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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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C Core M MPM B Base E Extension X Experimental

AcceptFilter protocol accept_filter		s	C
Configures optimizations for a Protocol's Listener Sockets
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 [virtual]		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 charset parameter to be added when a response content-type is text/plain or text/html
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_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
AuthBasicAuthoritative On|Off	On	dh	B
Sets whether authorization and authentication are passed to lower level modules
AuthBasicProvider provider-name [provider-name] ...	file	dh	B
Sets the authentication provider(s) for this location
AuthDBDUserPWQuery query		d	E
SQL query to look up a password for a user
AuthDBDUserRealmQuery query		d	E
SQL query to look up a password hash for a user and realm.
AuthDBMGroupFile file-path		dh	E
Sets the name of the database file containing the list of user groups for authorization
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 the name of a database file containing the list of users and passwords for authentication
AuthDefaultAuthoritative On|Off	On	dh	B
Sets whether authentication is passed to lower level modules
AuthDigestAlgorithm MD5|MD5-sess	MD5	dh	X
Selects the algorithm used to calculate the challenge and response hashes in digest authentication
AuthDigestDomain URI [URI] ...		dh	X
URIs that are in the same protection space 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
AuthDigestProvider provider-name [provider-name] ...	file	dh	X
Sets the authentication provider(s) for this location
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 authorization
AuthLDAPBindDN distinguished-name		dh	E
Optional DN to use in binding to the LDAP server
AuthLDAPBindPassword password		dh	E
Password used in conjuction with the bind DN
AuthLDAPCharsetConfig file-path		s	E
Language to charset conversion configuration file
AuthLDAPCompareDNOnServer on|off	on	dh	E
Use the LDAP server to compare the DNs
AuthLDAPDereferenceAliases never|searching|finding|always	Always	dh	E
When will the module de-reference aliases
AuthLDAPGroupAttribute attribute		dh	E
LDAP attributes used to check for group membership
AuthLDAPGroupAttributeIsDN on|off	on	dh	E
Use the DN of the client username when checking for group membership
AuthLDAPRemoteUserIsDN on|off	off	dh	E
Use the DN of the client username to set the REMOTE_USER environment variable
AuthLDAPUrl url [NONE|SSL|TLS|STARTTLS]		dh	E
URL specifying the LDAP search parameters
AuthName auth-domain		dh	C
Authorization realm for use in HTTP authentication
<AuthnProviderAlias baseProvider Alias> ... </AuthnProviderAlias>		s	E
Enclose a group of directives that represent an extension of a base authentication provider and referenced by the specified alias
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
AuthzDBMAuthoritative On|Off	On	dh	E
Sets whether authorization will be passed on to lower level modules
AuthzDBMType default|SDBM|GDBM|NDBM|DB	default	dh	E
Sets the type of database file that is used to store list of user groups
AuthzDefaultAuthoritative On|Off	On	dh	B
Sets whether authorization is passed to lower level modules
AuthzGroupFileAuthoritative On|Off	On	dh	B
Sets whether authorization will be passed on to lower level modules
AuthzLDAPAuthoritative on|off	on	dh	E
Prevent other authentication modules from authenticating the user if this one fails
AuthzOwnerAuthoritative On|Off	On	dh	E
Sets whether authorization will be passed on to lower level modules
AuthzUserAuthoritative On|Off	On	dh	B
Sets whether authorization will be passed on to lower level modules
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
BufferedLogs On|Off	Off	s	B
Buffer log entries in memory before writing to disk
CacheDefaultExpire seconds	3600 (one hour)	sv	E
The default duration to cache a document when no expiry date is specified.
CacheDirLength length	2	sv	E
The number of characters in subdirectory names
CacheDirLevels levels	3	sv	E
The number of levels of subdirectories in the cache.
CacheDisable url-string		sv	E
Disable caching of specified URLs
CacheEnable cache_type url-string		sv	E
Enable caching of specified URLs using a specified storage manager
CacheFile file-path [file-path] ...		s	X
Cache a list of file handles at startup time
CacheIgnoreCacheControl On|Off	Off	sv	E
Ignore request to not serve cached content to client
CacheIgnoreHeaders header-string [header-string] ...	None	sv	E
Do not store the given HTTP header(s) in the cache.
CacheIgnoreNoLastMod On|Off	Off	sv	E
Ignore the fact that a response has no Last Modified header.
CacheLastModifiedFactor float	0.1	sv	E
The factor used to compute an expiry date based on the LastModified date.
CacheMaxExpire seconds	86400 (one day)	sv	E
The maximum time in seconds to cache a document
CacheMaxFileSize bytes	1000000	sv	E
The maximum size (in bytes) of a document to be placed in the cache
CacheMinFileSize bytes	1	sv	E
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	E
The directory root under which cache files are stored
CacheStoreNoStore On|Off	Off	sv	E
Attempt to cache requests or responses that have been marked as no-store.
CacheStorePrivate On|Off	Off	sv	E
Attempt to cache responses that the server has marked as private
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
CheckCaseOnly on|off	Off	svdh	E
Limits the action of the speling module to case corrections
CheckSpelling on|off	Off	svdh	E
Enables the spelling module
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
DavGenericLockDB file-path		svd	E
Location of the DAV lock database
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
DBDExptime time-in-seconds		sv	E
Keepalive time for idle connections
DBDKeep number		sv	E
Maximum sustained number of connections
DBDMax number		sv	E
Maximum number of connections
DBDMin number		sv	E
Minimum number of connections
DBDParams param1=value1[,param2=value2]		sv	E
Parameters for database connection
DBDPersist 0|1		sv	E
Whether to use persistent connections
DBDPrepareSQL "SQL statement" label		sv	E
Define an SQL prepared statement
DBDriver name		sv	E
Specify an SQL driver
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
DirectorySlash On|Off	On	svdh	B
Toggle trailing slash redirects on or off
DocumentRoot directory-path	/usr/local/apache/h +	sv	C
Directory that forms the main document tree visible from the web
DumpIOInput On|Off	Off	s	E
Dump all input data to the error log
DumpIOOutput On|Off	Off	s	E
Dump all output data to the error log
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
FilterChain [+=-@!]filter-name ...		svdh	B
Configure the filter chain
FilterDeclare filter-name [type]		svdh	B
Declare a smart filter
FilterProtocol filter-name [provider-name] proto-flags		svdh	B
Deal with correct HTTP protocol handling
FilterProvider filter-name provider-name [req|resp|env]=dispatch match		svdh	B
Register a content filter
FilterTrace filter-name level		svd	B
Get debug/diagnostic information from mod_filter
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
GracefulShutDownTimeout seconds		s	M
Specify a timeout after which a gracefully shutdown server will exit.
Group unix-group	#-1	s	M
Group under which the server will answer requests
Header [condition] set|append|add|unset|echo header [value] [early|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	E
Enables logging of the RFC 1413 identity of the remote user
IdentityCheckTimeout seconds	30	svd	E
Determines the timeout duration for ident requests
<IfDefine [!]parameter-name> ... </IfDefine>		svdh	C
Encloses directives that will be processed only if a test is true at startup
<IfModule [!]module-file|module-identifier> ... </IfModule>		svdh	C
Encloses directives that are processed conditional on the presence or absence of a specific module
<IfVersion [[!]operator] version> ... </IfVersion>		svdh	E
contains version dependent configuration
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
IndexStyleSheet url-path		svdh	B
Adds a CSS stylesheet to 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	5	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	E
Maximum number of entries in the primary LDAP cache
LDAPCacheTTL seconds	600	s	E
Time that cached items remain valid
LDAPConnectionTimeout seconds		s	E
Specifies the socket connection timeout in seconds
LDAPOpCacheEntries number	1024	s	E
Number of entries used to cache LDAP compare operations
LDAPOpCacheTTL seconds	600	s	E
Time that entries in the operation cache remain valid
LDAPSharedCacheFile directory-path/filename		s	E
Sets the shared memory cache file
LDAPSharedCacheSize bytes	102400	s	E
Size in bytes of the shared-memory cache
LDAPTrustedClientCert type directory-path/filename/nickname [password]		svdh	E
Sets the file containing or nickname referring to a per connection client certificate. Not all LDAP toolkits support per connection client certificates.
LDAPTrustedGlobalCert type directory-path/filename [password]		s	E
Sets the file or database containing global trusted Certificate Authority or global client certificates
LDAPTrustedMode type		sv	E
Specifies the SSL/TLS mode to be used when connecting to an LDAP server.
LDAPVerifyServerCert On|Off	On	s	E
Force server certificate verification
<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 [protocol]		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
MCacheMaxObjectCount value	1009	s	E
The maximum number of objects allowed to be placed in the cache
MCacheMaxObjectSize bytes	10000	s	E
The maximum size (in bytes) of a document allowed in the cache
MCacheMaxStreamingBuffer size_in_bytes	the smaller of 1000 +	s	E
Maximum amount of a streamed response to buffer in memory before declaring the response uncacheable
MCacheMinObjectSize bytes	0	s	E
The minimum size (in bytes) of a document to be allowed in the cache
MCacheRemovalAlgorithm LRU|GDSF	GDSF	s	E
The algorithm used to select documents for removal from the cache
MCacheSize KBytes	100	s	E
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
NWSSLTrustedCerts filename [filename] ...		s	B
List of additional client certificates
NWSSLUpgradeable [IP-address:]portnumber		s	B
Allows a connection to be upgraded to an SSL connection upon request
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 [key=value key=value ...]]		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
ProxyPassReverseCookieDomain internal-domain public-domain		svd	E
Adjusts the Domain string in Set-Cookie headers from a reverse- proxied server
ProxyPassReverseCookiePath internal-path public-path		svd	E
Adjusts the Path string in Set-Cookie headers 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
ReceiveBufferSize bytes	0	s	M
TCP receive buffer size
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] [early|env=[!]variable]		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		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	s	B
The filename prefix 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|URL		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 [scheme://]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)"	svdh	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
SSLCADNRequestFile file-path		sv	E
File of concatenated PEM-encoded CA Certificates for defining acceptable CA names
SSLCADNRequestPath directory-path		sv	E
Directory of PEM-encoded CA Certificates for defining acceptable CA names
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
SSLCryptoDevice engine	builtin	s	E
Enable use of a cryptographic hardware accelerator
SSLEngine on|off|optional	off	sv	E
SSL Engine Operation Switch
SSLHonorCiperOrder flag		sv	E
Option to prefer the server's cipher preference order
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
SSLUserName varname		sdh	E
Variable name to determine user name
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 size		s	M
The size in bytes of the stack used by threads handling client connections
TimeOut seconds	300	sv	C
Amount of time the server will wait for certain events before failing a request
TraceEnable [on|off|extended]	on	s	C
Determines the behaviour on TRACE requests
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	Off	svd	C
Configures how the server determines its own name and port
UseCanonicalPhysicalPort On|Off	Off	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		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

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