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Apache_Http_Server HTTP/2 Guide

This is the howto guide for the HTTP/2 implementation in Apache httpd. This feature is production-ready and you may expect interfaces and directives to remain consistent releases. The HTTP/2 protocol HTTP/2 is the evolution of the world's most successful application layer protocol, HTTP. It focuses on making more efficient use of network resources. It does not change the fundamentals of HTTP, the semantics. There are still request and responses and headers and all that. So, if you already know HTTP/1, you know 95% about HTTP/2 as well. There has been a lot written about HTTP/2 and how it works. The most normative is, of course, its RFC 7540 ( also available in more readable formatting, YMMV). So, there you'll find the nuts and bolts. But, as RFC do, it's not really a good thing to read first. It's better to first understand what a thing wants to do and then read the RFC about how it is done. A much better document to start with is http2 explained by Daniel St...