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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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