To configure the Desktop minimize all open windows with +M and right click on the desktop Personalize it. This will open Control Panel → Appearance and Personalization → Personalization where you can set Desktop Background, Window Color, Sounds and Screen Saver. After Save Changes also Save theme.

To add your own folders to the Picture location of the Windows Desktop Backgrounds create the following registry file P:\dev\apps\windows\registry\wallpapers.reg:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Wallpapers\KnownFolders\0\Windows Wallpapers\MergeFolders]
"C:\\media\\gfx\\bball"=""
"C:\\media\\gfx\\cycling"=""
"C:\\media\\gfx\\minus\\eol\\removes\\entry"=-

Import these settings with regedit "P:\dev\apps\windows\registry\wallpapers.reg".

Windows 7 introduces a brand new Windows Explorer which is superior in many ways to its predecessors. In Windows Explorer select Organize → Layout to activate the Menu bar, Display pane and Navigation pane. In the Menu bar select View → Details

To configure the Windows Explorer first select the Local Disk (C:) and then Organize → Folder and search options or Tools → Folder options… where you can set:

For every non system drive select it and then Organize → Properties → Customize (see also Customize Tab - Add or Remove from Properties) or View → Customize this folder… to Optimize this folder for General items, check Also apply this template to all subfolders and click OK.

First go to Start Menu → Control Panel → Ease of Access → Ease of Access Center → Make the keyboard easier to use and select Underline keyboard shortcuts and access keys.

To customize the Start Menu right click on the Taskbar and select Properties.

Process Explorer shows you information about which handles and DLLs processes have opened or loaded.

Download the archive: ProcessExplorer.zip [version 16.21].

Extract the .zip file to P:\dev\apps\windows\process-explorer. Start the Process Explorer with procexp.exe and select Options → Replace Task Manager and Options → Hide When Minimized.

Create shortcut named Process Explorer for it and drag this shortcut to Start → Programs → Startup to be able to access Properties → Run → Minimized to always start it in the system tray on startup.

Many folks use Windows SysInternals Process Explorer to gather information about running processes and their open handles. There is an excellent but less familiar utility in-built with Windows 7 and higher, called Resource Monitor which provides complete details of running processes, their associated handles and associated modules (for example, DLL files). Start the Resource Monitor with +R and resmon (see also How to Use Resource Monitor to Find Which Process Has Locked a File?).

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Figure 1.1. Resource Monitor

Junction (also called a soft link) differs from a hard link in that the storage objects it references are separate directories, and a junction can link directories located on different local volumes on the same computer. Otherwise, junctions operate identically to hard links. Junctions are implemented through reparse points.

Download the archive: Junction.zip [version 1.07].

Extract the .zip file to C:\Windows\System32.

Verify the installation with junction.

As a robust Security Monitor, WinPatrol will alert you to hijackings, malware attacks and critical changes made to your computer without your permission.

Download the binary: wpsetup.exe [version 35.5.2017.8].

Run this .exe file to install WinPatrol in P:\dev\apps\windows\win-patrol.

Go to Start Menu → Control Panel → System and Security → Windows Update → Change settings:

The System Update Readiness Tool for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB947821) is being offered because an inconsistency was found in the Windows servicing store which may prevent the successful installation of future updates, service packs, and software.

Go to Start Menu → Control Panel → Region and Language:

Go to Start Menu → Computer → Manage → Storage → Disk Management and right click on new disk to:

Microsoft Garage Mouse Without Borders is an immensely useful tool. It might come as something of a surprise that it is a tool associated with Microsoft, and even more of a surprise that it has been kept a secret. Mouse Without Borders is a product that makes you the captain of your computer fleet by allowing you to control up to four computers from a single mouse and keyboard. This means that with Mouse without Borders you can copy text or drag and drop files across computers.

ShareMouse lets you share your mouse and keyboard with multiple networked computers.

All-inclusive and comprehensive protection Avast antivirus Home Edition includes ANTI-SPYWARE protection, certified by the West Coast Labs Checkmark process, and ANTI-ROOTKIT detection based on the best-in class GMER technology.

Download the binary (Forum for latest offline installer): avast_free_antivirus_setup_offline.exe [version 18.5.2342].

Run this .exe file for Customize installation of Avast in P:\dev\apps\antivirus\avast. Optionally uncheck the following components: Behavior Shield, Ransomware Shield, Anti-spam, Real Site, Firewall, Sandbox, Software Updater, Browser Cleanup, Rescue Disk, Wi-Fi Inspector, Security browser extension, SafePrice browser extension, SecureLine VPN, Passwords, Sensitive Data Shield, Cleanup and Game mode.

Disable WebRep and Community settings with Open Avast user interface → Settings → General:

Sometimes it´s not possible to uninstall Avast the standard way in the control panel. In this case, you can use our uninstallation utility avastclear.exe.

To use the Tab for filename and directory name completion in the Command Processor create the following registry file P:\dev\apps\windows\registry\command-processor.reg:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor]
"CompletionChar"=dword:00000009
"PathCompletionChar"=dword:00000009

Import these settings with regedit "P:\dev\apps\windows\registry\command-processor.reg".

After starting the Command Processor from the Quick Launch Toolbar configure the following settings by clicking Alt+Space and selecting Properties and / or Defaults (for Start → Run… → cmd):

To quickly repeat any previously entered command use the ▲ and ▼ arrow keys and use the F7 key to view a history of all the commands that have been entered in that Command Processor.

The Service Control command (sc.exe) provided by Microsoft is a command line program used for communicating with the NT Service Controller and services. Some of the options are:

trickTo edit the Service properties launch the Service Management Console with services.msc.

trickIf a service fails to start check the Application Log in Start → Administrative Tools → Event Viewer or launch the Event Viewer Console from the command line with eventvwr.msc and select Event Viewer (Local) → Windows Logs → Application.

<service>
  <id>example</id>
  <name>Example Service</name>
  <description>Sample service configuration.</description>
  <depend>Spooler</depend>
  <depend>Messenger</depend>
  <logpath>P:\dev\logs\windows\services</logpath>
  <logmode>roll</logmode>
  <env name="TMPDIR" value="C:\tmp" />
  <startargument>run</startargument>
  <stopargument>stop</stopargument>
  <argument>%TMPDIR%</argument>
  <executable>exampleApplication.exe</executable>
  <!--beeponshutdown/-->
  <!--waithint>20000</waithint-->
  <!--sleeptime>1000</sleeptime-->
</service>

net start james
net start mysqlmaster
net start fisheye
net start jira
net start nexus
net start sonarqube
net start tomcat
net start payara

REM pause 10 seconds
ping -n 10 127.0.0.1  > NUL

net stop payara
net stop tomcat
net stop sonarqube
net stop nexus
net stop jira
net stop fisheye
net stop mysqlmaster
net stop james

REM pause 10 seconds
ping -n 10 127.0.0.1  > NUL

Data Execution Prevention (DEP) is a set of hardware and software technologies that perform additional checks on memory to help prevent malicious code from running on a system.

When a program (for example java.exe version 1.3.1 update 20) won't start and displays the following error message “To help protect your computer, Windows has closed this program.”, you can manually exclude the program from the DEP feature.

Press +Break keys to open the Windows System Properties. Select Advanced → Settings → Data Execution Prevention → Turn on DEP for all programs and services except those I select and Add… the program.

A text editor is a type of program used for editing plain text files.

A file archiver is a computer program that combines a number of files together into one archive file, or a series of archive file, for easier transportation or storage. Many file archivers employ archive formats that provide lossless data compression to reduce the size of the archive which is often useful for transferring a large number of individual files over a high latency network like the Internet.

GnuWin32 provides ports of tools with a GNU or similar open source license to MS-Windows.

trickPress +Break keys to open the Windows System Properties. Select Advanced system settings → Environment Variables and Edit the Path to append %GNUWIN32_HOME%\bin;. Also add a New system variable GNUWIN32_HOME pointing to P:\dev\apps\gnuwin32.

Merging (also called integration) in revision control, is a fundamental operation that reconciles multiple changes made to a revision-controlled collection of files. Most often, it is necessary when a file is modified by two people on two different computers at the same time. When two branches are merged, the result is a single collection of files that contains both sets of changes.

Secure Shell or SSH is a network protocol that allows data to be exchanged using a secure channel between two networked devices.

Do you still launch applications by pressing the Windows key and searching for your app? That's a serviceable way to get your apps up and running, but it's pretty limited. If you've never used an app launcher, now's the time to try one: they're faster and more powerful than any built-in search system, and they can do a lot more than just launch apps. Here's why you should be using one (and everything you can do with it).

Launchy is a free cross-platform utility designed to help you forget about your start menu, the icons on your desktop, and even your file manager.

Download the binary: Launchy2.5.exe [version 2.5].

Run this .exe file to install Launchy in P:\dev\apps\windows\launchy.

Additionally install required plugins sucha as putty-launchy-plugin [version 2.4].

File transfer is a generic term for the act of transmitting files over a computer network or the Internet. There are numerous ways and protocols to transfer files over a network. Computers which provide a file transfer service are often called file servers. Depending on the client's perspective the data transfer is called uploading or downloading.

Graphviz is open source graph visualization software. Graph visualization is a way of representing structural information as diagrams of abstract graphs and networks. Automatic graph drawing has many important applications in software engineering, database and web design, networking, and in visual interfaces for many other domains.

Download the binary (MSI Installer): graphviz-2.38.msi [version 2.38].

Run this .msi file to install Graphviz in P:\dev\apps\editor\graphviz.

trickPress +Break keys to open the Windows System Properties. Select Advanced system settings → Environment Variables and Edit the Path to append %GRAPHVIZ_HOME%\bin;. Also add a New system variable GRAPHVIZ_HOME pointing to P:\dev\apps\editor\graphviz.

Verify the installation with dot -v and click Ctrl+C.

The Microsoft debuggers are fully capable of running on computers with x86-based, Itanium, or x64-based processors. The debuggers can debug the Windows operating system, applications, services, and drivers that run on the operating system.

How to Analyse Bugcheck and Process Crash Dumps.

A file viewer is application software that presents the data stored in a computer file in a human-friendly form. Discontinued versions of Office viewers.

There are some excellent free software utilities available that are every bit as good as their commercial counterparts, and sometimes even better. One software publisher, with an almost unknown name, but with very popular products is Piriform Software.

Download the Win64 binary: Firefox Setup 61.0.exe [version 61.0].

Run this .exe file to custom install Firefox in P:\dev\apps\browser\firefox.

Optionally install useful extensions and pimp the browser theme for example with the the above mentioned add-ons. To reactivate the menu bar type Alt and check View → Toolbars → Menu Bar.

[General]
StartWithLastProfile=1

[Profile0]
Name=default
IsRelative=1trick0
Path=Profiles/xxxxxxxx.defaulttrickP:\dev\data\browser\firefox\profiles\defaulttrick

To display a list of used preferences, as well as a search bar, type about:config (see also About protocol) in the Firefox address bar:

Download or download.cnet.com the Win32 binary: SafariSetup.exe [version 5.1.7].

Run this .exe file to custom install Safari in P:\dev\apps\browser\safari.

Download the Win32 binary: ChromeSetup.exe for the Google Chrome Web Browser only [version 49.0.2623.112]. Or as an alternative download the standalone installer ChromeStandaloneSetup.exe (see also Disabling SSLv3 Support in the above mentioned Resources).

Run one of those .exe file to install Chrome.

To simulate custom installation of Chrome in P:\dev\apps\browser\google create a symbolic link using Junction as follows:

mkdir P:\dev\data\browser\chrome
mkdir %LOCALAPPDATA%\Google

junction %LOCALAPPDATA%\Google\Chrome P:\dev\data\browser\chrome
junction -s %LOCALAPPDATA%\Google

rem Note: on 32-bit use %PROGRAMFILES%
mkdir P:\dev\apps\browser\chrome
mkdir "%PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\Google"

junction "%PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\Google\Chrome" P:\dev\apps\browser\chrome
junction -s "%PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\Google"

To reopen the prior pages/tabs edit, in the top right, Chrome menu → Settings → On Startup and select Continue where you left off.

Download the Win64 binary: jdk-8u162-windows-x64.exe [version 1.8.0_162].

Run the 64-bit .exe file to install the JDK Development Tools with Change… into P:\dev\apps\prg\java-x64\jdk1.8.0_162. After the JDK is installed Change… the JRE Destination Folder into P:\dev\apps\prg\java-x64\jre1.8.0_162.

trickPress +Break keys to open the Windows System Properties. Select Advanced system settings → Environment Variables and Edit the Path to append %JAVA_HOME%\bin;. Also add a New system variable JAVA_HOME pointing to P:\dev\apps\prg\java-x64\jdk1.8.0_162.

Verify the installation with java -version.

When building inter-connected applications, developers frequently interact with TLS-enabled protocols like HTTPS:

When working with https URLs that cause an error “SSLHandshakeException: Received fatal alert: handshake_failure” in Java but work in the browser, you might want to install the files, from the above mentioned JCE, local_policy.jar and US_export_policy.jar in:

#crypto.policy=limited | unlimited

Download the Win64 binary (MSI Installer): python-3.4.3.amd64.msi [version 3.4.3].

Run this .msi file to install it for all users. Install all the features into a new destination folder P:\dev\apps\prg\python-3.4.3.

trickPress +Break keys to open the Windows System Properties. Select Advanced system settings → Environment Variables and Edit the Path to append %PYTHON_HOME%;%PYTHON_HOME%\Scripts;. Also add a New system variable PYTHON_HOME pointing to P:\dev\apps\prg\python-3.4.3 and reboot the server.

Verify the installation with python --version.

Download the Python for Windows Extensions Win64 binary: pywin32-219.win-amd64-py3.4.exe [version 219].

Run this .exe file to install the Windows extensions in P:\dev\apps\prg\python-3.4.3.

PEAK is the Python Enterprise Application Kit. If you develop enterprise applications with Python, or indeed almost any sort of application with Python, PEAK may help you do it faster, easier, on a larger scale, and with fewer defects than ever before. The key is component-based development, on a reliable infrastructure.

Easy Install is a python module (easy_install) bundled with setuptools that lets you automatically download, build, install, and manage Python packages.

Pygments is a generic syntax highlighter for general use in all kinds of software such as forum systems, wikis or other applications (such as ViewVC) that need to prettify source code.

Download the Win64 Binary (MSI Installer): ActivePerl-5.22.0.2200-MSWin32-x64-299195.msi [version 5.22.0.2200].

Run this .msi file to install it for all users. Install all the features into a new destination folder P:\dev\apps\prg\perl-5.22.0.2200 and do not Add Perl to the PATH environment variable.

trickPress +Break keys to open the Windows System Properties. Select Advanced system settings → Environment Variables and Edit the Path to append %PERL_HOME%\site\bin;%PERL_HOME%\bin;. Also add a New system variable PERL_HOME pointing to P:\dev\apps\prg\perl-5.22.0.2200 and reboot the server.

Verify the installation with perl -V.

Start the Perl Package Manager with: ppm gui.

Switch to View → Installed Packages or Ctrl+2 and select File → Verify Packages to check for updates.

Switch to View → Upgradable Packages or Ctrl+3. If the column Repo is not shown select View → View Column → Repo to activate it. To upgrade the package from the original repository just right click on it and select Install … or +. Should there be a higher version of the package available in a different repository right click on the installed package and select Remove … or - and then right click on the latest version of that package and select Install … or +.

After selecting the packages that must be upgraded switch to View → Packages to Install/Remove or Ctrl+4 and select File → Run Marked Actions or Ctrl+Enter to update.

To add alternative repositories such as Scraps of Perl run the following command ppm repo add bribes-de-perl http://www.bribes.org/perl/ppm64/.

Verify the repository installations with ppm repo list or start the ppm gui Perl Package Manager and look at the available repositories with Edit → Preferences or Ctrl+P and Repositories.

java.lang.NullPointerException: Parameter alpha must not be null
        at org.apache.fop.pdf.AlphaRasterImage.<init>(AlphaRasterImage.java:57)
        at org.apache.fop.pdf.AlphaRasterImage.<init>(AlphaRasterImage.java:71)
        at … .ImageRenderedAdapter.setup(ImageRenderedAdapter.java:125)
        at org.apache.fop.pdf.PDFDocument.addImage(PDFDocument.java:809)
        at … handleImage(PDFImageHandlerRenderedImage.java:79)

Download the archive: php-5.6.13-Win32-VC11-x64.zip [version 5.6.13].

Extract this .zip file to P:\dev\apps\prg\php-5.6.13.

trickPress +Break keys to open the Windows System Properties. Select Advanced system settings → Environment Variables and Edit the Path to append %PHP_HOME%;. Also add a New system variable PHP_HOME pointing to P:\dev\apps\prg\php-5.6.13 and reboot the server.

The VC11 build requires to have the Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 Redistributable Package SP4 (x64) installed.

Verify the installation with php -v.

Download the archive: swigwin-3.0.12.zip [version 3.0.12].

Extract this .zip file to P:\dev\apps\prg.

Verify the installation with P:\dev\apps\prg\swigwin-3.0.12\swig.exe -version.

Download the archive: apache-ant-1.10.4-bin.zip [version 1.10.4].

Extract this .zip file to P:\dev\apps\build.

trickPress +Break keys to open the Windows System Properties. Select Advanced system settings → Environment Variables and Edit the Path to append %ANT_HOME%\bin;. Also add a New system variable ANT_HOME pointing to P:\dev\apps\build\apache-ant-1.10.4.

Verify the installation with ant -version.

Download the archive: apache-maven-3.5.4-bin.zip [version 3.5.4].

Extract this .zip file to P:\dev\apps\build.

trickPress +Break keys to open the Windows System Properties. Select Advanced system settings → Environment Variables and Edit the Path to append %MVN_HOME%\bin;. Also add a New system variable MVN_HOME pointing to P:\dev\apps\build\apache-maven-3.5.4.

The location of your local repository can be changed in the Maven configuration file P:\dev\apps\build\apache-maven-3.5.4\conf\settings.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<settings xmlns="https://maven.apache.org/settings/1.0.0" 
          xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
          …>
  <!-- localRepository
   | The path to the local repository maven will use to store artifacts.
   |
   | Default: ${user.home}/.m2/repository
  <localRepository>/path/to/local/repo</localRepository>
  -->
  <localRepository>C:/dev/data/repo/maven/local</localRepository>trick

trickPress +Break keys to open the Windows System Properties. Select Advanced system settings → Environment Variables and supply extra options to Maven with a New system variable MAVEN_OPTS and for example the following value -Xmx512m -Xms128m.

Verify the installation with mvn -version or mvn -v.

Configure Maven to include the current date and time in the output in the Maven logging configuration file P:\dev\apps\build\apache-maven-3.5.4\conf\logging\simplelogger.properties:

 org.slf4j.simpleLogger.defaultLogLevel=info
-org.slf4j.simpleLogger.showDateTime=false
+org.slf4j.simpleLogger.showDateTime=true
+org.slf4j.simpleLogger.dateTimeFormat=EEE yyyy-MM-dd  HH:mm:ss.SSS z
 org.slf4j.simpleLogger.showThreadName=false
 org.slf4j.simpleLogger.showLogName=false
 org.slf4j.simpleLogger.logFile=System.out
 org.slf4j.simpleLogger.cacheOutputStream=true
 org.slf4j.simpleLogger.levelInBrackets=true
 org.slf4j.simpleLogger.log.Sisu=info
 org.slf4j.simpleLogger.warnLevelString=WARNING

 # MNG-6181: mvn -X also prints all debug logging from HttpClient
 # Be aware that the shaded packages are used
 # org.apache.http -> org.apache.maven.wagon.providers.http.httpclient
 org.slf4j.simpleLogger.log.org.apache.maven.wagon.providers.http.httpclient=off
 org.slf4j.simpleLogger.log.org.apache.maven.wagon.providers.http.httpclient.wire=off

Because the INFO color blue isn't readable in Windows CMD console and in Git Bash it is just ok, change it with an extra option -Dstyle.info=bold in MVN_OPTS to white (see also How to customize colors in maven 3.5 console output).

Instead of deleting the local repository completely remove (current) project artifacts with:

qa-sandbox>mvn build-helper:remove-project-artifact -Dbuildhelper.removeAll=false
[INFO] C:\dev\data\repo\maven\local\net\dev\freedumbytes\manual\maven\qa-sandbox\1.1-delta removed.

qa-sandbox>mvn build-helper:remove-project-artifact
[INFO] C:\dev\data\repo\maven\local\net\dev\freedumbytes\manual\maven\qa-sandbox removed.

To delete or refresh project dependencies from the local repository run:

qa-sandbox>mvn dependency:purge-local-repository [-DreResolve=false]

Maven 2.1.0+ now supports server password encryption.

Create an encrypted master password with mvn --encrypt-master-password password and save it in the file %USERPROFILE%\.m2\settings-security.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<settingsSecurity>
  <master>{encrypted master-password}trick</master>
</settingsSecurity>

Now encrypt for example the nexus server password with mvn --encrypt-password password and place it in the Maven configuration file P:\dev\apps\build\apache-maven-3.5.4\conf\settings.xml:

  <servers>
    <server>
      <id>nexus</id>
      <username>deployment</username>
      <password>{encrypted password}trick</password>
    </server>
  </servers>

XMLmind XML Editor allows to author large, complex, modular, XML documents. It makes it easy mastering XML vocabularies such as DocBook or DITA.

Download the Win32 binary: xxe-perso-5_1_1-setup-nojvm.exe or xxe-eval-6_4_0-setup-nojvm.exe [version 6.4.0].

Run this .exe file to install XMLMind XML Editor in P:\dev\apps\editor\xmlmind.

Start the editor and select Options → Preferences… to edit the following options:

To customize the editor GUI, for example by adding the Select → Link menu items - next to the navigation buttons, edit P:\dev\apps\editor\xmlmind\doc\gui\gui\DesktopApp.xxe_gui:

  <toolBar name="selectToolBar" helpId="selectToolBar">
    <action name="findElementAction" />
    <separator />
    <action name="goBackAction" />
    <action name="goForwardAction" />
    <separator />trick
    <action name="selectAnchorAction" />trick
    <action name="selectLinkAction" />trick
    <action name="selectPreviousLinkAction" />trick
    <action name="selectNextLinkAction" />trick
  </toolBar>

trickTo activate this customization press +Break keys to open the Windows System Properties. Select Advanced system settings → Environment Variables and add a New system variable XXE_GUI pointing to file:///P:/dev/apps/editor/xmlmind/doc/gui/gui/DesktopApp.xxe_gui.

Download the Win32 binary: Thunderbird Setup 52.8.0.exe [version 52.8.0].

Run this .exe file to install Thunderbird in P:\dev\apps\mail\thunderbird.

Optionally install useful extensions and pimp the email client theme for example with the the above mentioned addons.

[General]
StartWithLastProfile=1

[Profile0]
Name=default
IsRelative=1trick0
Path=Profiles/….defaulttrickP:\dev\data\mail\thunderbird\profiles\defaulttrick

Download the archive: apache-james-2.3.2.zip [version 2.3.2].

Extract this .zip file to P:\dev\apps\mail.

trickPress +Break keys to open the Windows System Properties. Select Advanced system settings → Environment Variables and add a New system variable JAMES_HOME pointing to P:\dev\apps\mail\james-2.3.2.

To get the configuration files extracted to P:\dev\apps\mail\james-2.3.2\apps\james\conf and P:\dev\apps\mail\james-2.3.2\apps\james\SAR-INF start the server with the following command %JAMES_HOME%\bin\run.bat. Terminate the server with Ctrl+C.

# Copyright (c) 1993-2009 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.

# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.
# 127.0.0.1       localhost
# ::1             localhost

127.0.0.1    mail.freedumbytes.dev.nettrick

   <James>
      <postmaster>james.postmaster@company.orgtrick</postmaster>
      <servernames autodetect="false"trick autodetectIP="false"trick>
         <servername>mail.freedumbytes.dev.nettrick</servername>
      </servernames>
      <usernames ignoreCase="true" enableAliases="true" enableForwarding="true"/>
      <inboxRepository>
         <repository destinationURL="file://var/mail/inboxes/" type="MAIL"/>
      </inboxRepository>
   </James>

   <dnsserver>
      <servers>
        <server>IP address of DNS Servertrick</server>
      </servers>
      <autodiscover>falsetrick</autodiscover>
      <authoritative>false</authoritative>

      <!-- Maximum number of entries to maintain in the DNS cache -->
      <maxcachesize>50000</maxcachesize>
   </dnsserver>

   <remotemanager enabled="true">
      <port>4555</port>
      <bind>127.0.0.1</bind>trick
      <handler>
         <helloName autodetect="false"trick>mail.freedumbytes.dev.nettrick</helloName>
         <administrator_accounts>
            <account login="admin"trick password="password"trick/>
         </administrator_accounts>
         <connectiontimeout> 60000 </connectiontimeout>
         <prompt>james&gt;</prompt>trick
      </handler>
   </remotemanager>

   <smtpserver enabled="true">
      <!-- port 25 is the well-known/IANA registered port for SMTP -->
      <port>25</port>
      <bind>127.0.0.1</bind>trick
      <handler>
         <helloName autodetect="false"trick>mail.freedumbytes.dev.nettrick</helloName>
         <connectiontimeout>360000</connectiontimeout>
         <authorizedAddresses>127.0.0.0/8</authorizedAddresses>
         <maxmessagesize>0</maxmessagesize>
      </handler>
   </smtpserver>

   <pop3server enabled="false"trick>
      <!-- port 995 is the well-known/IANA registered port for POP3S -->
      <!-- port 110 is the well-known/IANA registered port for Standard POP3 -->
      <port>110</port>

      <handler>
         <helloName autodetect="false"trick>mail.freedumbytes.dev.nettrick</helloName>
         <connectiontimeout>120000</connectiontimeout>
      </handler>
   </pop3server>

    <!-- NNTP-specific: if you disable the NNTP Server, 
         you should also set the nntp-repository's threadCount to 0, 
         otherwise there will be threads active and polling  -->
   <nntpserver enabled="false"trick>
      <!-- port 563 is the well-known/IANA registered port for NNTP SSL/TLS -->
      <!-- port 119 is the well-known/IANA registered port for Standard NNTP -->
      <port>119</port>

      <handler>
         <helloName autodetect="false"trick>mail.freedumbytes.dev.nettrick</helloName>
         <connectiontimeout>120000</connectiontimeout>
         <authRequired>false</authRequired>
      </handler>
   </nntpserver>

   <nntp-repository>
       …

      <spool>
         <configuration>
            <spoolPath>file://var/nntp/spool</spoolPath>
            <threadCount>1trick0</threadCount>
            <threadIdleTime>60000</threadIdleTime>
         </configuration>
      </spool>
   </nntp-repository>

      <processor name="transport">
          …

         <mailet match="All" class="RemoteDelivery">
             …
   
            <gateway>IP address of Microsoft Exhange Server</gateway>trick
            <gatewayPort>25</gatewayPort>trick
         </mailet>
      </processor>

To restart automatically on Microsoft Windows, create a Windows service. Use the Tanuki Java Service Wrapper shipped with James.

Optionally edit the following entries - in the service wrapper configuration file P:\dev\apps\mail\james-2.3.2\conf\wrapper.conf:

 …

# Java Application
wrapper.java.command=P:\dev\apps\prg\java-x64\jdk1.8.0_162\bin\javatrick

 …

# Wrapper Windows Properties
wrapper.console.title=James Mail Server 2.3.2freedumbytes.dev.net Apache Jamestrick

 …

# Wrapper Windows NT/2000/XP Service Properties
wrapper.ntservice.name=James 2.3.2jamestrick
wrapper.ntservice.displayname=freedumbytes.dev.net Apache Jamestrick
wrapper.ntservice.description=The Java Apache Mail Enterprise Server.trick

Register the Apache James service with the command in an elevated command processor: %JAMES_HOME%\bin\Wrapper.exe -i %JAMES_HOME%\conf\wrapper.conf. Start Apache James with net start james.

Download the archive: httpd-2.4.16-win64-VC14.zip [version 2.4.16].

Extract this .zip file to P:\dev\apps\httpserver and rename P:\dev\apps\httpserver\Apache24 to P:\dev\apps\httpserver\apache-2.4.16.

The VC11 build requires to have the Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable Package (x64) installed.

To use the custom installation location in P:\dev\apps\httpserver\apache-2.4.16 edit the configuration file P:\dev\apps\httpserver\apache-2.4.16\conf\httpd.conf:

ServerRoot "c:/Apache24P:/dev/apps/httpserver/apache-2.4.16"
 …
DocumentRoot "c:/Apache24P:/dev/apps/httpserver/apache-2.4.16/htdocs"
<Directory "c:/Apache24P:/dev/apps/httpserver/apache-2.4.16/htdocs">
 …
    ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ "c:/Apache24
                          P:/dev/apps/httpserver/apache-2.4.16/cgi-bin/"
 …
#
# "c:/Apache24P:/dev/apps/httpserver/apache-2.4.16/cgi-bin" should be changed 
# to whatever your ScriptAliased
# CGI directory exists, if you have that configured.
#
<Directory "c:/Apache24P:/dev/apps/httpserver/apache-2.4.16/cgi-bin">

Configure and uncomment the following general information P:\dev\apps\httpserver\apache-2.4.16\conf\httpd.conf:

ServerAdmin admin@example.comhttp.admin@company.org
 …
ServerName www.example.comfreedumbytes.dev.net:80

trickPress +Break keys to open the Windows System Properties. Select Advanced system settings → Environment Variables and Edit the Path to append %APACHE_HOME%\bin;. Also add a New system variable APACHE_HOME pointing to P:\dev\apps\httpserver\apache-2.4.16 .

Verify the installation with httpd -v.

To restart automatically on Microsoft Windows listening on port 80 install the service with the command in an elevated command processor: httpd -k install -n "freedumbytes.dev.net Apache HTTP" (which will result in a service named freedumbytes.dev.netApacheHTTP) and start it with httpd -k start -n "freedumbytes.dev.net Apache HTTP".

After the service is started verify the installation in your browser at http://localhost.

When the Apache HTTP Service is running, you can see the Apache Service Monitor icon in the system tray. Right click on this icon and select Open Apache Monitor to activate the console in which the Apache HTTP Server can be (re)started and stopped.

Require tests whether an authenticated user is authorized according to a particular authorization provider and the specified restrictions. Block Internet access based on ips in the two non default Directory elements of P:\dev\apps\httpserver\apache-2.4.16\conf\httpd.conf:

#
# DocumentRoot: The directory out of which you will serve your
# documents. By default, all requests are taken from this directory, but
# symbolic links and aliases may be used to point to other locations.
#
DocumentRoot "P:/dev/apps/httpserver/apache-2.4.16/htdocs"
<Directory "P:/dev/apps/httpserver/apache-2.4.16/htdocs">
     …

    #
    # Controls who can get stuff from this server.
    #
trick    Require all granted
trick    Include ../apache-conf/httpd-lan-access.conf
</Directory>

 …

#
# "P:/dev/apps/httpserver/apache-2.4.16/cgi-bin" should be changed to whatever
# your ScriptAliased CGI directory exists, if you have that configured.
#
<Directory "P:/dev/apps/httpserver/apache-2.4.16/cgi-bin">
    AllowOverride None
    Options None
trick    Require all granted
trick    Include ../apache-conf/httpd-lan-access.conf
</Directory>

Create P:\dev\apps\httpserver\apache-conf\httpd-server-access.conf to allow access from the local area network Servers between themselves (see also JIRA Health Check in Section 12.1.4, “Apache configuration”):

<RequireAny>
  # HTTP Server IP
  # Git Server IP
  # Fisheye Server IP
  # JIRA Server IP
  # Nexus Server IP
  # Tomcat Server IP
  # Jenkins Server IP
  # GlassFish Server IP
  # Payara Server IP
  # SonarQube Server IP
  Require ip 192.168.0.21trick
</RequireAny>

Create P:\dev\apps\httpserver\apache-conf\httpd-lan-access.conf to allow access from the local area network and localhost :

<RequireAny>
  # Local area network partial IP rangetrick
  Require ip 192.168.0

  Include ../apache-conf/httpd-localhost-access.conftrick
</RequireAny>

Create P:\dev\apps\httpserver\apache-conf\httpd-localhost-access.conf to allow access from localhost:

<RequireAny>
  # Localhost
  Require ip 127.0.0.1
  Require ip ::1
</RequireAny>

if exist P:\dev\data\httpserver\security\http-users-freedumbytes.dev.net 
  goto addUser

md P:\dev\data\httpserver\security
htpasswd -c P:\dev\data\httpserver\security\http-users-freedumbytes.dev.net %1

goto end
  
:addUser
htpasswd P:\dev\data\httpserver\security\http-users-freedumbytes.dev.net %1

:end

[/]
jjasper = rw
maven = r
fisheye = r
jira = r
jenkins = r
sonar = r

  Require valid-user
  AuthType Basic
  AuthName "freedumbytes.dev.net Realm"
  AuthUserFile 
    "P:/dev/data/httpserver/security/http-users-freedumbytes.dev.net"

#
# DocumentRoot: The directory out of which you will serve your
# documents. By default, all requests are taken from this directory, but
# symbolic links and aliases may be used to point to other locations.
#
DocumentRoot "P:/dev/apps/httpserver/apache-2.4.16/htdocs"
<Directory "P:/dev/apps/httpserver/apache-2.4.16/htdocs">
     …

    #
    # Controls who can get stuff from this server.
    #
trick    <RequireAll>
        Include ../apache-conf/httpd-lan-access.conf
trick        Include ../apache-conf/httpd-freedumbytes-realm.conf
trick    </RequireAll>
</Directory>

 …

#
# "P:/dev/apps/httpserver/apache-2.4.16/cgi-bin" should be changed to whatever
# your ScriptAliased CGI directory exists, if you have that configured.
#
<Directory "P:/dev/apps/httpserver/apache-2.4.16/cgi-bin">
    AllowOverride None
    Options None

trick    <RequireAll>
        Include ../apache-conf/httpd-lan-access.conf
trick        Include ../apache-conf/httpd-freedumbytes-realm.conf
trick    </RequireAll>
</Directory>

Make the freedumbytes.dev.net Home page content upgrade safe by changing its location and in P:\dev\apps\httpserver\apache-2.4.16\conf\httpd.conf:

#
# DocumentRoot: The directory out of which you will serve your
# documents. By default, all requests are taken from this directory, but
# symbolic links and aliases may be used to point to other locations.
#
DocumentRoot "P:/dev/apps/httpserver/apache-2.4.16/htdocs
              P:/dev/data/httpserver/hometrick"
<Directory "P:/dev/apps/httpserver/apache-2.4.16/htdocs
            P:/dev/data/httpserver/hometrick">
     …

    #
    # Controls who can get stuff from this server.
    #
    <RequireAll>
        Include ../apache-conf/httpd-lan-access.conf
        Include ../apache-conf/httpd-freedumbytes-realm.conf
    </RequireAll>
</Directory>

Initially copy the content of P:\dev\apps\httpserver\apache-2.4.16\htdocs to trickP:\dev\data\httpserver\home as a starting point or create your own index.html which redirects to http://freedumbytes.dev.net/mvn-sites/maven-setup (see also Section 16.1.2, “Project information”).

<html>
<head>
  <title>freedumbytes.dev.net</title>
  <meta http-equiv="refresh" 
        content="15;URL=http://freedumbytes.dev.net/mvn-sites/maven-setup/" />
</head>

<body>
  <p>Redirecting to 
    <a href="http://freedumbytes.dev.net/mvn-sites/maven-setup/">
      http://freedumbytes.dev.net/mvn-sites/maven-setup/
    </a>.
  </p>
</body>
</html>

After the Apache HTTP Server is restarted verify the installation in your browser at http://localhost.

To activate the local copy of the Apache HTTP Server Manual just uncomment the following line in P:\dev\apps\httpserver\apache-2.4.16\conf\httpd.conf:

# Local access to the Apache HTTP Server Manual
trickInclude conf/extra/httpd-manual.conf

Also block Internet access based on ips with basic authentication for the manual and take into account the custom installation in P:\dev\apps\httpserver\apache-2.4.16\conf\extra\httpd-manual.conf:

AliasMatch ^/manual(?:/(?:da|de|en|es|fr|ja|ko|pt-br|ru|tr|zh-cn))?(/.*)?$ 
           "c:/Apache24/manualP:/dev/apps/httpserver/apache-2.4.16/manual$1"trick

trick<Directory "c:/Apache24P:/dev/apps/httpserver/apache-2.4.16/manual">
    Options Indexes
    AllowOverride None
trick    Require all granted

trick    <RequireAll>
trick        Include ../apache-conf/httpd-lan-access.conf
trick        Include ../apache-conf/httpd-freedumbytes-realm.conf
trick    </RequireAll>

   …
</Directory>

After the Apache HTTP Server is restarted verify the installation in your browser at http://localhost/manual.

The term Virtual Host refers to the practice of running more than one web site on a single machine.

To activate additional freedumbytes.dev.net configuration add the following line in P:\dev\apps\httpserver\apache-2.4.16\conf\httpd.conf:

# Virtual hosts
#Include conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf

# Reusable config for upgrades
Include ../apache-conf/httpd.conftrick

Create P:\dev\apps\httpserver\apache-conf\httpd.conf with the following initial freedumbytes.dev.net configuration :

# Virtual hosts
Include ../apache-conf/httpd-vhosts.conftrick

Create P:\dev\apps\httpserver\apache-conf\httpd-vhosts.conf with the following default freedumbytes.dev.net virtual host - on port 80 :

LogFormat "%v %h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\"" vcombined

<VirtualHost *:80trick>
    ServerAdmin http.webmaster@company.orgtrick
    ServerName freedumbytes.dev.nettrick
    ErrorLog "P:/dev/logs/httpserver/freedumbytes.dev.net-error.log"trick
    CustomLog "P:/dev/logs/httpserver/freedumbytes.dev.net-access.log" vcombinedtrick
</VirtualHost>

Make sure the directory P:\dev\logs\httpserver exists. Also create P:\dev\apps\httpserver\apache-conf\modules for storing third-party modules.

trickIn C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts file add the following mapping (on all developer machines that want to access http://freedumbytes.dev.net and subdomains on the above configured host machine-):

# Copyright (c) 1993-2009 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#

# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.
#127.0.0.1       localhost
#::1             localhost

192.168.0.xx freedumbytes.dev.nettrick
192.168.0.xx sample.freedumbytes.dev.nettrick

127.0.0.1    mail.freedumbytes.dev.net

After the Apache HTTP Server is restarted verify the installation of the virtual host in your browser at http://freedumbytes.dev.net. You should be able to see the freedumbytes.dev.net Home page index.html.

Mod_macro allows the definition and use of macros within apache runtime configuration files. It is included in Apache Lounge httpd-x.x.x.zip.

Include the Macro module configuration at the top in P:\dev\apps\httpserver\apache-conf\httpd.conf:

# Apache Macro
Include ../apache-conf/httpd-macro.conftrick

# Virtual hosts
Include ../apache-conf/httpd-vhosts.conf

with the following content in P:\dev\apps\httpserver\apache-conf\httpd-macro.conf:

LoadModule macro_module modules/mod_macro.so

For a sample use of mod_macro within a configuration file see Section 11.1.4, “Apache configuration” of the Git repositories.

A proxy server sits between a client application, such as a Web browser, and a real server. It intercepts all requests to the real server to see if it can fulfill the requests itself. If not, it forwards the request to the real server.

In the P:\dev\apps\httpserver\apache-conf\httpd-vhosts.conf file before the VirtualHost settings from Section 7.1.7, “Virtual hosting configuration” insert the following two modules , and at the end of the VirtualHost settings add the following proxy configuration -:

LoadModule proxy_module modules/mod_proxy.sotrick
LoadModule proxy_http_module modules/mod_proxy_http.sotrick

LogFormat "%v %h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\"" vcombined

<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerAdmin http.webmaster@company.org
  ServerName freedumbytes.dev.net
  ErrorLog "P:/dev/logs/httpserver/freedumbytes.dev.net-error.log"
  CustomLog "P:/dev/logs/httpserver/freedumbytes.dev.net-access.log" vcombined

  <IfModule proxy_module>trick
  <IfModule proxy_http_module>trick
    ProxyRequests Offtrick
    ProxyPreserveHost Ontrick

    <Proxy *>trick
      <RequireAll>
        Include ../apache-conf/httpd-lan-access.conftrick
        Include ../apache-conf/httpd-freedumbytes-realm.conftrick
      </RequireAll>
    </Proxy>trick
  </IfModule>trick
  </IfModule>trick
</VirtualHost>

The actual proxied servers includes will be supplied in the following chapters (for an example see Section 7.1.9.1.1, “Module mod_proxy_ajp configuration”).

LoadModule proxy_module modules/mod_proxy.so
LoadModule proxy_http_module modules/mod_proxy_http.so
LoadModule proxy_ajp_module modules/mod_proxy_ajp.sotrick

LogFormat "%v %h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\"" vcombined

<VirtualHost *:80>

<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerAdmin http.webmaster@shadowland.demon.nl
  ServerName freedumbytes.dev.net
  …

  # Sample
  Redirect /sample http://sample.freedumbytes.dev.net
</VirtualHost>

# Sample subdomain
Include ../apache-conf/httpd-sample-subdomain.conftrick

<IfModule proxy_module>
<IfModule proxy_http_module>
<IfModule proxy_ajp_module>
<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerName sample.freedumbytes.dev.net
  ErrorLog "P:/dev/logs/httpserver/freedumbytes.dev.net-error.log"
  CustomLog "P:/dev/logs/httpserver/freedumbytes.dev.net-access.log" vcombined

  ProxyPass /http-sample        http://localhost:8068/http-sample
  ProxyPassReverse /http-sample http://localhost:8068/http-sample

  <Location /http-sample>
    <RequireAll>
      Include ../apache-conf/httpd-lan-access.conf
      Include ../apache-conf/httpd-freedumbytes-realm.conf
    </RequireAll>
  </Location>

  ProxyPass /ajp-sample        ajp://localhost:8069/ajp-sample
  ProxyPassReverse /ajp-sample ajp://localhost:8069/ajp-sample

  <Location /ajp-sample>
    <RequireAll>
      Include ../apache-conf/httpd-lan-access.conf
      Include ../apache-conf/httpd-freedumbytes-realm.conf
    </RequireAll>
  </Location>
</VirtualHost>
</IfModule>
</IfModule>
</IfModule>

# Apache Tomcat Connector
Include ../apache-conf/httpd-jk.conftrick

# Virtual hosts
Include ../apache-conf/httpd-vhosts.conf

LoadModule jk_module P:/dev/apps/httpserver/apache-conf/modules/mod_jk.so

<IfModule mod_jk.c>
  JkWorkersFile ../apache-conf/jk-workers.properties
  JkLogFile "P:/dev/logs/httpserver/freedumbytes.dev.net-mod_jk.log"
  JkLogLevel info
  JkLogStampFormat "[%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y] "
</IfModule>

worker.list=workerSample, fisheye

worker.workerSample.type=ajp13
worker.workerSample.host=localhost
worker.workerSample.port=8069

worker.fisheye.type=ajp13
worker.fisheye.host=localhost
worker.fisheye.port=8061

<IfModule proxy_module>
<IfModule proxy_http_module>
<IfModule proxy_ajp_module>
<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerName sample.freedumbytes.dev.net
  …

  <IfModule mod_jk.c>
    JkMount /jk-sample   workerSampletrick
    JkMount /jk-sample/* workerSampletrick
  </IfModule>

  <Location /jk-sample>
    <RequireAll>
      Include ../apache-conf/httpd-lan-access.conf
      Include ../apache-conf/httpd-freedumbytes-realm.conf
    </RequireAll>
  </Location>
</VirtualHost>
</IfModule>
</IfModule>
</IfModule>

# Configuration example.
   …
# For Windows (I don't know if there's a standard path for the libraries)
# LoadFile C:/path/zlib.dll 
# or LoadFile "P:/dev/apps/httpserver/apache-2.4.16/bin/zlib1.dll"
# LoadFile C:/path/iconv.dll
# or LoadFile "P:/dev/apps/httpserver/apache-2.4.16/bin/libapriconv-1.dll"
# LoadFile C:/path/libxml2.dll
# or LoadFile "P:/dev/apps/httpserver/apache-2.4.16/bin/libxml2.dll"
trickLoadModule proxy_html_module modules/mod_proxy_html.so
trickLoadModule xml2enc_module modules/mod_xml2enc.so

 …

# To support scripting events (with ProxyHTMLExtended On),
# you'll need to declare them too.

ProxyHTMLEvents onclick ondblclick onmousedown onmouseup \
                onmouseover onmousemove onmouseout onkeypress \
                onkeydown onkeyup onfocus onblur onload \
                onunload onsubmit onreset onselect onchange

LoadModule proxy_html_module modules/mod_proxy_html.so
LoadModule xml2enc_module modules/mod_xml2enc.so
LoadModule headers_module modules/mod_headers.sotrick

# Html rewriting
Include ../apache-conf/httpd-proxy-html.conftrick

# Virtual hosts
Include ../apache-conf/httpd-vhosts.conf

# Configure mod_proxy_html to understand HTML4/XHTML1
#<IfModule proxy_html_module>trick
#Include conf/extra/proxy-html.conftrick
#</IfModule>trick

Mod_wsgi aims to implement a simple to use Apache module which can host any Python application which supports the Python WSGI interface. The module would be suitable for use in hosting high performance production web sites, as well as your average self managed personal sites running on web hosting services.

Download the archive mod_wsgi-windows-4.4.12.tar.gz. After extracting this archive move mod_wsgi-windows-4.4.12\Apache24-win64-VC10\modules\mod_wsgi-py34-VC10.so to P:\dev\apps\httpserver\apache-conf\modules\mod_wsgi.so [version 4.4.12].

Or download the alternative archive mod_wsgi-4.4.13+ap24vc10-cp34-none-win_amd64.whl (just rename to .zip). After extracting this archive move mod_wsgi-4.4.13+ap24vc10-cp34-none-win_amd64\mod_wsgi-4.4.13+ap24vc10.data\data\mod_wsgi.so to P:\dev\apps\httpserver\apache-conf\modules\mod_wsgi.so [version 4.4.13].

Include this Python module just before httpd-vhosts.conf in P:\dev\apps\httpserver\apache-conf\httpd.conf:

# Python
Include ../apache-conf/httpd-python.conftrick

# Virtual hosts
Include ../apache-conf/httpd-vhosts.conf

with the following content in P:\dev\apps\httpserver\apache-conf\httpd-python.conf:

LoadModule wsgi_module P:/dev/apps/httpserver/apache-conf/modules/mod_wsgi.so

<IfModule mod_wsgi.c>
  <Location /python-status>
#    Include ../apache-conf/httpd-lan-access.conf
    Include ../apache-conf/httpd-localhost-access.conf
  </Location>
</IfModule>

# Python Sample
Include ../apache-conf/httpd-python-sample.conf

Create the following file P:\dev\apps\httpserver\sample\python\status.wsgi:

import pprint

def application(environ, start_response):
    """ Display the contents of the environ dictionary."""
    # produce some content
    output =  b'Hello World\r\r\r' + pprint.pformat(environ).encode('utf8')

    # send first header and status
    status = '200 OK'
    headers = [('Content-type', 'text/plain'),('Content-Length', str(len(output)))]
    start_response(status, headers)

    return [output]

Map this WSGI script in P:\dev\apps\httpserver\apache-conf\httpd-python-sample.conf:

WSGIScriptAlias /python-status P:/dev/apps/httpserver/sample/python/status.wsgi

After the Apache HTTP Server is restarted test the mod_wsgi by taking a look at the Python Status.

Mod_perl brings together the full power of the Perl programming language and the Apache HTTP server. You can use Perl to manage Apache, respond to requests for web pages and much more. Mod_perl is more than CGI scripting on steroids. It is a whole new way to create dynamic content by utilizing the full power of the Apache web server to create stateful sessions, customized user authentication systems, smart proxies and much more. Yet, magically, your old CGI scripts will continue to work and work very fast indeed. With mod_perl you give up nothing and gain so much!

When ppm install mod_perl is run it will also fetch the Apache2 module mod_perl.so. When asked Where should mod_perl.so be placed? just answer P:\dev\apps\httpserver\apache-conf\modules [version 2.000004].

Include this Perl module just before httpd-vhosts.conf in P:\dev\apps\httpserver\apache-conf\httpd.conf:

# Perl
Include ../apache-conf/httpd-perl.conftrick

# Virtual hosts
Include ../apache-conf/httpd-vhosts.conf

with the following content in P:\dev\apps\httpserver\apache-conf\httpd-perl.conf:

LoadModule perl_module P:/dev/apps/httpserver/apache-conf/modules/mod_perl.so

<IfModule mod_perl.c>
  <Location /perl-status>
    SetHandler perl-script
    PerlHandler Apache2::Status
    PerlSetVar StatusOptionsAll On

    Include ../apache-conf/httpd-localhost-access.conf
  </Location>
</IfModule>

# Perl Sample
Include ../apache-conf/httpd-perl-sample.conf

It is possible to verify the installation using the instructions of the mod_perl Manual. Or just create the following file P:\dev\apps\httpserver\sample\perl\test.pm:

package sample::perl::test;
use strict;

use Apache2::RequestRec ();  # for $r->content_type
use Apache2::RequestIO ();   # for $r->puts
use Apache2::Const -compile => ':common';

sub handler {
    my $r = shift;
    my $time = scalar localtime();
    my $package = __PACKAGE__;
    $r->content_type('text/html');
    $r->puts(<<"END");

<HTML><BODY>
<h3>Test</H3>
Hello from <B>$package</B>! The time is $time.
</BODY></HTML>
END

    return Apache2::Const::OK;
}

1;

Register this perl handler in P:\dev\apps\httpserver\apache-conf\httpd-perl-sample.conf:

<IfModule mod_perl.c>
  PerlSwitches -IP:/dev/apps/httpserver/
  PerlModule sample::perl::test

  <Location /perl-sample>
    SetHandler modperl
    PerlResponseHandler sample::perl::test

    Include ../apache-conf/httpd-localhost-access.conf
  </Location>
</IfModule>

After the Apache HTTP Server is restarted test the mod_perl module at http://freedumbytes.dev.net/perl-sample and take a look at the Perl Status. In case of memory problems read up on Apache2::SizeLimit - Because size does matter.

php5apache2_4.dll is needed to allow Apache to use PHP.

Include this PHP module just before httpd-vhosts.conf in P:\dev\apps\httpserver\apache-conf\httpd.conf:

# Python
Include ../apache-conf/httpd-php.conftrick

# Virtual hosts
Include ../apache-conf/httpd-vhosts.conf

with the following content in P:\dev\apps\httpserver\apache-conf\httpd-php.conf:

LoadModule php5_module "P:/dev/apps/prg/php-5.6.13/php5apache2_4.dll"

<IfModule mod_php5.c>
  AddHandler application/x-httpd-php .php .php5
  PHPIniDir "P:/dev/apps/prg/php-5.6.13/"

  <Location /status.php>
    Include ../apache-conf/httpd-localhost-access.conf
  </Location>

  <Location /status.php5>
    Include ../apache-conf/httpd-localhost-access.conf
  </Location>
</IfModule>

Create the following file P:\dev\data\httpserver\home\status.php and/or P:\dev\data\httpserver\home\status.php5:

<?php echo "Hello World"; ?>

<?php phpinfo(); ?>

Edit t- in the file P:\dev\apps\prg\php-5.6.13\php.ini:

; The root of the PHP pages, used only if nonempty.
; if PHP was not compiled with FORCE_REDIRECT, you SHOULD set doc_root
; if you are running php as a CGI under any web server (other than IIS)
; see documentation for security issues.  The alternate is to use the
; cgi.force_redirect configuration below
; http://php.net/doc-root
trickdoc_root = P:\dev\data\httpserver\home

 …

; Directory in which the loadable extensions (modules) reside.
; http://php.net/extension-dir
; extension_dir = "./"
; On windows:
; extension_dir = "ext"
trickextension_dir = P:\dev\apps\prg\php-5.6.13\ext

After the Apache HTTP Server is restarted test the mod_php5 by taking a look at the PHP Status.

Mod_dav provides class 1 and class 2 WebDAV (“Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning”) functionality for Apache. This extension to the HTTP protocol allows creating, moving, copying, and deleting resources and collections on a remote web server.

Enable the following modules - in P:\dev\apps\httpserver\apache-2.4.16\conf\httpd.conf:

LoadModule cgi_module modules/mod_cgi.so
#LoadModule charset_lite_module modules/mod_charset_lite.so
trickLoadModule dav_module modules/mod_dav.so
trickLoadModule dav_fs_module modules/mod_dav_fs.so
trickLoadModule dav_lock_module modules/mod_dav_lock.so

For example include the Maven Sites WebDAV configuration just before httpd-vhosts.conf in P:\dev\apps\httpserver\apache-conf\httpd.conf:

# Maven Sites
Include ../apache-conf/httpd-mvn.conftrick

# Virtual hosts
Include conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf

with the following content in P:\dev\apps\httpserver\apache-conf\httpd-mvn.conf:

<IfModule dav_module>
<IfModule dav_fs_module>
<IfModule dav_lock_module>
  DavLockDB "P:/dev/data/httpserver/webdav/DavLock"

  Alias /mvn-sites "P:/dev/data/httpserver/mvn/sites"

  <Directory "P:/dev/data/httpserver/mvn/sites">
    Dav On
    DavMinTimeout 120

    Options Indexes

    <RequireAll>
      Include ../apache-conf/httpd-lan-access.conf
      Include ../apache-conf/httpd-freedumbytes-realm.conf
    </RequireAll>
  </Directory>
</IfModule>
</IfModule>
</IfModule>

Don't forget to create the specified directories: P:\dev\data\httpserver\webdav and P:\dev\data\httpserver\mvn\sites. After the Apache HTTP Server is restarted take a look at http://freedumbytes.dev.net/mvn-sites/.

The mod_info module provides a comprehensive overview of the server configuration including all installed modules and directives in the configuration files. And the mod_status module allows a server administrator to find out how well their server is performing.

To make the upcoming changes upgrade safe initially copy the P:\dev\apps\httpserver\apache-2.4.16\conf\extra\httpd-info.conf to P:\dev\apps\httpserver\apache-conf\httpd-info.conf. Thus when upgrading this functionality doesn't have to be reconfigured again.

Include the real-time info configuration at the top in P:\dev\apps\httpserver\apache-conf\httpd.conf:

# Real-time info on requests and configuration
trickInclude ../apache-conf/httpd-info.conf

# Apache Macro
Include ../apache-conf/httpd-macro.conf

In the copy P:\dev\apps\httpserver\apache-conf\httpd-info.conf load the modules - and restrict access to localhost: