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Directive Quick Reference
The directive quick reference shows the usage, default, status, and context of each Apache configuration directive. For more information about each of these, see the Directive Dictionary.
The first column gives the directive name and usage. The second columns shows the default value of the directive, if a default exists. If the default is too large to display, the first characters will be followed by "+".
The third and fourth columns list the contexts where the directive is allowed and the status of the directive according to the legend tables below.
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AcceptMutex Default|method
Default s M Method that Apache uses to serialize multiple children accepting requests on network sockets AcceptPathInfo On|Off|Default
Default svdh C Resources accept trailing pathname information AccessFileName filename [filename] ...
.htaccess sv C Name of the distributed configuration file Action action-type cgi-script
svdh B Activates a CGI script for a particular handler or content-type AddAlt string file [file] ...
svdh B Alternate text to display for a file, instead of an icon selected by filename AddAltByEncoding string MIME-encoding [MIME-encoding] ...
svdh B Alternate text to display for a file instead of an icon selected by MIME-encoding AddAltByType string MIME-type [MIME-type] ...
svdh B Alternate text to display for a file, instead of an icon selected by MIME content-type AddCharset charset extension [extension] ...
svdh B Maps the given filename extensions to the specified content charset AddDefaultCharset On|Off|charset
Off svdh C Default character set to be added for a response without an explicit character set AddDescription string file [file] ...
svdh B Description to display for a file AddEncoding MIME-enc extension [extension] ...
svdh B Maps the given filename extensions to the specified encoding type AddHandler handler-name extension [extension] ...
svdh B Maps the filename extensions to the specified handler AddIcon icon name [name] ...
svdh B Icon to display for a file selected by name AddIconByEncoding icon MIME-encoding [MIME-encoding] ...
svdh B Icon to display next to files selected by MIME content-encoding AddIconByType icon MIME-type [MIME-type] ...
svdh B Icon to display next to files selected by MIME content-type AddInputFilter filter[;filter...] extension [extension] ...
svdh B Maps filename extensions to the filters that will process client requests AddLanguage MIME-lang extension [extension] ...
svdh B Maps the given filename extension to the specified content language AddModuleInfo module-name string
sv E Adds additional information to the module information displayed by the server-info handler AddOutputFilter filter[;filter...] extension [extension] ...
svdh B Maps filename extensions to the filters that will process responses from the server AddOutputFilterByType filter[;filter...] MIME-type [MIME-type] ...
svdh C assigns an output filter to a particular MIME-type AddType MIME-type extension [extension] ...
svdh B Maps the given filename extensions onto the specified content type Alias URL-path file-path|directory-path
sv B Maps URLs to filesystem locations AliasMatch regex file-path|directory-path
sv B Maps URLs to filesystem locations using regular expressions Allow from all|host|env=env-variable [host|env=env-variable] ...
dh B Controls which hosts can access an area of the server AllowCONNECT port [port] ...
443 563 sv E Ports that are allowed to CONNECT through the proxy AllowEncodedSlashes On|Off
Off sv C Determines whether encoded path separators in URLs are allowed to be passed through AllowOverride All|None|directive-type [directive-type] ...
All
d C Types of directives that are allowed in .htaccess files Anonymous user [user] ...
dh E Specifies userIDs that are allowed access without password verification Anonymous_Authoritative On|Off
Off dh E Configures if authorization will fall-through to other methods Anonymous_LogEmail On|Off
On dh E Sets whether the password entered will be logged in the error log Anonymous_MustGiveEmail On|Off
On dh E Specifies whether blank passwords are allowed Anonymous_NoUserID On|Off
Off dh E Sets whether the userID field may be empty Anonymous_VerifyEmail On|Off
Off dh E Sets whether to check the password field for a correctly formatted email address AssignUserID user-id group-id
v M Tie a virtual host to a user and group ID AuthAuthoritative On|Off
On dh B Sets whether authorization and authentication are passed to lower level modules AuthDBMAuthoritative On|Off
On dh E Sets whether authentication and authorization will be passwed on to lower level modules AuthDBMGroupFile file-path
dh E Sets the name of the database file containing the list of user groups for authentication AuthDBMType default|SDBM|GDBM|NDBM|DB
default dh E Sets the type of database file that is used to store passwords AuthDBMUserFile file-path
dh E Sets thename of a database file containing the list of users and passwords for authentication AuthDigestAlgorithm MD5|MD5-sess
MD5 dh X Selects the algorithm used to calculate the challenge and response hases in digest authentication AuthDigestDomain URI [URI] ...
dh X URIs that are in the same protection space for digest authentication AuthDigestFile file-path
dh X Location of the text file containing the list of users and encoded passwords for digest authentication AuthDigestGroupFile file-path
dh X Name of the text file containing the list of groups for digest authentication AuthDigestNcCheck On|Off
Off s X Enables or disables checking of the nonce-count sent by the server AuthDigestNonceFormat format
dh X Determines how the nonce is generated AuthDigestNonceLifetime seconds
300 dh X How long the server nonce is valid AuthDigestQop none|auth|auth-int [auth|auth-int]
auth dh X Determines the quality-of-protection to use in digest authentication AuthDigestShmemSize size
1000 s X The amount of shared memory to allocate for keeping track of clients AuthGroupFile file-path
dh B Sets the name of a text file containing the list of user groups for authentication AuthLDAPAuthoritative on|off
on dh X Prevent other authentication modules from authenticating the user if this one fails AuthLDAPBindDN distinguished-name
dh X Optional DN to use in binding to the LDAP server AuthLDAPBindPassword password
dh X Password used in conjuction with the bind DN AuthLDAPCharsetConfig file-path
s X Language to charset conversion configuration file AuthLDAPCompareDNOnServer on|off
on dh X Use the LDAP server to compare the DNs AuthLDAPDereferenceAliases never|searching|finding|always
Always dh X When will the module de-reference aliases AuthLDAPEnabled on|off
on dh X Turn on or off LDAP authentication AuthLDAPFrontPageHack on|off
off dh X Allow LDAP authentication to work with MS FrontPage AuthLDAPGroupAttribute attribute
dh X LDAP attributes used to check for group membership AuthLDAPGroupAttributeIsDN on|off
on dh X Use the DN of the client username when checking for group membership AuthLDAPRemoteUserIsDN on|off
off dh X Use the DN of the client username to set the REMOTE_USER environment variable AuthLDAPUrl url
dh X URL specifying the LDAP search parameters AuthName auth-domain
dh C Authorization realm for use in HTTP authentication AuthType Basic|Digest
dh C Type of user authentication AuthUserFile file-path
dh B Sets the name of a text file containing the list of users and passwords for authentication BrowserMatch regex [!]env-variable[=value] [[!]env-variable[=value]] ...
svdh B Sets environment variables conditional on HTTP User-Agent BrowserMatchNoCase regex [!]env-variable[=value] [[!]env-variable[=value]] ...
svdh B Sets environment variables conditional on User-Agent without respect to case BS2000Account account
s M Define the non-privileged account on BS2000 machines CacheDefaultExpire seconds
3600 (one hour) sv X The default duration to cache a document when no expiry date is specified. CacheDirLength length
2 sv X The number of characters in subdirectory names CacheDirLevels levels
3 sv X The number of levels of subdirectories in the cache. CacheDisable url-string
sv X Disable caching of specified URLs CacheEnable cache_type url-string
sv X Enable caching of specified URLs using a specified storage manager CacheExpiryCheck On|Off
On sv X Indicates if the cache observes Expires dates when seeking files CacheFile file-path [file-path] ...
s X Cache a list of file handles at startup time CacheForceCompletion Percentage
60 sv X Percentage of document served, after which the server will complete caching the file even if the request is cancelled. CacheGcClean hours url-string
? sv X The time to retain unchanged cached files that match a URL CacheGcDaily time
? sv X The recurring time each day for garbage collection to be run. (24 hour clock) CacheGcInterval hours
sv X The interval between garbage collection attempts. CacheGcMemUsage KBytes
? sv X The maximum kilobytes of memory used for garbage collection CacheGcUnused hours url-string
? sv X The time to retain unreferenced cached files that match a URL. CacheIgnoreCacheControl On|Off
Off sv X Ignore the fact that the client requested the content not be cached. CacheIgnoreNoLastMod On|Off
Off sv X Ignore the fact that a response has no Last Modified header. CacheLastModifiedFactor float
0.1 sv X The factor used to compute an expiry date based on the LastModified date. CacheMaxExpire seconds
86400 (one day) sv X The maximum time in seconds to cache a document CacheMaxFileSize bytes
1000000 sv X The maximum size (in bytes) of a document to be placed in the cache CacheMinFileSize bytes
1 sv X The minimum size (in bytes) of a document to be placed in the cache CacheNegotiatedDocs On|Off
Off sv B Allows content-negotiated documents to be cached by proxy servers CacheRoot directory
sv X The directory root under which cache files are stored CacheSize KBytes
1000000 sv X The maximum amount of disk space that will be used by the cache in KBytes CacheTimeMargin ?
? sv X The minimum time margin to cache a document CGIMapExtension cgi-path .extension
dh C Technique for locating the interpreter for CGI scripts CharsetDefault charset
svdh X Charset to translate into CharsetOptions option [option] ...
DebugLevel=0 NoImpl + svdh X Configures charset translation behavior CharsetSourceEnc charset
svdh X Source charset of files CheckSpelling on|off
Off svdh E Enables the spelling module ChildPerUserID user-id group-id num-children
s M Specify user ID and group ID for a number of child processes ContentDigest On|Off
Off svdh C Enables the generation of Content-MD5 HTTP Response headers CookieDomain domain
svdh E The domain to which the tracking cookie applies CookieExpires expiry-period
svdh E Expiry time for the tracking cookie CookieLog filename
sv B Sets filename for the logging of cookies CookieName token
Apache svdh E Name of the tracking cookie CookieStyle Netscape|Cookie|Cookie2|RFC2109|RFC2965
Netscape
svdh E Format of the cookie header field CookieTracking on|off
off svdh E Enables tracking cookie CoreDumpDirectory directory
s M Directory where Apache attempts to switch before dumping core CustomLog file|pipe format|nickname [env=[!]environment-variable]
sv B Sets filename and format of log file Dav On|Off|provider-name
Off d E Enable WebDAV HTTP methods DavDepthInfinity on|off
off svd E Allow PROPFIND, Depth: Infinity requests DavLockDB file-path
sv E Location of the DAV lock database DavMinTimeout seconds
0 svd E Minimum amount of time the server holds a lock on a DAV resource DefaultIcon url-path
svdh B Icon to display for files when no specific icon is configured DefaultLanguage MIME-lang
svdh B Sets all files in the given scope to the specified language DefaultType MIME-type
text/plain svdh C MIME content-type that will be sent if the server cannot determine a type in any other way DeflateBufferSize value
8096 sv E Fragment size to be compressed at one time by zlib DeflateCompressionLevel value
sv E How much compression do we apply to the output DeflateFilterNote [type] notename
sv E Places the compression ratio in a note for logging DeflateMemLevel value
9 sv E How much memory should be used by zlib for compression DeflateWindowSize value
15 sv E Zlib compression window size Deny from all|host|env=env-variable [host|env=env-variable] ...
dh B Controls which hosts are denied access to the server <Directory directory-path> ... </Directory>
sv C Enclose a group of directives that apply only to the named file-system directory and sub-directories DirectoryIndex local-url [local-url] ...
index.html
svdh B List of resources to look for when the client requests a directory <DirectoryMatch regex> ... </DirectoryMatch>
sv C Enclose directives that apply to file-system directories matching a regular expression and their subdirectories DocumentRoot directory-path
/usr/local/apache/h + sv C Directory that forms the main document tree visible from the web EnableExceptionHook On|Off
Off s M Enables a hook that runs exception handlers after a crash EnableMMAP On|Off
On svdh C Use memory-mapping to read files during delivery EnableSendfile On|Off
On svdh C Use the kernel sendfile support to deliver files to the client ErrorDocument error-code document
svdh C What the server will return to the client in case of an error ErrorLog file-path|syslog[:facility]
logs/error_log (Uni + sv C Location where the server will log errors Example
svdh X Demonstration directive to illustrate the Apache module API ExpiresActive On|Off
svdh E Enables generation of Expires headers ExpiresByType MIME-type <code>seconds
svdh E Value of the Expires header configured by MIME type ExpiresDefault <code>seconds
svdh E Default algorithm for calculating expiration time ExtendedStatus On|Off
Off s B Keep track of extended status information for each request ExtFilterDefine filtername parameters
s E Define an external filter ExtFilterOptions option [option] ...
DebugLevel=0 NoLogS + d E Configure mod_ext_filter options FileETag component ...
INode MTime Size svdh C File attributes used to create the ETag HTTP response header <Files filename> ... </Files>
svdh C Contains directives that apply to matched filenames <FilesMatch regex> ... </FilesMatch>
svdh C Contains directives that apply to regular-expression matched filenames ForceLanguagePriority None|Prefer|Fallback [Prefer|Fallback]
Prefer svdh B Action to take if a single acceptable document is not found ForceType MIME-type|None
dh C Forces all matching files to be served with the specified MIME content-type ForensicLog filename|pipe
sv E Sets filename of the forensic log Group unix-group
#-1 s M Group under which the server will answer requests Header set|append|add|unset|echo header [value [env=[!]variable]]
svdh E Configure HTTP response headers HeaderName filename
svdh B Name of the file that will be inserted at the top of the index listing HostnameLookups On|Off|Double
Off svd C Enables DNS lookups on client IP addresses IdentityCheck On|Off
Off svd C Enables logging of the RFC1413 identity of the remote user <IfDefine [!]parameter-name> ... </IfDefine>
svdh C Encloses directives that will be processed only if a test is true at startup <IfModule [!]module-name> ... </IfModule>
svdh C Encloses directives that are processed conditional on the presence or absence of a specific module ImapBase map|referer|URL
http://servername/ svdh B Default base for imagemap files ImapDefault error|nocontent|map|referer|URL
nocontent svdh B Default action when an imagemap is called with coordinates that are not explicitly mapped ImapMenu none|formatted|semiformatted|unformatted
svdh B Action if no coordinates are given when calling an imagemap Include file-path|directory-path
svd C Includes other configuration files from within the server configuration files IndexIgnore file [file] ...
svdh B Adds to the list of files to hide when listing a directory IndexOptions [+|-]option [[+|-]option] ...
svdh B Various configuration settings for directory indexing IndexOrderDefault Ascending|Descending Name|Date|Size|Description
Ascending Name
svdh B Sets the default ordering of the directory index ISAPIAppendLogToErrors on|off
off svdh B Record HSE_APPEND_LOG_PARAMETER requests from ISAPI extensions to the error log ISAPIAppendLogToQuery on|off
on svdh B Record HSE_APPEND_LOG_PARAMETER requests from ISAPI extensions to the query field ISAPICacheFile file-path [file-path] ...
sv B ISAPI .dll files to be loaded at startup ISAPIFakeAsync on|off
off svdh B Fake asynchronous support for ISAPI callbacks ISAPILogNotSupported on|off
off svdh B Log unsupported feature requests from ISAPI extensions ISAPIReadAheadBuffer size
49152 svdh B Size of the Read Ahead Buffer sent to ISAPI extensions KeepAlive On|Off
On sv C Enables HTTP persistent connections KeepAliveTimeout seconds
15 sv C Amount of time the server will wait for subsequent requests on a persistent connection LanguagePriority MIME-lang [MIME-lang] ...
svdh B The precendence of language variants for cases where the client does not express a preference LDAPCacheEntries number
1024 s X Maximum number of entries in the primary LDAP cache LDAPCacheTTL seconds
600 s X Time that cached items remain valid LDAPOpCacheEntries number
1024 s X Number of entries used to cache LDAP compare operations LDAPOpCacheTTL seconds
600 s X Time that entries in the operation cache remain valid LDAPSharedCacheFile directory-path/filename
s X Sets the shared memory chache file LDAPSharedCacheSize bytes
102400 s X Size in bytes of the shared-memory cache LDAPTrustedCA directory-path/filename
s X Sets the file containing the trusted Certificate Authority certificate or database LDAPTrustedCAType type
s X Specifies the type of the Certificate Authority file <Limit method [method] ... > ... </Limit>
svdh C Restrict enclosed access controls to only certain HTTP methods <LimitExcept method [method] ... > ... </LimitExcept>
svdh C Restrict access controls to all HTTP methods except the named ones LimitInternalRecursion number [number]
10 sv C Determine maximum number of internal redirects and nested subrequests LimitRequestBody bytes
0 svdh C Restricts the total size of the HTTP request body sent from the client LimitRequestFields number
100 s C Limits the number of HTTP request header fields that will be accepted from the client LimitRequestFieldsize bytes
s C Limits the size of the HTTP request header allowed from the client LimitRequestLine bytes
8190 s C Limit the size of the HTTP request line that will be accepted from the client LimitXMLRequestBody bytes
1000000 svdh C Limits the size of an XML-based request body Listen [IP-address:]portnumber
s M IP addresses and ports that the server listens to ListenBacklog backlog
s M Maximum length of the queue of pending connections LoadFile filename [filename] ...
s E Link in the named object file or library LoadModule module filename
s E Links in the object file or library, and adds to the list of active modules <Location URL-path|URL> ... </Location>
sv C Applies the enclosed directives only to matching URLs <LocationMatch regex> ... </LocationMatch>
sv C Applies the enclosed directives only to regular-expression matching URLs LockFile filename
logs/accept.lock s M Location of the accept serialization lock file LogFormat format|nickname [nickname]
"%h %l %u %t \"%r\" +
sv B Describes a format for use in a log file LogLevel level
warn sv C Controls the verbosity of the ErrorLog MaxClients number
s M Maximum number of child processes that will be created to serve requests MaxKeepAliveRequests number
100 sv C Number of requests allowed on a persistent connection MaxMemFree KBytes
0 s M Maximum amount of memory that the main allocator is allowed to hold without calling free() MaxRequestsPerChild number
10000 s M Limit on the number of requests that an individual child server will handle during its life MaxRequestsPerThread number
0 s M Limit on the number of requests that an individual thread will handle during its life MaxSpareServers number
10 s M Maximum number of idle child server processes MaxSpareThreads number
s M Maximum number of idle threads MaxThreads number
2048 s M Set the maximum number of worker threads MaxThreadsPerChild number
64 s M Maximum number of threads per child process MCacheMaxObjectCount value
1009 s X The maximum number of objects allowed to be placed in the cache MCacheMaxObjectSize bytes
10000 s X The maximum size (in bytes) of a document allowed in the cache MCacheMaxStreamingBuffer size_in_bytes
the smaller of 1000 + s X Maximum amount of a streamed response to buffer in memory before declaring the response uncacheable MCacheMinObjectSize bytes
0 s X The minimum size (in bytes) of a document to be allowed in the cache MCacheRemovalAlgorithm LRU|GDSF
GDSF s X The algorithm used to select documents for removal from the cache MCacheSize KBytes
100 s X The maximum amount of memory used by the cache in KBytes MetaDir directory
.web svdh E Name of the directory to find CERN-style meta information files MetaFiles on|off
off svdh E Activates CERN meta-file processing MetaSuffix suffix
.meta svdh E File name suffix for the file containg CERN-style meta information MimeMagicFile file-path
sv E Enable MIME-type determination based on file contents using the specified magic file MinSpareServers number
5 s M Minimum number of idle child server processes MinSpareThreads number
s M Minimum number of idle threads available to handle request spikes MMapFile file-path [file-path] ...
s X Map a list of files into memory at startup time ModMimeUsePathInfo On|Off
Off d B Tells mod_mime to treat path_info components as part of the filename MultiviewsMatch Any|NegotiatedOnly|Filters|Handlers [Handlers|Filters]
NegotiatedOnly
svdh B The types of files that will be included when searching for a matching file with MultiViews NameVirtualHost addr[:port]
s C Designates an IP address for name-virtual hosting NoProxy host [host] ...
sv E Hosts, domains, or networks that will be connected to directly NumServers number
2 s M Total number of children alive at the same time NWSSLTrustedCerts filename [filename] ...
s B List of additional client certificates Options [+|-]option [[+|-]option] ...
All
svdh C Configures what features are available in a particular directory Order ordering
Deny,Allow dh B Controls the default access state and the order in which Allow and Deny are evaluated. PassEnv env-variable [env-variable] ...
svdh B Passes environment variables from the shell PidFile filename
logs/httpd.pid s M File where the server records the process ID of the daemon ProtocolEcho On|Off
sv X Turn the echo server on or off <Proxy wildcard-url> ...</Proxy>
sv E Container for directives applied to proxied resources ProxyBadHeader IsError|Ignore|StartBody
IsError sv E Determines how to handle bad header lines in a response ProxyBlock *|word|host|domain [word|host|domain] ...
sv E Words, hosts, or domains that are banned from being proxied ProxyDomain Domain
sv E Default domain name for proxied requests ProxyErrorOverride On|Off
Off sv E Override error pages for proxied content ProxyIOBufferSize bytes
8192 sv E Determine size of internal data throughput buffer <ProxyMatch regex> ...</ProxyMatch>
sv E Container for directives applied to regular-expression-matched proxied resources ProxyMaxForwards number
10 sv E Maximium number of proxies that a request can be forwarded through ProxyPass [path] !|url
svd E Maps remote servers into the local server URL-space ProxyPassReverse [path] url
svd E Adjusts the URL in HTTP response headers sent from a reverse proxied server ProxyPreserveHost On|Off
Off sv E Use incoming Host HTTP request header for proxy request ProxyReceiveBufferSize bytes
0 sv E Network buffer size for proxied HTTP and FTP connections ProxyRemote match remote-server
sv E Remote proxy used to handle certain requests ProxyRemoteMatch regex remote-server
sv E Remote proxy used to handle requests matched by regular expressions ProxyRequests On|Off
Off sv E Enables forward (standard) proxy requests ProxyTimeout seconds
300 sv E Network timeout for proxied requests ProxyVia On|Off|Full|Block
Off sv E Information provided in the Via HTTP response header for proxied requests ReadmeName filename
svdh B Name of the file that will be inserted at the end of the index listing Redirect [status] URL-path URL
svdh B Sends an external redirect asking the client to fetch a different URL RedirectMatch [status] regex URL
svdh B Sends an external redirect based on a regular expression match of the current URL RedirectPermanent URL-path URL
svdh B Sends an external permanent redirect asking the client to fetch a different URL RedirectTemp URL-path URL
svdh B Sends an external temporary redirect asking the client to fetch a different URL RemoveCharset extension [extension] ...
vdh B Removes any character set associations for a set of file extensions RemoveEncoding extension [extension] ...
vdh B Removes any content encoding associations for a set of file extensions RemoveHandler extension [extension] ...
vdh B Removes any handler associations for a set of file extensions RemoveInputFilter extension [extension] ...
vdh B Removes any input filter associations for a set of file extensions RemoveLanguage extension [extension] ...
vdh B Removes any language associations for a set of file extensions RemoveOutputFilter extension [extension] ...
vdh B Removes any output filter associations for a set of file extensions RemoveType extension [extension] ...
vdh B Removes any content type associations for a set of file extensions RequestHeader set|append|add|unset header [value]
svdh E Configure HTTP request headers Require entity-name [entity-name] ...
dh C Selects which authenticated users can access a resource RewriteBase URL-path
dh E Sets the base URL for per-directory rewrites RewriteCond TestString CondPattern
svdh E Defines a condition under which rewriting will take place RewriteEngine on|off
off svdh E Enables or disables runtime rewriting engine RewriteLock file-path
s E Sets the name of the lock file used for RewriteMap synchronization RewriteLog file-path
sv E Sets the name of the file used for logging rewrite engine processing RewriteLogLevel Level
0 sv E Sets the verbosity of the log file used by the rewrite engine RewriteMap MapName MapType:MapSource
sv E Defines a mapping function for key-lookup RewriteOptions Options
MaxRedirects=10 svdh E Sets some special options for the rewrite engine RewriteRule Pattern Substitution
svdh E Defines rules for the rewriting engine RLimitCPU seconds|max [seconds|max]
svdh C Limits the CPU consumption of processes launched by Apache children RLimitMEM bytes|max [bytes|max]
svdh C Limits the memory consumption of processes launched by Apache children RLimitNPROC number|max [number|max]
svdh C Limits the number of processes that can be launched by processes launched by Apache children Satisfy Any|All
All dh C Interaction between host-level access control and user authentication ScoreBoardFile file-path
logs/apache_status s M Location of the file used to store coordination data for the child processes Script method cgi-script
svd B Activates a CGI script for a particular request method. ScriptAlias URL-path file-path|directory-path
sv B Maps a URL to a filesystem location and designates the target as a CGI script ScriptAliasMatch regex file-path|directory-path
sv B Maps a URL to a filesystem location using a regular expression and designates the target as a CGI script ScriptInterpreterSource Registry|Registry-Strict|Script
Script svdh C Technique for locating the interpreter for CGI scripts ScriptLog file-path
sv B Location of the CGI script error logfile ScriptLogBuffer bytes
1024 sv B Maximum amount of PUT or POST requests that will be recorded in the scriptlog ScriptLogLength bytes
10385760 sv B Size limit of the CGI script logfile ScriptSock file-path
logs/cgisock sv B The name of the socket to use for communication with the cgi daemon SecureListen [IP-address:]portnumber Certificate-Name [MUTUAL]
s B Enables SSL encryption for the specified port SendBufferSize bytes
0 s M TCP buffer size ServerAdmin email-address
sv C Email address that the server includes in error messages sent to the client ServerAlias hostname [hostname] ...
v C Alternate names for a host used when matching requests to name-virtual hosts ServerLimit number
s M Upper limit on configurable number of processes ServerName fully-qualified-domain-name[:port]
sv C Hostname and port that the server uses to identify itself ServerPath URL-path
v C Legacy URL pathname for a name-based virtual host that is accessed by an incompatible browser ServerRoot directory-path
/usr/local/apache s C Base directory for the server installation ServerSignature On|Off|EMail
Off svdh C Configures the footer on server-generated documents ServerTokens Major|Minor|Min[imal]|Prod[uctOnly]|OS|Full
Full s C Configures the Server HTTP response header SetEnv env-variable value
svdh B Sets environment variables SetEnvIf attribute regex [!]env-variable[=value] [[!]env-variable[=value]] ...
svdh B Sets environment variables based on attributes of the request SetEnvIfNoCase attribute regex [!]env-variable[=value] [[!]env-variable[=value]] ...
svdh B Sets environment variables based on attributes of the request without respect to case SetHandler handler-name|None
svdh C Forces all matching files to be processed by a handler SetInputFilter filter[;filter...]
svdh C Sets the filters that will process client requests and POST input SetOutputFilter filter[;filter...]
svdh C Sets the filters that will process responses from the server SSIEndTag tag
"-->" sv B String that ends an include element SSIErrorMsg message
"[an error occurred + svdh B Error message displayed when there is an SSI error SSIStartTag tag
"<!--#" sv B String that starts an include element SSITimeFormat formatstring
"%A, %d-%b-%Y %H:%M + svdh B Configures the format in which date strings are displayed SSIUndefinedEcho string
"(none)" sv B String displayed when an unset variable is echoed SSLCACertificateFile file-path
sv E File of concatenated PEM-encoded CA Certificates for Client Auth SSLCACertificatePath directory-path
sv E Directory of PEM-encoded CA Certificates for Client Auth SSLCARevocationFile file-path
sv E File of concatenated PEM-encoded CA CRLs for Client Auth SSLCARevocationPath directory-path
sv E Directory of PEM-encoded CA CRLs for Client Auth SSLCertificateChainFile file-path
sv E File of PEM-encoded Server CA Certificates SSLCertificateFile file-path
sv E Server PEM-encoded X.509 Certificate file SSLCertificateKeyFile file-path
sv E Server PEM-encoded Private Key file SSLCipherSuite cipher-spec
ALL:!ADH:RC4+RSA:+H + svdh E Cipher Suite available for negotiation in SSL handshake SSLEngine on|off
off sv E SSL Engine Operation Switch SSLMutex type
none s E Semaphore for internal mutual exclusion of operations SSLOptions [+|-]option ...
svdh E Configure various SSL engine run-time options SSLPassPhraseDialog type
builtin s E Type of pass phrase dialog for encrypted private keys SSLProtocol [+|-]protocol ...
all sv E Configure usable SSL protocol flavors SSLProxyCACertificateFile file-path
sv E File of concatenated PEM-encoded CA Certificates for Remote Server Auth SSLProxyCACertificatePath directory-path
sv E Directory of PEM-encoded CA Certificates for Remote Server Auth SSLProxyCARevocationFile file-path
sv E File of concatenated PEM-encoded CA CRLs for Remote Server Auth SSLProxyCARevocationPath directory-path
sv E Directory of PEM-encoded CA CRLs for Remote Server Auth SSLProxyCipherSuite cipher-spec
ALL:!ADH:RC4+RSA:+H + svdh E Cipher Suite available for negotiation in SSL proxy handshake SSLProxyEngine on|off
off sv E SSL Proxy Engine Operation Switch SSLProxyMachineCertificateFile filename
s E File of concatenated PEM-encoded client certificates and keys to be used by the proxy SSLProxyMachineCertificatePath directory
s E Directory of PEM-encoded client certificates and keys to be used by the proxy SSLProxyProtocol [+|-]protocol ...
all sv E Configure usable SSL protocol flavors for proxy usage SSLProxyVerify level
none svdh E Type of remote server Certificate verification SSLProxyVerifyDepth number
1 svdh E Maximum depth of CA Certificates in Remote Server Certificate verification SSLRandomSeed context source [bytes]
s E Pseudo Random Number Generator (PRNG) seeding source SSLRequire expression
dh E Allow access only when an arbitrarily complex boolean expression is true SSLRequireSSL
dh E Deny access when SSL is not used for the HTTP request SSLSessionCache type
none s E Type of the global/inter-process SSL Session Cache SSLSessionCacheTimeout seconds
300 sv E Number of seconds before an SSL session expires in the Session Cache SSLVerifyClient level
none svdh E Type of Client Certificate verification SSLVerifyDepth number
1 svdh E Maximum depth of CA Certificates in Client Certificate verification StartServers number
s M Number of child server processes created at startup StartThreads number
s M Number of threads created on startup SuexecUserGroup User Group
sv E User and group permissions for CGI programs ThreadLimit number
s M Sets the upper limit on the configurable number of threads per child process ThreadsPerChild number
s M Number of threads created by each child process ThreadStackSize number
65536 s M Determine the stack size for each thread TimeOut seconds
300 s C Amount of time the server will wait for certain events before failing a request TransferLog file|pipe
sv B Specify location of a log file TypesConfig file-path
conf/mime.types s B The location of the mime.types file UnsetEnv env-variable [env-variable] ...
svdh B Removes variables from the environment UseCanonicalName On|Off|DNS
On svd C Configures how the server determines its own name and port User unix-userid
#-1 s M The userid under which the server will answer requests UserDir directory-filename
public_html sv B Location of the user-specific directories VirtualDocumentRoot interpolated-directory|none
none sv E Dynamically configure the location of the document root for a given virtual host VirtualDocumentRootIP interpolated-directory|none
none sv E Dynamically configure the location of the document root for a given virtual host <VirtualHost addr[:port] [addr[:port]] ...> ... </VirtualHost>
s C Contains directives that apply only to a specific hostname or IP address VirtualScriptAlias interpolated-directory|none
none sv E Dynamically configure the location of the CGI directory for a given virtual host VirtualScriptAliasIP interpolated-directory|none
none sv E Dynamically configure the location of the cgi directory for a given virtual host Win32DisableAcceptEx
s M Use accept() rather than AcceptEx() to accept network connections XBitHack on|off|full
off svdh B Parse SSI directives in files with the execute bit set