Apache HTTP Server Version 2.5

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# Module Index

Below is a list of all of the modules that come as part of the Apache HTTP Server distribution. See also the complete alphabetical list of all Apache HTTP Server directives.

### See also

- Multi-Processing Modules (MPMs)
- Directive Quick Reference

## Core Features and Multi-Processing Modules

core
  Core Apache HTTP Server features that are always available
mpm_common
  A collection of directives that are implemented by more than one multi-processing module (MPM)
event
  A variant of the `worker` MPM with the goal of consuming threads only for connections with active processing
mpm_netware
  Multi-Processing Module implementing an exclusively threaded web server optimized for Novell NetWare
mpmt_os2
  Hybrid multi-process, multi-threaded MPM for OS/2
prefork
  Implements a non-threaded, pre-forking web server
mpm_winnt
  Multi-Processing Module optimized for Windows NT.
worker
  Multi-Processing Module implementing a hybrid multi-threaded multi-process web server

## Other Modules

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mod_access_compat
  Group authorizations based on host (name or IP address)
mod_actions
  Execute CGI scripts based on media type or request method.
mod_alias
  Provides for mapping different parts of the host filesystem in the document tree and for URL redirection
mod_allowhandlers
  Easily restrict what HTTP handlers can be used on the server
mod_allowmethods
  Easily restrict what HTTP methods can be used on the server
mod_asis
  Sends files that contain their own HTTP headers
mod_auth_basic
  Basic HTTP authentication
mod_auth_bearer
  Bearer HTTP authentication
mod_auth_digest
  User authentication using MD5 Digest Authentication
mod_auth_form
  Form authentication
mod_authn_anon
  Allows "anonymous" user access to authenticated areas
mod_authn_core
  Core Authentication
mod_authn_dbd
  User authentication using an SQL database
mod_authn_dbm
  User authentication using DBM files
mod_authn_file
  User authentication using text files
mod_authn_socache
  Manages a cache of authentication credentials to relieve the load on backends
mod_authnz_fcgi
  Allows a FastCGI authorizer application to handle Apache httpd authentication and authorization
mod_authnz_ldap
  Allows an LDAP directory to be used to store the database for HTTP Basic authentication.
mod_autht_core
  Core Token Handling
mod_autht_jwt
  Token authentication using JWT tokens
mod_authz_core
  Core Authorization
mod_authz_dbd
  Group Authorization and Login using SQL
mod_authz_dbm
  Group authorization using DBM files
mod_authz_groupfile
  Group authorization using plaintext files
mod_authz_host
  Group authorizations based on host (name or IP address)
mod_authz_owner
  Authorization based on file ownership
mod_authz_user
  User Authorization
mod_autoindex
  Generates directory indexes, automatically, similar to the Unix `ls` command or the Win32 `dir` shell command
mod_brotli
  Compress content via Brotli before it is delivered to the client
mod_buffer
  Support for request buffering
mod_cache
  RFC 2616 compliant HTTP caching filter.
mod_cache_disk
  Disk based storage module for the HTTP caching filter.
mod_cache_socache
  Shared object cache (socache) based storage module for the HTTP caching filter.
mod_cern_meta
  CERN httpd metafile semantics
mod_cgi
  Execution of CGI scripts
mod_cgid
  Execution of CGI scripts using an external CGI daemon
mod_charset_lite
  Specify character set translation or recoding
mod_crypto
  Support for symmetrical encryption and decryption
mod_data
  Convert response body into an RFC2397 data URL
mod_dav
  Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) functionality
mod_dav_fs
  Filesystem provider for `mod_dav`
mod_dav_lock
  Generic locking module for `mod_dav`
mod_dbd
  Manages SQL database connections
mod_deflate
  Compress content before it is delivered to the client
mod_dialup
  Send static content at a bandwidth rate limit, defined by the various old modem standards
mod_dir
  Provides for "trailing slash" redirects and serving directory index files
mod_dumpio
  Dumps all I/O to error log as desired.
mod_echo
  A simple echo server to illustrate protocol modules
mod_env
  Modifies the environment which is passed to CGI scripts and SSI pages
mod_example_hooks
  Illustrates the Apache module API
mod_expires
  Generation of `Expires` and `Cache-Control` HTTP headers according to user-specified criteria
mod_ext_filter
  Pass the response body through an external program before delivery to the client
mod_file_cache
  Caches a static list of files in memory
mod_filter
  Context-sensitive smart filter configuration module
mod_firehose
  Multiplexes all I/O to a given file or pipe.
mod_headers
  Customization of HTTP request and response headers
mod_heartbeat
  Sends messages with server status to frontend proxy
mod_heartmonitor
  Centralized monitor for mod_heartbeat origin servers
mod_http2
  Support for the HTTP/2 transport layer
mod_ident
  RFC 1413 ident lookups
mod_imagemap
  Server-side imagemap processing
mod_include
  Server-parsed html documents (Server Side Includes)
mod_info
  Provides a comprehensive overview of the server configuration
mod_isapi
  ISAPI Extensions within Apache for Windows
mod_journald
  Provides "journald" ErrorLog provider
mod_lbmethod_bybusyness
  Pending Request Counting load balancer scheduler algorithm for `mod_proxy_balancer`
mod_lbmethod_byrequests
  Request Counting load balancer scheduler algorithm for `mod_proxy_balancer`
mod_lbmethod_bytraffic
  Weighted Traffic Counting load balancer scheduler algorithm for `mod_proxy_balancer`
mod_lbmethod_heartbeat
  Heartbeat Traffic Counting load balancer scheduler algorithm for `mod_proxy_balancer`
mod_ldap
  LDAP connection pooling and result caching services for use by other LDAP modules
mod_log_config
  Logging of the requests made to the server
mod_log_debug
  Additional configurable debug logging
mod_log_forensic
  Forensic Logging of the requests made to the server
mod_logio
  Logging of input and output bytes per request
mod_lua
  Provides Lua hooks into various portions of the httpd request processing
mod_macro
  Provides macros within apache httpd runtime configuration files
mod_md
  Managing domains across virtual hosts, certificate provisioning via the ACME protocol
mod_mime
  Associates the requested filename's extensions with the file's behavior (handlers and filters) and content (mime-type, language, character set and encoding)
mod_mime_magic
  Determines the MIME type of a file by looking at a few bytes of its contents
mod_negotiation
  Provides for content negotiation
mod_nw_ssl
  Enable SSL encryption for NetWare
mod_policy
  HTTP protocol compliance enforcement.
mod_privileges
  Support for Solaris privileges and for running virtual hosts under different user IDs.
mod_proxy
  Multi-protocol proxy/gateway server
mod_proxy_ajp
  AJP support module for `mod_proxy`
mod_proxy_balancer
  `mod_proxy` extension for load balancing
mod_proxy_connect
  `mod_proxy` extension for `CONNECT` request handling
mod_proxy_express
  Dynamic mass reverse proxy extension for `mod_proxy`
mod_proxy_fcgi
  FastCGI support module for `mod_proxy`
mod_proxy_fdpass
  fdpass external process support module for `mod_proxy`
mod_proxy_ftp
  FTP support module for `mod_proxy`
mod_proxy_hcheck
  Dynamic health check of Balancer members (workers) for `mod_proxy`
mod_proxy_html
  Rewrite HTML links in to ensure they are addressable from Clients' networks in a proxy context.
mod_proxy_http
  HTTP support module for `mod_proxy`
mod_proxy_http2
  HTTP/2 support module for `mod_proxy`
mod_proxy_scgi
  SCGI gateway module for `mod_proxy`
mod_proxy_uwsgi
  UWSGI gateway module for `mod_proxy`
mod_proxy_wstunnel
  Websockets support module for `mod_proxy`
mod_ratelimit
  Bandwidth Rate Limiting for Clients
mod_reflector
  Reflect a request body as a response via the output filter stack.
mod_remoteip
  Replaces the original client IP address for the connection with the useragent IP address list presented by a proxies or a load balancer via the request headers.
mod_reqtimeout
  Set timeout and minimum data rate for receiving requests
mod_request
  Filters to handle and make available HTTP request bodies
mod_rewrite
  Provides a rule-based rewriting engine to rewrite requested URLs on the fly
mod_sed
  Filter Input (request) and Output (response) content using `sed` syntax
mod_session
  Session support
mod_session_cookie
  Cookie based session support
mod_session_crypto
  Session encryption support
mod_session_dbd
  DBD/SQL based session support
mod_setenvif
  Allows the setting of environment variables based on characteristics of the request
mod_slotmem_plain
  Slot-based shared memory provider.
mod_slotmem_shm
  Slot-based shared memory provider.
mod_so
  Loading of executable code and modules into the server at start-up or restart time
mod_socache_dbm
  DBM based shared object cache provider.
mod_socache_dc
  Distcache based shared object cache provider.
mod_socache_memcache
  Memcache based shared object cache provider.
mod_socache_redis
  Redis based shared object cache provider.
mod_socache_shmcb
  shmcb based shared object cache provider.
mod_speling
  Attempts to correct mistaken URLs by ignoring capitalization, or attempting to correct various minor misspellings.
mod_ssl
  Strong cryptography using the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocols
mod_ssl_ct
  Implementation of Certificate Transparency (RFC 6962)
mod_status
  Provides information on server activity and performance
mod_substitute
  Perform search and replace operations on response bodies
mod_suexec
  Allows CGI scripts to run as a specified user and Group
mod_syslog
  Provides "syslog" ErrorLog provider
mod_systemd
  Provides better support for systemd integration
mod_unique_id
  Provides an environment variable with a unique identifier for each request
mod_unixd
  Basic (required) security for Unix-family platforms.
mod_userdir
  User-specific directories
mod_usertrack
  Clickstream logging of user activity on a site
mod_version
  Version dependent configuration
mod_vhost_alias
  Provides for dynamically configured mass virtual hosting
mod_watchdog
  provides infrastructure for other modules to periodically run tasks
mod_xml2enc
  Enhanced charset/internationalisation support for libxml2-based filter modules