Intro to Apache - ApacheCon
Handlers
  • A handler is a process that handles an incoming request.

  • Usually a program that dynamically generates content based on the request.

  • In the configuration file, you can map a particular URL to a handler, rather than to a file.

    
    <Location /server-status>
        SetHandler server-status
    </Location>
    		  

  • The handler is provided by modules to produce dynamic content. The server-status handler, for example, displays a snapshot of the server's current state.

    http://httpd.apache.org/server-status/
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