Apache in web hosting

Apache is an open source program which can be used with both windows and Linux. Apache helps one to simply get his/her content onto the web. Apache has been intoruced in 1995 and it is the main alternative to Internet Information Server (IIS) web hosting technology on the Windows platform. Internet Information Server or IIS is developed by Microsft.

Apache as said earlier was introduced in mid 90′s and is responsible for the web revolution. Apache consist of large number of module and thus allows users to run various scripts and application of their desire. URL redirection, directory listing, SSI, CGI, user authentication are few of them.

When it comes to web hosting technology Apache is the prefferd one, mainly because most professional web hosts does several web hosting operations use versions of Apache on the Linux operating system to host commercial client websites. Simplicity and ease of use make basic web hosting extremely easy with Apache web server. Apache offer more security than its counter parts, this is also one of the reason that it is used for web hosting in linux environment. Apache is not related to any OS it is a separate program that make it reliable and stable.