Hiawatha
A secure and advanced webserver

HOWTO

This HOWTO describes how to install, configure and use the Hiawatha webserver. It starts with an easy and simple configuration. As you go further, the more advanced features of Hiawatha will be described. This HOWTO will not describe every available configuration option and the described options will not be explained in every little detail. See the manual pages for that kind of information.

This HOWTO applies to the latest release of Hiawatha. If you have an older version, read the changelog first.

  1. Compilation and installation
  2. Starting and stopping
  3. Normal and SSL bindings
  4. Defining websites
  5. CGI and FastCGI
  6. PHP configuration
  7. CGI wrapper for improved CGI security
  8. The URL toolkit
  9. URL rewrite rules for CMSes, wiki's, webmails, etc
  10. Use XSLT for customized layouts
  11. The Hiawatha Monitor
  12. Usage of IP version 6
  13. Linux security patches and Hiawatha
  14. Example configuration file

If this HOWTO doesn't answer your question, please try the forum.

For all German visitors, you can find the online version of an article about Hiawatha in Linux Magazin here.