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<title>Server-Wide Configuration</title>

<summary>

<p>This document explains some of the directives provided by

the <module>core</module> server which are used to configure

the basic operations of the server.</p>

</summary>

<section id="identification">

<title>Server Identification</title>

<related>

<directivelist>

<directive module="core">ServerName</directive>

<directive module="core">ServerAdmin</directive>

<directive module="core">ServerSignature</directive>

<directive module="core">ServerTokens</directive>

<directive module="core">UseCanonicalName</directive>

</directivelist>

</related>

<p>The <directive module="core">ServerAdmin</directive> and

<directive module="core">ServerTokens</directive> directives

control what information about the server will be presented

in server-generated documents such as error messages. The

<directive module="core">ServerTokens</directive> directive

sets the value of the Server HTTP response header field.</p>

<p>The <directive module="core">ServerName</directive> and

<directive module="core">UseCanonicalName</directive>

directives are used by the server to determine how to construct

self-referential URLs. For example, when a client requests a

directory, but does not include the trailing slash in the

directory name, Apache must redirect the client to the full

name including the trailing slash so that the client will

correctly resolve relative references in the document.</p>

</section>

<section id="locations">

<title>File Locations</title>

<related>

<directivelist>

<directive module="mpm_common">CoreDumpDirectory</directive>

<directive module="core">DocumentRoot</directive>

<directive module="core">ErrorLog</directive>

<directive module="mpm_common">LockFile</directive>

<directive module="mpm_common">PidFile</directive>

<directive module="mpm_common">ScoreBoardFile</directive>

<directive module="core">ServerRoot</directive>

</directivelist>

</related>

<p>These directives control the locations of the various files

that Apache needs for proper operation. When the pathname used

does not begin with a slash (/), the files are located relative

to the <directive module="core">ServerRoot</directive>. Be careful

about locating files in paths which are writable by non-root users.

See the <a href="misc/security_tips.html#serverroot">security tips</a>

documentation for more details.</p>

</section>

<section id="resource">

<title>Limiting Resource Usage</title>

<related>

<directivelist>

<directive module="core">LimitRequestBody</directive>

<directive module="core">LimitRequestFields</directive>

<directive module="core">LimitRequestFieldsize</directive>

<directive module="core">LimitRequestLine</directive>

<directive module="core">RLimitCPU</directive>

<directive module="core">RLimitMEM</directive>

<directive module="core">RLimitNPROC</directive>

<directive module="mpm_netware">ThreadStackSize</directive>

</directivelist>

</related>

<p>The <directive>LimitRequest</directive>*

directives are used to place limits on the amount of resources

Apache will use in reading requests from clients. By limiting

these values, some kinds of denial of service attacks can be

mitigated.</p>

<p>The <directive>RLimit</directive>* directives

are used to limit the amount of resources which can be used by

processes forked off from the Apache children. In particular,

this will control resources used by CGI scripts and SSI exec

commands.</p>

<p>The <directive module="mpm_netware">ThreadStackSize</directive> directive

is used only on Netware to control the stack size.</p>

</section>

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