1. Web Servers
Senthil Kumaran
CollabNet
December 02, 2009
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3. Agenda
History of web servers
Introduction to how web servers work
Common features
Apache - Case study
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4. History of web servers
1989
Tim Berners Lee
CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Hypertext system
browser - WorldWideWeb
First web server - CERN httpd which ran on NeXTSTEP.
1991-1994
Ported to many operating systems
Scientific organizations -> Universities -> Industry
1994
Tim Berners-Lee - World Wide Web Consortium
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5. Introduction to how web servers work
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6. Common features
Modular design
Virtual hosting
Large file support
Bandwidth throttling
static and dynamic content handling
Authentication and Authorization
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7. Apache - httpd - Case study
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8. Apache - httpd - Case study
Modular Implementation
Some dynamic language support - Perl, Python, Tcl, PHP and more
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Virtual hosting
Load balancing
Simple configuration file
Performance - Multiprocessing modules (MPM)
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9. References
Apache - http://www.apache.org/
Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/
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10. Thank You
Thank You!
Questions please
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