Sams Teach Yourself Apache 2 in 24 Hours

Chapter 10. Apache GUIs

This hour presents several graphical configuration tools that you can use to manage the configuration of your Apache server. In this hour, you will learn

• The advantages and disadvantages of using GUIs and how they compare to text-based configuration

• How to install and use the Comanche and Webmin GUI tools for configuring Apache

GUIs and Text-Based Configuration

There seems to be a never-ending debate about which is a better method for configuring a server: editing text files or using a GUI?

Well, it depends. And, in many cases, these approaches don't exclude each other.

Using Text Files for Configuration

Configuring Apache via text-based configuration files has several advantages. You don't need special software to make configuration ...