Basic Web Server Operation

Contact Hour 19: To be discussed on Tuesday 12th March 2013.

Lecturer: Dr Chris P. Jobling.

An introduction to server-side programming with a description of the operation of a basic webserver

• The roles of a web server and web client
• Modern Web Servers
• The Apache Web Server
• Revision of the HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
• Web server operation
• Mapping resources to files

• The PowerPoint file for this lecture

Interactive Services

• The need to serve more than static pages
• Dynamic content
• CGI Operation
• More on the HTTP request
• CGI Technologies

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