Apache optimization for a map server

The previous article covered most of the basics installing a simple Apache web server. With a working web server setup, you can make more specific considerations for a map server. There are simpler cases, like what kind of content you would like to serve or what kind of scripts and programs you will need. If you don't want an audiovisual wonder with something like flash, then the content mostly will consist of images and plain text. On the scripting side you will surely need JavaScript and Python. You may use some kind of shellscript on your way to build a map server, but you don't have to put any extra effort in optimizing that part. A bit more complicated list of considerations are, how to optimize the web server itself. You have to choose and set up the best MPM, set up privileges to various directories, choose the modules you have to use and throw away the unwanted ones, all in all, fine-tune the whole system.