| Title: Welcome! | |
| license: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 | |
| # Apache HTTP Server | |
| A fast, reliable, and extensible open-source web server for modern | |
| operating systems. Apache httpd powers everything from personal sites to | |
| mission-critical production infrastructure with: | |
| - **Flexible configuration** — [.htaccess](/docs/current/howto/htaccess.html) per-directory config, [virtual hosts](/docs/current/vhosts/), [dynamic module loading](/docs/current/dso.html) | |
| - **Security** — [TLS/SSL](/docs/current/ssl/), [authentication modules](/docs/current/howto/auth.html), [fine-grained access control](/docs/current/howto/access.html) | |
| - **Performance** — [Multi-processing (MPMs)](/docs/current/mpm.html), [HTTP/2](/docs/current/howto/http2.html), [content caching](/docs/current/caching.html), [reverse proxy](/docs/current/howto/reverse_proxy.html) | |
| - **Extensibility** — 100+ modules for [rewriting](/docs/current/rewrite/), [proxying](/docs/current/mod/mod_proxy.html), [load balancing](/docs/current/mod/mod_proxy_balancer.html), scripting, and more | |
| - **Portability** — runs on Linux, Windows, macOS, and most Unix-like systems | |
| The Apache HTTP Server is a project of [The Apache Software | |
| Foundation](https://www.apache.org/). | |
| # Apache httpd 2.4.69 Released <span>2026-10-01</span> | |
| The Apache Software Foundation and the Apache HTTP Server Project are | |
| pleased to | |
| [announce](https://downloads.apache.org/httpd/Announcement2.4.html) the | |
| release of version 2.4.69 of the Apache HTTP Server ("httpd"). | |
| This latest release from the 2.4.x stable branch represents the best available | |
| version of Apache HTTP Server. | |
| [//]: # (The <span> below is a hack used to please 'announce.sh' and avoid unexpected changes) | |
| Apache HTTP Server version 2.<span>4</span>.43 or newer is required in order to operate a TLS 1.3 web server with OpenSSL 1.1.1. | |
| [Download](download.cgi#apache24) | [ChangeLog for | |
| 2.4.69](https://downloads.apache.org/httpd/CHANGES_2.4.69) | [Complete ChangeLog for | |
| 2.4](https://downloads.apache.org/httpd/CHANGES_2.4) | [New Features in httpd | |
| 2.4](docs/trunk/new_features_2_4.html) {.centered} | |
| # Apache httpd 2.2 End-of-Life | |
| Apache httpd 2.2 is end-of-life. The final release was 2.2.34 (July 2017). | |
| No further patches, bug fixes, or security updates will be provided. | |
| Users should upgrade to 2.4.x. | |
| # Download and Install | |
| Get Apache HTTP source code from the [download page](/download.cgi) and | |
| consult the [installation | |
| guide](https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/install.html) for | |
| platform-specific instructions on building and configuring your server. | |
| Don't forget to [verify](/download.cgi#verify) your downloads. | |