Apache structure

The /bin folder

Contains various binarie:

httpd

This is the server binary itself

apachectl

This controlls the server (start, stop, restart)

htpasswd

This creates user data for Apache passworded directories.

ab

This is used for benchmarking

apxs

Apache extension tool: this is used for expanding apache by compiling new modules.

rotatelogs

This is used for rotating the Apache logs.

The /conf directory

This folder contains configuration files, mainly httpd.conf.

The /modules folder

This contains DSO modules (Dynamic Shared Objects) – binaries that are dynamicaly loaded at server startup.

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