ApacheConf

Sergey Zimin writes "ApacheConf is a shell for configuring Apache web servers, that will help you to tune the main configuration file httpd.conf. ApacheConf presents all the information in the file httpd.conf in a structured view. All of the server's directives are grouped by categories (Global parameters, Main server's parameters, Directories, Virtual hosts, etc) and all these groups are represented as a tree. Therefore you can see the entire structure of the server at a glance and you can easily manage all of the server's directives, as well as the directories and virtual hosts. You save time, as you don't have to use notepad for configuring your server! ApacheConf has advanced description all of the server's directives and parameters. It will help the beginner to quickly master the Apache server. For the experienced user it will become an indispensable administrative tool."

Oh, and they somehow forgot to mention

[Anonymous Coward]

• Runs on WINDOWS ONLY
• Comes as crippleware - costs $19.95 to actually make it usable

Talk about a waste of effort.

Notepad?

[stevef]

What is this notepad thing? Why would I use paper to configure my web server? Am I suppose to then copy the config from paper into my editor of choice?

You know... this actually brings back memories. I developed an interest in programming before I had convenient access to a computer. I would write my programs on paper at home and then transcribe them onto the computer at school.

Steve

Re:Notepad?

[signal ll]

Ah, you young whipper snappers. I used to scratch my programs in the dirt and then punch them into cards with a sharp rock.

Re:Notepad?

[SmallFurryCreature]

Ha! Cards? We had to scratch our programs into the dirt(silicon).

Re:Notepad?

[cant_get_a_good_nick]

You had 1's and 0's? We had to take our 1's and bend them to make 0's..

(apologies to Scott adams/Dilbert)

Windows only?

[snoozerdss]

Am I wrong or does this appear to be a windows only program? If it is I give them credit for their effort but they are really missing the target audience.
Although most Linux/Unix users are used to editing files by hand with vi and windows users are used to using point and click gui's. Nothing wrong with that. It just seems to be like that most of the time.

Re:Windows only?

[thornist]

Finally something worth doing with my mod points and I'm not allowed.

Troll! (the article not the parent)

Re:Windows only?

[Lxy]

Actually, it makes perfect sense. I used Commanche once, I hated it. And that was when I was a newbie!! vi httpd.conf was the way to do it!

IIS is all point and click. Apache is starting to make waves in the IIS admin camps, and the admins are still scared of editing text files.

When you think about it, $20 isn't bad for a management product.

Comanche

[EyesWideOpen]

ApacheConf looks pretty complete from the screenshots but I just wanted to mention that there is an alternative open source gui configuration tool for Apache called Comanche [comanche.org] which works on a number of platforms.

Re:Comanche

[pyrotic]

Then there's redhat's apacheconf [redhat.com] , which is a GTK based GUI for apache, or also linuxconf [solucorp.qc.ca] which uses Xwindows, curses or a web interface, or you could use webmin [webmin.com] via a web interface, all open source tools. Personally I like to do it by hand as I haven't come across anything that lets me specify php settings per virtual host, but that's just me.

One more

[lmd]

Another tool is ApacheToolbox [apachetoolbox.com].

I agree with you. Editing by hand is the way to go.

Notepad?

[KieranElby]

> You save time, as you don't have to use notepad for configuring your server!

Notepad! Shurely shome mistake? All web admins use vi, everyone knows that ...

Re:Windows?

[Hellkitten]

Experienced users don't use Microsoft Windows.
--
-- unix is for people without a social life - Patrick van Eijk

Your statement together with your .sig leaves only one conclusion:
Experienced users don't have a social life

If the seach engines have to disclose ad results..

[stienman]

Ok, so the search engines have to disclose paid results, right?

Should that apply here as well? This is simply an advertisement for windows shareware software.

That's right, it doesn't run on any other OS, and you have 30 days to pay up.

I could see someone using it for remote administration, assuming the directory with the conf file has a windows share (right!), but it's not worth the money for a simple non-production windows apache server.

-Adam

Re:If the seach engines have to disclose ad result

[Kizzle]

Well first off slashdot isn't a search engine, second I doubt slashdot is getting any money for posting the link.

A new advertising format on Slashdot?

[jrc313]

First we have big ass adverts appearing below articles. Now we've got adverts appearing in the guise of articles.

When are the pop-unders going to start?

What did you expect?

[techwolf]

Sergey Zimin is the author.

-techwolf

Agreed

[tons of fun]

thanks for the info

tof

Re:Shouldnt be so hard on stuff like this...

[grokster]

> this is a start.

start, programs, ApacheConf!

> tools like this that make it possible for monkeys to run web servers

What's the sign language for "vi /etc/apache/httpd.conf; apachectl start" ?

Re:Shouldnt be so hard on stuff like this...

[cameloid]

Any monkey coming near my server's gets a sound thrashing

Useless

[Quicksilver31337]

It seems to me that if you cant spend 20 mins reading and configuring apache from httpd.conf, then u shouldn't be running a webserver at all, as its completely "idiot proof". Additionally what the heck is it doing as a windows only app? If it were a *nix proggy or even OSX then that might make a bit more sense. I think it best that i stop here before i start ranting about the evil empire and whatnot..

What's wrong with editing a text file?

[Orlando]

I will never understand what people have against editing plain old text config files. You can use ANY text aditor without having to learn someone else's idea of a good UI, you have all the command line tools available to you (grep!), it's flexible, it works over pretty much any speed link on a text only display, you can add comments of your own, comment out lines you may want to use again later, etc.

orlando....

Re:What's wrong with editing a text file?

[MeNeXT]

Why should I have to learn how to administer a computer when I only wish to run a server?/SARCASM