Helicon Ape is a piece of software by
Helicon Tech designed to introduce
Apache functionality on
IIS web servers. Helicon Ape was created as an ASP.NET module for IIS 7 (and higher), implementing functionality of more than 35 Apache modules, that allow using Apache configurations (leaving syntax intact) on IIS and extending standard IIS capabilities.
Aside from the introduction of Apache modules, Helicon Ape possesses proprietary modules for server-side debugging and profiling (mod_developer),
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optimization (mod_linkfreeze), and
hotlinking protection (mod_hotlink).
Helicon Ape has a
GUI
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interface that allows easy configuration (directives auto-completion and spell-check features supported) and browsing, and includes a
regular expression
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s tester and a password generation utility.
Modules
Here's the list of modules currently supported in Helicon Ape:
* mod_asis - sends files that contain their own HTTP headers
* mod_auth_basic - enables HTTP Basic Authentication functionality
* mod_auth_digest - enables MD5 Digest Authentication functionality
* mod_authn_anon - configures anonymous users access to authenticated areas
* mod_authn_dbd - provides authentication based on user look-up in SQL database
* mod_authn_default - rejects whatever credentials if no authentication is set
* mod_authn_file - provides authentication based on user look-up in plain text password file
* mod_authz_default - rejects any authorization request if no authentication is configured
* mod_authz_groupfile - allows or denies access to particular areas of the site depending on user group membership
* mod_authz_host - allows access control to particular parts of web server based on hostname, IP address or other characteristics of the client request
* mod_authz_user - allows or denies access to portions of the web site for authenticated users
* mod_cache - allows caching local or proxied content
* mod_core - provides the use of Helicon Ape core features
* mod_dbd - allows managing of SQL database connections
* mod_deflate - enables server output compression
* mod_developer - brings extensive requests debugging functionality
* mod_disk_cache - allows the use of disk-based storage engine for mod_cache
* mod_env - grants control over the environment provided to CGI scripts and SSI pages
* mod_evasive - protects your site(s) from HTTP DoS/DDoS attacks and brute force attacks
* mod_expires - sets ''Expires'' HTTP header and ''max-age'' directive of ''Cache-Control'' HTTP header in server responses in relation to either the time the source file was last modified, or to the time of the client access
* mod_filter - allows the use of context-sensitive content filters
* mod_gzip - offers HTTP responses compression
* mod_headers - modifies HTTP request and response headers
* mod_hotlink - protects the content from hotlinking
* mod_linkfreeze - changes links on pages to SEO-friendly format
* mod_log_config - enables custom logging
* mod_logio - logs input and output number of bytes received/sent per request
* mod_mem_cache - allows the use memory-based storage engine for mod_cache
* mod_mime - associates requested filename's extensions with the file's behavior (handlers and filters) and content (mime-type, language, character set and encoding)
* mod_proxy - grants forward and reverse proxy functionality
* mod_replace - allows editing of HTML body, HTTP request and response headers
* mod_rewrite - rewrites requested URLs on the fly based on regular-expressions-based rules and various conditions
* mod_setenvif - sets environment variables depending on whether different parts of the request match specified regular expressions
* mod_so - emulates loading modules functions
* mod_speling - corrects misspelled URLs by performing
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checks and allowing one misspelling
* mod_usertrack - tracks and logs user activity on the site using cookies
Compatibility
Helicon Ape was designed specifically to benefit from all advantages of IIS 7 architecture, so 100% operability is ensured only on IIS 7 and higher (
Windows Vista
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,
Windows Server 2008
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,
Windows 7
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, and
Windows Server 2008 R2
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). On IIS6 (
Windows Server 2003
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), Helicon Ape offers slightly limited functionality (see compatibility chart).
License
There are three
license types available for Helicon Ape:
* Free - for up to 3 sites; costs nothing
* Per-site - for one extra site; costs $25
* Server - for unlimited number of sites; costs $95; includes 45-day Trial period.
"Helicon Ape pricing details", Helicon Tech, 2009
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See also
* Apache HTTP Server
* Comparison of web server software
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Some web application frameworks include s ...
* Helicon Tech
* Internet Information Services
Internet Information Services (IIS-pronounced 2S, formerly Internet Information Server) is an extensible web server software created by Microsoft for use with the Windows NT family. IIS supports HTTP, HTTP/2, HTTPS, FTP, FTPS, SMTP and NN ...
* URL redirection
URL redirection, also called URL forwarding, is a World Wide Web technique for making a web page available under more than one URL address. When a web browser attempts to open a URL that has been redirected, a page with a different URL is opened ...
References
External links
Helicon Ape official page
Helicon Tech official blog
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