnames and DNS</a></li> +<li><img alt="" src="./images/down.gif" /> <a href="#configuration">Configuration Files and Directives</a></li> +<li><img alt="" src="./images/down.gif" /> <a href="#content">Web Site Content</a></li> +<li><img alt="" src="./images/down.gif" /> <a href="#logs">Log Files and Troubleshooting</a></li> +<li><img alt="" src="./images/down.gif" /> <a href="#other">What's next?</a></li> +</ul><h3>See also</h3><ul class="seealso"><li><a href="#comments_section">Comments</a></li></ul></div> +<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="./images/up.gif" /></a></div> +<div class="section"> +<h2><a name="clientserver" id="clientserver">Clients, Servers, and URLs</a></h2> + + +<p> +Addresses on the Web are expressed with URLs - Uniform Resource Locators +- which specify a protocol (e.g. <code>http</code>), a servername (e.g. +<code>www.apache.org</code>), a URL-path (e.g. +<code>/docs/current/getting-started.html</code>), and possibly a query +string (e.g. <code>?arg=value</code>) used to pass additional +arguments to the server. +</p> + +<p>A client (e.g., a web browser) connects to a server (e.g., your Apache HTTP Server), +with the specified protocol, and makes a <strong>request</strong> for a resource using the +URL-path.</p> + +<p>The URL-path may represent any number of things on the server. It may +be a file (like <code>getting-started.html</code>) a handler (like <a href="mod/mod_status.html">server-status</a>) or some kind of program +file (like <code>index.php</code>). We'll discuss this more below in +the <a href="#content">Web Site Content</a> section.</p> + +<p> +The server will send a <strong>response</strong> consisting of a status +code and, optionally, a response body. +The status code indicates whether the request was successful, and, if not, what +kind of error condition there was. This tells the client what it should +do with the response. You can read about the possible response codes in +<a href="http://wiki.apache.org/httpd/CommonHTTPStatusCodes">HTTP Server +wiki</a>.</p> + +<p>Details of the transaction, and any error conditions, are written to +log files. This is discussed in greater detail below in the <a href="#logs">Logs Files and Troubleshooting</a> section.</p> + +</div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="./images/up.gif" /></a></div> +<div class="section"> +<h2><a name="dns" id="dns">Hostnames and DNS</a></h2> + + +<p>In order to connect to a server, the client will first have to resolve +the servername to an IP address - the location on the Internet where the +server resides. Thus, in order for your web server to be reachable, it +is necessary that the servername be in DNS.</p> + +<p>If you don't know how to do this, you'll need to contact your network +administrator, or Internet service provider, to perform this step for +you.</p> + +<p>More than one hostname may point to the same IP address, and more +than one IP address can be attached to the same physical server. Thus, you +can run more than one web site on the same physical server, using a +feature called <a href="vhosts/">virtual hosts</a>.</p> + +<p>If you are testing a server that is not Internet-accessible, you +can put host names in your hosts file in order to do local resolution. +For example, you might want to put a record in your hosts file to map a +request for <code>www.example.com</code> to your local system, for +testing purposes. This entry would look like:</p> + +<div class="example"><p><code> +127.0.0.1 www.example.com +</code></p></div> + +<p>A hosts file will probably be located at <code>/etc/hosts</code> or +<code>C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts</code>.</p> + +<p>You can read more about the hosts file at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_(file)">Wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_(file)</a>, and +more about DNS at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name_System">Wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name_System</a>.</p> +</div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="./images/up.gif" /></a></div> +<div class="section"> +<h2><a name="configuration" id="configuration">Configuration Files and Directives</a></h2> + + +<p>The Apache HTTP Server is configured via simple text files. +These files may be located any of a variety of places, depending on how +exactly you installed the server. Common locations for these files may +be found <a href="http://wiki.apache.org/httpd/DistrosDefaultLayout">in +the httpd wiki</a>. If you installed httpd from source, the default +location of the configuration files is +<code>/usr/local/apache2/conf</code>. The default configuration file is +usually called <code>httpd.conf</code>. This, too, can vary in +third-party distributions of the server.</p> + +<p>The configuration is frequently broken into multiple smaller files, +for ease of management. These files are loaded via the <code class="directive"><a href="./mod/core.html#include">Include</a></code> directive. The names or locations of +these sub-files are not magical, and may vary greatly from one +installation to another. Arrange and subdivide these files as +makes the most sense to <strong>you</strong>. If the file arrangement +you have by default doesn't make sense to you, feel free to rearrange it.</p> + +<p>The server is configured by placing <a href="mod/quickreference.html">configuration directives</a> in these +configuration files. A directive is a keyword followed by one or more +arguments that set its value.</p> + +<p>The question of "<em>Where should I put that +directive?</em>" is generally answered by considering where you want a +directive to be effective. If it is a global setting, it should appear +in the configuration file, outside of any <code class="directive"><a href="./mod/core.html#directory"><Directory></a></code>, <code class="directive"><a href="./mod/core.html#location"><Location></a></code>, <code class="directive"><a href="./mod/core.html#virtualhost"><VirtualHost></a></code>, or other section. If it is to +apply only to a particular directory, then it should go inside a +<code class="directive"><a href="./mod/core.html#directory"><Directory></a></code> section referring to +that directory, and so on. See the <a href="sections.html">Configuration +Sections</a> document for further discussion of these sections.</p> + +<p>In addition to the main configuration files, certain directives may go in +<code>.htaccess</code> files located in the content directories. +<code>.htaccess</code> files are primarily for people who do not have +access to the main server configuration file(s). You can read more about +<code>.htaccess</code> files in the <a href="howto/htaccess.html"><code>.htaccess</code> howto</a>.</p> + +</div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="./images/up.gif" /></a></div> +<div class="section"> +<h2><a name="content" id="content">Web Site Content</a></h2> + + +<p>Web site content can take many different forms, but may be broadly +divided into static and dynamic content.</p> + +<p>Static content is things like HTML files, image files, CSS files, +and other files that reside in the filesystem. The <code class="directive"><a href="./mod/core.html#documentroot">DocumentRoot</a></code> directive specifies where in your +filesystem you should place these files. This directive is either set +globally, or per virtual host. Look in your configuration file(s) to +determine how this is set for your server.</p> + +<p>Typically, a document called <code>index.html</code> will be served +when a directory is requested without a file name being specified. For +example, if <code>DocumentRoot</code> is set to +<code>/var/www/html</code> and a request is made for +<code>http://www.example.com/work/</code>, the file +<code>/var/www/html/work/index.html</code> will be served to the +client.</p> + +<p>Dynamic content is anything that is generated at request +time, and may change from one request to another. There are numerous +ways that dynamic content may be generated. Various <a href="handler.html">handlers</a> are available to generate content. <a href="howto/cgi.html">CGI programs</a> may be written to generate +content for your site.</p> + +<p>Third-party modules like mod_php may be used to write code that does a +variety of things. Many third-party applications, written using a +variety of languages and tools, are available for download and +installation on your Apache HTTP Server. Support of these third-party +things is beyond the scope of this documentation, and you should find +their documentation or other support forums to answer your questions +about them.</p> +</div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="./images/up.gif" /></a></div> +<div class="section"> +<h2><a name="logs" id="logs">Log Files and Troubleshooting</a></h2> + +<p>As an Apache HTTP Server administrator, your most valuable assets are +the log files, and, in particular, the error log. Troubleshooting any +problem without the error log is like driving with your eyes closed.</p> + +<p>The location of the error log is defined by the <code class="directive"><a href="./mod/core.html#errorlog">ErrorLog</a></code> directive, which may be set globally, +or per virtual host. Entries in the error log tell you what went wrong, +and when. They often also tell you how to fix it. Each error log message +contains an error code, which you can search for online for even more +detailed descriptions of how to address the problem. You can also +configure your error log to contain a log ID which you can then +correlate to an access log entry, so that you can determine what request +caused the error condition.</p> + +<p>You can read more about logging in the <a href="logs.html">logs +documentation</a>.</p> +</div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="./images/up.gif" /></a></div> +<div class="section"> +<h2><a name="other" id="other">What's next?</a></h2> + + +<p>Once you have the prerequisites under your belt, it's time to move +on.</p> + +<p>This document covers only the bare basics. We hope that this gets you +started, but there are many other things that you might need to +know.</p> + +<ul> +<li><a href="http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi">Download</a></li> +<li><a href="install.html">Install</a></li> +<li><a href="configuring.html">Configure</a></li> +<li><a href="invoking.html">Start</a></li> +<li><a href="http://wiki.apache.org/httpd/FAQ">Frequently Asked Questions</a></li> +</ul> + +</div></div> +<div class="bottomlang"> +<p><span>Available Languages: </span><a href="./en/getting-started.html" title="English"> en </a> | +<a href="./fr/getting-started.html" hreflang="fr" rel="alternate" title="Français"> fr </a></p> +</div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img src="./images/up.gif" alt="top" /></a></div><div class="section"><h2><a id="comments_section" name="comments_section">Comments</a></h2><div class="warning"><strong>Notice:</strong><br />This is not a Q&A section. 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