Apache: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition

11.3. Server Status

For this exercise, the httpd.conf in ... /site.status file should look like this:

User webuser
Group webgroup
ServerName www.butterthlies.com
DocumentRoot /usr/www/site.status/htdocs

<Location /status>
order deny, allow
allow from 192.168.123.1
deny from all
SetHandler server-status
</Location>

<Location /info>
order deny, allow
allow from 192.168.123.1
deny from all
SetHandler server-status
SetHandler server-info
</Location>

The allow from directive keeps our laundry private.

Remember the way order works: the last entry has the last word. Notice also the use of SetHandler , which sets a handler for all requests to a directory, instead of AddHandler, which specifies a handler for particular file extensions. If you then access www.butterthlies.com/status, you get this response:

Apache Server Status for www.butterthlies.com Server Version: Apache/1.3.1 (Unix) Server Built: Sep 15 1998 15:09:34 Current Time: Tuesday, 13-Oct-1998 08:16:08 Restart Time: Tuesday, 13-Oct-1998 08:15:13 Server uptime: 55 seconds Total accesses: 1 - Total Traffic: 0 kB CPU Usage: u0 s0 cu0 cs0 .0182 requests/sec - 0 B/second - 0 B/request 1 requests currently being processed, 5 idle servers _W____.......................................................... ................................................................ ................................................................ ................................................................ Scoreboard Key: "_" Waiting for ...