Apache HTTP Server Version 2.0
Module Index
Below is a list of all of the modules that come as part of the Apache distribution. See also the complete alphabetical list of all Apache directives.
Core Features and Multi-Processing Modules
- core
- Core Apache HTTP Server features that are always available
- mpm_common
- A collection of directives that are implemented by more than one multi-processing module (MPM)
- mpm_netware
- Multi-Processing Module implementing an exclusively threaded web server optimized for Novell NetWare
- mpm_winnt
- This Multi-Processing Module is optimized for Windows NT.
- perchild
- Multi-Processing Module allowing for daemon processes serving requests to be assigned a variety of different userids
- prefork
- Implements a non-threaded, pre-forking web server
- worker
- Multi-Processing Module implementing a hybrid multi-threaded multi-process web server
Other Modules
- mod_access
- Provides access control based on client hostname, IP address, or other characteristics of the client request.
- mod_actions
- This module provides for executing CGI scripts based on media type or request method.
- mod_alias
- Provides for mapping different parts of the host filesystem in the document tree and for URL redirection
- mod_asis
- Sends files that contain their own HTTP headers
- mod_auth
- User authentication using text files
- mod_auth_anon
- Allows "anonymous" user access to authenticated areas
- mod_auth_dbm
- Provides for user authentication using DBM files
- mod_auth_digest
- User authentication using MD5 Digest Authentication.
- mod_autoindex
- Generates directory indexes, automatically, similar to the Unix ls command or the Win32 dir shell command
- mod_cache
- Content cache keyed to URIs
- mod_cern_meta
- CERN httpd metafile semantics
- mod_cgi
- Execution of CGI scripts
- mod_cgid
- Execution of CGI scripts using an external CGI daemon
- mod_charset_lite
- Specify character set translation or recoding
- mod_dav
- Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) functionality
- mod_deflate
- Compress content before it is delivered to the client
- mod_dir
- Provides for "trailing slash" redirects and serving directory index files
- mod_env
- Modifies the environment which is passed to CGI scripts and SSI pages
- mod_example
- Illustrates the Apache module API
- mod_expires
- Generation of
Expires
HTTP headers according to user-specified criteria- mod_ext_filter
- Pass the response body through an external program before delivery to the client
- mod_file_cache
- Caches a static list of files in memory
- mod_headers
- Customization of HTTP request and response headers
- mod_imap
- Server-side imagemap processing
- mod_include
- Server-parsed html documents (Server Side Includes)
- mod_info
- Provides a comprehensive overview of the server configuration
- mod_isapi
- ISAPI Extensions within Apache for Windows
- mod_log_config
- Logging of the requests made to the server
- mod_mime
- Associates the requested filename's extensions with the file's behavior (handlers and filters) and content (mime-type, language, character set and encoding)
- mod_mime_magic
- Determines the MIME type of a file by looking at a few bytes of its contents
- mod_negotiation
- Provides for content negotiation
- mod_proxy
- HTTP/1.1 proxy/gateway server
- mod_rewrite
- Provides a rule-based rewriting engine to rewrite requested URLs on the fly
- mod_setenvif
- Allows the setting of environment variables based on characteristics of the request
- mod_so
- Loading of executable code and modules into the server at start-up or restart time
- mod_speling
- Attempts to correct mistaken URLs that users might have entered by ignoring capitalization and by allowing up to one misspelling
- mod_ssl
- Strong cryptography using the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocols
- mod_status
- Provides information on server activity and performance
- mod_suexec
- Allows CGI scripts to run as a specified user and Group
- mod_unique_id
- Provides an environment variable with a unique identifier for each request
- mod_userdir
- User-specific directories
- mod_usertrack
- Clickstream logging of user activity on a site
- mod_vhost_alias
- Provides for dynamically configured mass virtual hosting