Author(s): Daniel López Ridruejo
Publisher: Sams Publishing
Sams Teach Yourself Apache 2 in 24 Hours convers a wide range of topics about Apache but, in my opinion, half of the book would be hard for begginers to understand.
PROS
Hour 1, Apache and the Web, introduces the reader to basic concepts such as DNS, SSL, URL, HTTP status codes and more.
Hour 5, Using Apache to Server Static Content, contains information and easy configuration tasks for URL Redirection, MIME types, Icons for Bookmarks and others.
CONS
In some sections, it tries to cover a lot of information in a few pages and lacks easy-to-follow, practical examples. For a Sams Teach Yourself book, it needs more step-by-step instructions on how to accomplish certain tasks.
For example, I found some concepts in Hour 7, Restricting Access, hard to grasp such as File-Based Authentication, Database File-Based Access Control and Digest-Based Authentication.
Also, Hour 22, Dynamic URI Resolution with mod_rewrite, would be difficult for a begginner to comprehend and customize the examples to his/her own server.