Apache server documentation provides us clear set of steps to do name/IP based virtual hosting which is stated in the below URL http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/vhosts/examples.html - Running several name-based web sites on a single IP address. - Name-based hosts on more than one IP address. - Serving the same content on different IP addresses - Running different sites on different ports - IP-based virtual hosting - Mixed port-based and ip-based virtual hosts - Mixed name-based and IP-based vhosts - Using Virtual_host and mod_proxy together - Migrating a name-based vhost to an IP-based vhost - Using the ServerPath directive

Apache Error log shows the message "Client denied by server configuration" and the user sees "Forbidden Access" when they try to visit a web page. Solution: Search for the apache configuration file (httpd.conf or vhosts.conf if you have configured a virtual host). Check for the directory permission set for the document root of the web site in question and do the following changes. (more…)

Download the latest version of Zend framework from http://framework.zend.com/download/latest At the time of writing it was 1.10.2 available at Zend 1.10.2 $ pwd /tmp $ wget http://framework.zend.com/releases/ZendFramework-1.10.2/ZendFramework-1.10.2.tar.gz (more…)

RFC 2616 - Section 3 states: "Servers should be cautious about depending on URI lengths above 255 bytes because some older client or proxy implementations may not properly support these lengths." Different browser agents support different URI length acceptance. In addition, servers too play a role in accepting/denying URI's over certain length which may either truncate the URI or may give lengthy URI message indications. It is always advisable to rely on shorter URI's and to post data when more field sets are to be transferred across web pages. POST data too has its limit. In this case, it is the size of the data which is controlled by the server settings. Some interesting discussions: Limit on query string GET URL parameters

In order to install SSL certificates on your Apache server you need to generate a key pair and a CSR (certificate signing request) as the first step. The following points will guide you in the creation of CSR file. Once you finish generating the CSR file, you need to paste the content of the CSR file on to the SSL certificate request page in order for the certificate authorities to start their verification process. Command line prompts in a Linux box Find where openssl is installed and navigated to that directory $ whereis openssl Mostly it will be at /usr/bin/. If it is in a different path, then navigate to that directory path $ cd /usr/bin (more…)

Apache Error Log Expected "</File> but saw </Files>" Check the error log file (in ubuntu it is in /var/log/apache2/error.log) for the above stated error message. Check the .htaccess file or the apache configuration files where you have restricted file permission using File Directive.