title: Apache Handlers created at: Thu Oct 24 2024 12:24:28 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) updated at: Sat Feb 08 2025 14:22:09 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) --- # Apache Handlers # Overview Apache handlers control how your site’s Apache web server software manages certain file types and file extensions. Apache can handle CGI scripts and server-parsed files. The file extensions for these files include `.cgi`, `.pl`, `.plx`, `.ppl`, `.perl`, and `.shtml`. You can configure Apache to use an existing handler to handle a new file type. To do this, manually add the handler and extension in this interface. # Create an Apache Handler To add an Apache handler, perform the following steps: 1. Enter the handler name in the *Handler* text box. cPanel includes the following built-in handlers: * `default-handler` — Sends the file and uses Apache’s default handler for static content. * `send-as-is` — Sends the file with HTTP headers intact. * `cgi-script` — Handles the file as a CGI script. * `imap-file` — Parses the file as an `imagemap` rule file. * For more information, read [Apache’s documentation](http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_imagemap.html) . * `server-info` — Retrieves the server’s configuration information. * `server-parsed` — Parses the file for server-side includes. * `server-status` — Retrieves the server’s status report. * `type-map` — Parses the file as a type map file. * For more information, read [Apache’s documentation](http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_negotiation.html) . 2. Enter the file extension in the *Extension(s)* text box. * A file extension consists of the letters after the dot (`.`) in a file name (for example, `filename.fileextension`). * Space-separate multiple extensions (for example, `.cgi` `.pl` `.ppl`). 3. Click *Add*. > \[!NOTE] > Note > This interface does **not** allow you to create custom Apache handlers. # Remove an Apache Handler To remove a user-defined handler, perform the following steps: 1. Click *"Delete" under the "Remove" heading for the appropriate handler in the "User Defined Apache Handlers"* table. 2. Click *Yes*. > \[!NOTE] > Note > You **cannot** remove the file extensions that Apache automatically handles.