Apache emulator for Microsoft IIS, Ape 3.0, released

(The Hosting News) – Helicon Tech has released an update to its Apache emulator for Microsoft IIS, Ape, 3.0, which implements Apache’s runtime environment with all most demanded modules and direct .htaccess support, inside IIS. Now it can be used free of charge on up to three websites on a server. Packed in a single IIS add-on, the emulator implements Apache configuration model (with httpd.conf and .htaccess configuration files) and over 30 most demanded Apache modules, enabling users to transfer their websites from Apache to IIS without modifications, configure Perl, PHP and other Unix-oriented web applications for IIS with the same ease as if they were to run in their native Apache environment. Apache-compatible URL rewriting, flexible user permissions control, forward and reverse proxy functionality, compression and cache functions, comprehensive protection from malicious activities – these are the benefits available to users running IIS with Ape.

“This looks like a very cool module for those who want to ‘emulate’ Apache’s runtime environment, including more than a dozen modules, as well as direct .htaccess support, inside IIS! It takes full advantage of the integrated pipeline of IIS7, by providing a managed code module that extends IIS7’s core processing pipeline and provides semantic emulation of some very popular Apache features!” says Bill Staples, General Manager of the Web Platform and Tools engineering team at Microsoft.

Ape works transparently to the server and client and can be installed even on a shared hosting account without the administrative access. System Requirements: Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 or Windows 7 with IIS installed.

About Helicon Tech Corporation Being on the market since February 2002, Helicon Tech is devoted to developing, licensing and supporting solutions for search engine optimization (LinkFreeze), bandwidth leeching protection (HotlinkBlocker), HTTP compression and cache (Helicon Jet), and ISAPI_Rewrite – Apache mod_rewrite and mod_proxy emulator for IIS users. Ape is now the company’s flagship product which includes the functionality of all mentioned above.

Product page link: http://www.helicontech.com/ape
Ape in the company’s blog: http://helicontech.blogspot.com/search/label/Helicon%20Ape
Apache compatibility chart: http://www.helicontech.com/ape/doc/compatibility.htm
Screenshot: http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/567440/ape3.png
Bill Staples’s blog on Ape: http://blogs.iis.net/bills/archive/2008/11/03/apache-emulation-for-iis-by-helicon-tech.aspx

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Tags: Apache emulator, Helicon Tech, Microsoft IIS, Perl, PHP

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