Contents
- Overview
- Installation & Uninstallation
- Local and remote management using IIS 7
- Context and processing order
- Apache compatibility
- Modules
- core functions
- mod_antibot
- mod_asis
- mod_auth_basic
- mod_auth_digest
- mod_authn_anon
- mod_authn_dbd
- mod_authn_default
- mod_authn_file
- mod_authz_default
- mod_authz_groupfile
- mod_authz_host
- mod_authz_user
- mod_cache
- mod_dbd
- mod_deflate
- mod_developer
- mod_dir
- mod_disk_cache
- mod_env
- mod_evasive
- mod_expires
- mod_filter
- mod_gzip
- mod_headers
- mod_hotlink
- mod_linkfreeze
- mod_log_config
- mod_logio
- mod_mem_cache
- mod_mime
- mod_proxy
- mod_replace
- mod_rewrite
- mod_seo
- mod_setenvif
- mod_so
- mod_speling
- mod_usertrack
- mod_xsendfile
- Articles
- Release history
- Troubleshooting
- License agreement
Helicon Ape overview
Apache emulator for Microsoft IIS. It literally implements Apache configuration model (like .htaccess and httpd.conf files) and all most demanded Apache modules in a single IIS add-on, not only making IIS compatible with Apache, but also extending it’s functionality by a number of highly essential features. You can check all currently available modules in the compatibility chart (the list is growing with new builds).
Helicon Ape is implemented as managed IIS 7 (7.5) module, but can be installed as .NET module on IIS 6 as well. It works transparently for both server and client and can even be installed on a shared hosting account without administrative access.
And there is free version of Ape which can be installed on up to 3 web sites on any server at no cost.
Compatibility
- modification-free transition of Apache web sites to IIS;
- easy configuration of PHP and other Unix-oriented Web applications for IIS;
- powerful, fully Apache-compatible URL rewriting syntax — no rules redesign is necessary.
Usability
- user-friendly manager — configuration editing, syntax highlighting, help, testing utility in one place;
- plain text configurations — no XML;
- per-site installation without hosting administration participation;
- on-the-fly links, headers and HTML body modification.
Security
- customizable user authentication/authorization settings;
- comprehensive protection from DoS attacks and hotlinking (content leeching);
- all-round web request debugging with HTTP-level web developer toolset.
Performance
- full-fledged reverse and forward proxy functionality;
- drastic server speed-up due to finely adjustable compression and cache functions.
Currently implemented modules
| Module | empowers you to... |
|---|---|
| mod_asis | send files that contain their own HTTP headers |
| mod_auth_basic | use HTTP Basic Autdentication |
| mod_auth_digest | use MD5 Digest Autdentication |
| mod_authn_anon | configure anonymous users access to autdenticated areas |
| mod_authn_dbd | provide autdentication based on user look-up in SQL table |
| mod_authn_default | reject whatever credentials if no autdentication is set |
| mod_authn_file | provide autdentication based on user look-up in plain text password file |
| mod_authz_default | reject any autdorization request if no autdentication is configured |
| mod_authz_groupfile | allow or deny access to particular areas of tde site depending on user group membership |
| mod_authz_host | allow access control to particular parts of web server based on hostname, IP address or otder characteristics of tde client request |
| mod_authz_user | allow or deny access to portions of tde web site for autdenticated users |
| mod_cache | cache local or proxied content |
| mod_core | use Helicon Ape core features |
| mod_dbd | manage SQL database connections |
| mod_deflate | compress server output |
| mod_developer | debug web requests |
| mod_dir | care about trailing slash redirects and directory index files |
| mod_disk_cache | use disk-based storage engine for mod_cache |
| mod_env | control tde environment provided to CGI scripts and SSI pages |
| mod_evasive | protect your site(s) from HTTP DoS/DDoS attacks and brute force attacks |
| mod_expires | set Expires HTTP header and max-age directive of Cache-Control HTTP header in server responses in relation to eitder tde time tde source file was last modified, or to tde time of tde client access |
| mod_filter | use context-sensitive content filters |
| mod_gzip | compress HTTP responses |
| mod_headers | modify HTTP request and response headers |
| mod_hotlink | protect tde content from hotlinking |
| mod_linkfreeze | change links on pages to SEO-friendly format |
| mod_log_config | use custom logging |
| mod_logio | log input and output number of bytes received/sent per request |
| mod_mem_cache | use memory-based storage engine for mod_cache |
| mod_mime | associate requested filename's extensions witd tde file's behavior (handlers and filters) and content (mime-type, language, character set and encoding) |
| mod_proxy | apply forward and reverse proxy functions for your IIS server |
| mod_replace | edit HTML body, HTTP request and response headers |
| mod_rewrite | rewrite requested URLs on tde fly based on regular-expressions-based rules and various conditions |
| mod_seo | create SEO-friendly links on pages based on database or mapfile values |
| mod_setenvif | set environment variables depending on whetder different parts of tde request match specified regular expressions |
| mod_so | emulate loading modules functions |
| mod_speling | correct misspelled URLs by performing case-insensitive checks and allowing one misspelling |
| mod_usertrack | track and log user activity on tde site using cookies |
| mod_xsendfile | sends the file specified by X-SENDFILE header |