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Summary: The Apache Book!
Review: After I read a few chapters, I contacted the author with a few questions. He responded the same day in a very friendy way. I love it! He even gave me his office phone number to call! What more can you get out of a book? I must say, Kabir is a very friendly author! I am waiting for his new books!
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Summary: Definite must have, if you depend on Apache get this book
Review: Apache Server Bible is a well organized reference that provides extensive detail information (this is a good thing)
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Summary: The best Apache Server Book!
Review: Finally a book on Apache Server that is worth having! It has great coverage of the Apache Server administration but my most favorite parts of the book are the dedicated chapters on mod_fastCGI, mod_perl, mod_rewrite, and the chapter on multi-server Web NetworkIt is a very comprehensive book. The cd-rom is browser-friendly and packed with tools and modules.
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Summary: Very Helpful Book and Author
Review: I am using this book to implement a Perl web application using mod_perl on a Linux box - the other book I am using is O'Reilly's "Writing Apache Modules". So far, I have found most everything I needed between those two books. It is very helpful to have a book dedicated to the Apache Server, nothing more and nothing less. If I would understand Regular Expressions better than I do, I actually would have found everything I needed - that's when I sent an email to the author, who answered me first in a meeting break and then again in his lunch break ... wow. One little thing: I almost would have bought this book in a bookstore before I actually bought it from Amazon. The reason I didn't back then was that it says "Covers Windows 95 and Windows NT Platforms" on the cover - it should read "Covers UNIX/Linux and Windows 95/NT"! The book covers a lot of UNIX!
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Summary: Very Helpful Book and Author
Review: I am using this book to implement a Perl web application using mod_perl on a Linux box - the other book I am using is O'Reilly's "Writing Apache Modules". So far, I have found most everything I needed between those two books. It is very helpful to have a book dedicated to the Apache Server, nothing more and nothing less. If I would understand Regular Expressions better than I do, I actually would have found everything I needed - that's when I sent an email to the author, who answered me first in a meeting break and then again in his lunch break ... wow. One little thing: I almost would have bought this book in a bookstore before I actually bought it from Amazon. The reason I didn't back then was that it says "Covers Windows 95 and Windows NT Platforms" on the cover - it should read "Covers UNIX/Linux and Windows 95/NT"! The book covers a lot of UNIX!
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Summary: Dry lists of configurations settings, a lot of errors.
Review: I bought this book based on the great reviews here at Amazon. I don't have a clue why reviewers here thought it was so good. I should have known better and bought the O'Reilly book to start. Most of the text consists of dry run throughs of various configuration settings - much of which probably came right from the online Apache manual. There were many errors. And, contrary to reviewers who claimed the author was open for questions, when I sent email asking about possible errata, the email was returned with an invalid address. The author's web site is also gone. I also was unhappy that there was next to nothing about Java servlets and Apache. The O'Reilly book got so-so reviews, but I can't imagine how it can be worse than this one.
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Summary: More than Apache is what you get!
Review: I found this book to be one of the best I've read in several years. It isn't so much a great book about Apache but the fact it covers so many other topics that come into play when dealing with web site/server setup and administration. Before ASB I had blundered my way through DNS setups for virtual hosted sites, now I have a rational system of setting up the entries. I had also worked out a method to handle e-mail for these virtual sites and after reading ASB I realized I had done it right plus I picked up a few extra pointers to make the e-mail work better. Perhaps the best thing about the book is Mr. Kabir's willingness to help. I had run into a problem with the wizform.cgi program. He replied to my mail quickly and got me pointed in the right direction to fix the problem. (No there wasn't a problem with the script but in the way I was trying to use it.) The down side was I found several errors that would cause the inexperienced reader (with HTTP, HTML, and Web Servers) some headaches but nothing that would have caused more than a few minutes of puzzlement. So perhaps 4-1/2 Stars. Get this book; Apache: The Definitive Guide; and a good HTML book and you are off to becoming a great Web Server Administrator.
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Summary: this book is good, but there are better books
Review: I've read about 3/4 of this book and found it easy to understand and helpful. But I wanted to mention another book, Professional Apache (Wrox, September 1999), which for some reason, doesn't show up on any amazon searches. I'm relatively new to programming, so I'm not able to evaluate all the details of Professional apache, but it is more up-to-date and (in my mind) easier to understand. And very comprehensive.
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Summary: The book AND the author have been more of a help...(txt)
Review: If you're looking for a book that's very concise and to the point about web server administration concerning apache, look no further! Apache Server Bible has everything you could ever look for and like the author says in the front, if there's something you need help in, email him and he'll respond if he can. I had a problem with my configuration reading user requests and within 5 minutes (I lieth not) of sending this to him, he had responded with possible solutions (which worked). No other book have I read that had that kind of support. The author has my sincerest thanks and respect, and the book itself will always be A: on my desk and B: mentioned to anyone trying to get help with Apache.
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Summary: Very Good book on Apache server
Review: Its really a good book on apache server and it gives insight about installation and administering of apache server. Also its introduction to Fast CGI is really helpfull and gives an introduction to new ways to speed-up the page loading
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