This section provides information on Apache modules that are supported by IBM® HTTP Server. The directives defined within the supported Apache modules can be used to configure IBM HTTP Server.
Where applicable, these modules are distributed with IBM HTTP Server.
The following table contains a list of Apache modules supported for IBM HTTP Server.
Module | Description | Web address |
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core | Core Apache HTTP Server features | http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/manual70/mod/core.html |
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Multi-processing module (MPM) | http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/manual70/mod/mpm_winnt.html |
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MPM | http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/manual70/mod/worker.html |
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MPM | http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/manual70/mod/event.html |
mod_actions | Provides for executing CGI scripts, based on media type or request method. | http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/manual70/mod/mod_actions.html |
mod_alias | Provides for mapping different parts of the host file system in the document tree and for URL redirection. | http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/manual70/mod/mod_actions.html |
mod_asis | Sends files that contain their own HTTP headers. | http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/manual70/mod/mod_asis.html |
mod_auth_basic | Basic authentication | http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/manual70/mod/mod_auth_basic.html |
mod_authn_anon | Allows anonymous user access to authenticated areas. | http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/manual70/mod/mod_authn_anon.html |
mod_authn_dbm | User authentication using DBM files. | http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/manual70/mod/mod_authn_dbm.html |
mod_authn_default | Authentication fallback module | http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/manual70/mod/mod_authn_default.html |
mod_authn_file | User authentication using text files | http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/manual70/mod/mod_authn_file.html |
mod_authnz_ldap | Allows an LDAP directory to be used to store the database for HTTP basic authentication. | http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/manual70/mod/mod_authnz_ldap.html |
mod_authz_dbm | Group authorization using DBM files. | http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/manual70/mod/mod_authz_dbm.html |
mod_authz_default | Authorization fallback module | http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/manual70/mod/mod_authz_default.html |
mod_authz_groupfile | Group authorization using text files | http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/manual70/mod/mod_authz_groupfile.html |
mod_authz_host | Group authorizations based on host, such as host name or IP address | http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/manual70/mod/mod_authz_host.html |
mod_authz_user | User authorization | http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/manual70/mod/mod_authz_user.html |
mod_autoindex | Generates directory indexes automatically. This is similar to ls command on the UNIX platform or the Win32 dir shell command. | http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/manual70/mod/mod_autoindex.html |
mod_cache | Content cache keyed to URIs | http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/manual70/mod/mod_cache.html |
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Execution of CGI scripts | http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/manual70/mod/mod_cgi.html |
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Execution of CGI scripts using an external CGI daemon. | http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/manual70/mod/mod_cgid.html |
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Specifies character set translation or recoding. | http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/manual70/mod/mod_charset_lite.html |
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Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) functionality.![]() |
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/manual70/mod/mod_dav.html |
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File system provider for mod_dav. | http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/manual70/mod/mod_dav_fs.html |
mod_deflate | Compress content before it is delivered to the client. | http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/manual70/mod/mod_deflate.html |
mod_dir | Provides for "trailing slash" redirects and serving directory index files. | http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/manual70/mod/mod_dir.html |
mod_disk_cache | Implements a disk based storage manager. It is primarily of use in conjunction mod_cache. | http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/manual70/mod/mod_disk_cache.html |
mod_env | Modifies the environment which is passed to CGI scripts and SSI pages. | http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/manual70/mod/mod_env.html |
mod_expires | Generation of Expires and Cache Control HTTP headers according to user-specified criteria. | http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/manual70/mod/mod_expires.html |
![]() mod_ext_filter |
Pass the response body through an external program before delivery to the client. | http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/manual70/mod/mod_ext_filter.html |
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Caches a static list of files in memory. This module is provided with this
release for compatibility with previous releases. Begin using mod_mem_cache or mod_cache to ensure
compatibility with future releases of IBM HTTP Server. Tip: The recommended caching mechanism for file handling is the CacheEnable feature of the
mod_cache module.
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http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/manual70/mod/mod_file_cache.html |
![]() mod_filter |
Specifies the context-sensitive smart filter configuration module. | http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/manual70/mod/mod_filter.html |
mod_ibm_ssl |
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol support for IBM HTTP Server. | http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/manual70//mod/mod_ibm_ssl.html |
mod_headers | Customization of HTTP request and response headers. | http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/manual70//mod/mod_headers.html |
mod_imagemap | Server-side image map processing. | http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/manual70//mod/mod_imagemap.html |
mod_include | Server-parsed HTML documents (Server Side Includes). | http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/manual70//mod/mod_include.html |
mod_info | Provides a comprehensive overview of the server configuration. | http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/manual70//mod/mod_info.html |
mod_ldap | Provides LDAP connection pooling and result caching services for use by other LDAP modules. | http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/manual70/mod/mod_ldap.html |
mod_log_config | Logging of the requests made to the server. | http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/manual70//mod/mod_log_config.html |
mod_logio | Logging of input and output bytes per request. | http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/manual70//mod/mod_logio.html |
mod_mem_cache | Content cache keyed to URIs. | http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/manual70//mod/mod_mem_cache.html |
mod_mime | Associates the requested file extensions with the behavior of the file (handlers and filters), and content (mime-type, language, character set and encoding). | http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/manual70//mod/mod_mime.html |
![]() mod_mpmstats |
MPM/thread monitoring module for IBM HTTP Server. | http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/manual70//mod/mod_mpmstats.html |
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Determines the MIME type of a file by looking at a few bytes of its contents.
This module is provided with this release of IBM HTTP Server
for compatibility with previous releases, but will not be supported in a future release. No
replacement will be provided for this module. Important: Using mod_mime_magic can
decrease performance because the file must be read and compared to a set of patterns to determine
the content- type.
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http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/manual70//mod/mod_mime_magic.html |
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Serve MVS (z/OS) Datasets | http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/manual70/mod/mod_mvsds.html |
mod_negotiation | Provides for content negotiation. | http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/manual70//mod/mod_negotiation.html |
mod_proxy | HTTP, 1.1 proxy, and gateway server | http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/manual70//mod/mod_proxy.html |
mod_proxy_connect | Specifies the mod_proxy module extension for CONNECT request handling. | http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/manual70//mod/mod_proxy_connect.html |
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Provides FTP support for the mod_proxy module. This module is provided with this release of IBM HTTP Server for compatibility with previous releases, but will not be supported in a future release. No replacement will be provided for this module. | http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/manual70//mod/mod_proxy_ftp.html |
mod_proxy_http | Provides HTTP support for the mod_proxy module. | http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/manual70//mod/mod_proxy_http.html |
mod_rewrite | Provides a rule-based rewriting engine to rewrite requested URLs. | http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/manual70//mod/mod_rewrite.html |
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Record SMF entries for HTTP requests. | http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/manual70/mod/mod_smf.html |
mod_setenvif | Enables the setting of environment variables based on characteristics of the request. | http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/manual70//mod/mod_setenvif.html |
mod_so | Loading of executable code and modules into the server at start or restart time. | http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/manual70//mod/mod_so.html |
mod_speling | Attempts to correct mistaken URLs that users might have entered by ignoring capitalization and by allowing up to one misspelling. | http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/manual70//mod/mod_speling.html |
mod_status | Provides information on server activity and performance. | http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/manual70//mod/mod_status.html |
mod_suexec | Allows CGI scripts to run as the specified user or group. | http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/manual70//mod/mod_suexec.html |
mod_unique_id | Provides an environment variable with a unique identifier for each request. | http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/manual70//mod/mod_unique_id.html |
mod_userdir | User-specific directories. | http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/manual70//mod/mod_userdir.html |
mod_usertrack | Clickstream logging of user activity on a site. | http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/manual70//mod/mod_usertrack.html |
mod_vhost_alias | Provides for dynamically configured mass virtual hosting. | http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/manual70//mod/mod_vhost_alias.html |
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z/OS WLM classification of HTTP requests. | http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/manual70/mod/mod_wlm.html |
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This module allows the server to respond to STOP and MODIFY z/OS console commands. | http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/httpserv/manual70/mod/mod_zos_cmds.html |