Apache HTTP Server

aid: apache-httpd
name: Apache HTTP Server
description: Apache HTTP Server (httpd) is the world's most widely used web server software. It serves static and dynamic
  content, acts as a reverse proxy and load balancer, and exposes a mod_status monitoring API and balancer-manager management
  interface for operational visibility.
type: Index
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
- Apache
- Load Balancer
- Open Source
- Proxy
- Reverse Proxy
- Web Server
created: '2026-03-16'
modified: '2026-05-19'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/apache-httpd/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: apache-httpd:apache-httpd-status-api
  name: Apache HTTP Server Status API
  description: Status and monitoring API for Apache HTTP Server (httpd) provided by mod_status, exposing server metrics, worker
    state, and load balancer information via HTTP endpoints.
  humanURL: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_status.html
  baseURL: http://localhost:80
  tags:
  - Balancer
  - Metrics
  - Monitoring
  - REST
  - Status
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_status.html
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/apache-httpd-status-openapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/httpd-serverstatus-schema.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/apache-httpd-status-context.jsonld
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/status-balancer.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/status-status.yaml
- aid: apache-httpd:apache-httpd-config-api
  name: Apache HTTP Server Configuration Reference
  description: Configuration directive reference for Apache HTTP Server covering VirtualHost, mod_ssl, mod_rewrite, mod_proxy,
    and all core directives for web server, proxy, and SSL configuration.
  humanURL: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/directives.html
  tags:
  - Configuration
  - Reference
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/directives.html
common:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/getting-started.html
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/apache
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/apache/httpd
- type: SpectralRules
  url: rules/apache-httpd-spectral-rules.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/apache-httpd-vocabulary.yaml
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: mod_status Monitoring
    description: Real-time server status endpoint providing request rates, worker states, and CPU usage.
  - name: mod_proxy Reverse Proxy
    description: Full-featured reverse proxy with HTTP, HTTPS, WebSocket, and AJP protocol support.
  - name: mod_proxy_balancer Load Balancing
    description: Load balancing across backend servers with byrequests, bytraffic, and bybusyness algorithms.
  - name: mod_ssl TLS Termination
    description: TLS/SSL termination with client certificate authentication and OCSP stapling support.
  - name: mod_rewrite URL Rewriting
    description: Powerful rule-based URL rewriting engine for redirects, proxying, and access control.
  - name: Virtual Hosting
    description: Name-based and IP-based virtual hosting for serving multiple domains from a single server.
  - name: CGI and FastCGI
    description: CGI and FastCGI support for dynamic content generation with external applications.
  - name: .htaccess Per-Directory Config
    description: Per-directory configuration files for decentralized access control and configuration.
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: Static Web Hosting
    description: Serve HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and media files with high performance and caching headers.
  - name: Reverse Proxy for Applications
    description: Proxy requests to application servers (Node.js, Python, Java) with SSL termination.
  - name: Load Balancing
    description: Distribute traffic across multiple backend application instances with health checking.
  - name: API Gateway
    description: Route and transform API requests using mod_rewrite and mod_proxy rules.
  - name: Legacy CGI Application Hosting
    description: Run legacy CGI or PHP applications via mod_cgi, mod_fcgid, or mod_php.
- type: Integrations
  data:
  - name: mod_php
    description: Embeds PHP interpreter directly in the Apache process for PHP application hosting.
  - name: Tomcat AJP Connector
    description: AJP protocol integration with Apache Tomcat for Java web application proxying.
  - name: Let's Encrypt / Certbot
    description: Automated TLS certificate provisioning with Certbot and the mod_md module.
  - name: Nginx
    description: Often deployed alongside Nginx, with Nginx handling static files and Apache handling dynamic content.
  - name: ModSecurity WAF
    description: ModSecurity web application firewall module for OWASP rule-based request filtering.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: [email protected]