Audience
DevOps teams looking for a web server solution
About Apache HTTP Server
The Apache HTTP Server Project is an effort to develop and maintain an open-source HTTP server for modern operating systems including UNIX and Windows. The goal of this project is to provide a secure, efficient and extensible server that provides HTTP services in sync with the current HTTP standards.
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Free Version:
Free Version available.
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Company Information
Apache Software Foundation
Founded: 1995
United States
httpd.apache.org
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Platforms Supported
Windows
Mac
Linux
Training
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"Top of it's kind" Posted 2023-02-21
Pros: Very easy to use, I use it since it came out
Pros: always a good one: Apache server!Cons: Don't have any, I need 27 chars to find any cons.
Overall: Would always recommend, like I said above: Apache server was and still is good server.
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