Apache modules
Below is a list of all of the modules that come as part of
the Apache distribution. See also the list of modules sorted alphabetically and the complete
alphabetical list of all Apache
directives. For modules that are not part of the Apache
distribution, please see http://modules.apache.org.
Core
- Core
- Core Apache features
Environment Creation
- mod_env
- Passing of environments to CGI scripts
- mod_setenvif Apache 1.3
and up
- Set environment variables based on client
information
- mod_unique_id Apache 1.3
and up
- Generate unique request identifier for every request
Content Type Decisions
- mod_mime
- Determining document types using file extensions
- mod_mime_magic
- Determining document types using "magic numbers"
- mod_negotiation
- Content negotiation
URL Mapping
- mod_alias
- Mapping different parts of the host filesystem in the
document tree, and URL redirection
- mod_rewrite Apache 1.2 and
up
- Powerful URI-to-filename mapping using regular
expressions
- mod_userdir
- User home directories
- mod_speling Apache 1.3 and
up
- Automatically correct minor typos in URLs
- mod_vhost_alias Apache
1.3.7 and up
- Support for dynamically configured mass virtual
hosting
Directory Handling
- mod_dir
- Basic directory handling
- mod_autoindex
- Automatic directory listings
Access Control
- mod_access
- Access control based on client hostname or IP
address
- mod_auth
- User authentication using text files
- mod_auth_dbm
- User authentication using DBM files
- mod_auth_db
- User authentication using Berkeley DB files
- mod_auth_anon Apache 1.1
and up
- Anonymous user access to authenticated areas
- mod_auth_digest Apache
1.3.8 and up
- Experimental MD5 authentication
- mod_digest Apache 1.1 and
up
- MD5 authentication
HTTP Response
- mod_headers Apache 1.2 and
up
- Add arbitrary HTTP headers to resources
- mod_cern_meta Apache 1.1
and up
- Support for HTTP header metafiles
- mod_expires Apache 1.2 and
up
- Apply Expires: headers to resources
- mod_asis
- Sending files which contain their own HTTP headers
Dynamic Content
- mod_include
- Server-parsed documents
- mod_cgi
- Invoking CGI scripts
- mod_actions Apache 1.1 and
up
- Executing CGI scripts based on media type or request
method
- mod_isapi WIN32 only
- Windows ISAPI Extension support
Internal Content Handlers
- mod_status Apache 1.1 and
up
- Server status display
- mod_info Apache 1.1 and
up
- Server configuration information
Logging
- mod_log_config
- User-configurable logging replacement for
mod_log_common
- mod_log_agent
- Logging of User Agents
- mod_log_referer
- Logging of document references
- mod_usertrack Apache 1.2
and up
- User tracking using Cookies (replacement for
mod_cookies.c)
Miscellaneous
- mod_imap Apache 1.1 and
up
- The imagemap file handler
- mod_proxy Apache 1.1 and
up
- Caching proxy abilities
- mod_so Apache 1.3 and up
- Support for loading modules (DLLs on Windows) at
runtime
- mod_mmap_static Apache
1.3 and up
- Experimental file caching, mapping files into memory to
improve performace
Development
- mod_example Apache 1.2 and
up
- Demonstrates Apache API
Obsolete
- mod_browser Apache 1.2.*
only
- Set environment variables based on User-Agent strings.
Replaced by mod_setenvif in Apache 1.3 and up
- mod_cookies up to Apache
1.1.1
- Support for Netscape-like cookies. Replaced in Apache 1.2
by mod_usertrack
- mod_dld Apache 1.2.* and
earlier
- Start-time linking with the GNU libdld. Replaced in
Apache 1.3 by mod_so
- mod_log_common up to
Apache 1.1.1
- Standard logging in the Common Logfile Format. Replaced
by the mod_log_config module in Apache 1.2 and up