Contents

• Notices

• Preface

• 1. HTTP Server

  • 1.1 Overview of HTTP Server

  • 1.2 Features of HTTP Server

• 2.  Preparing, Starting, and Stopping HTTP Server (UNIX Version)

  • 2.1 System configuration to operate HTTP Server

  • 2.2 Installing and uninstalling HTTP Server

  • 2.3 Defining the operating environment

    • 2.3.1 How to define the environment

  • 2.4 Starting and stopping

    • 2.4.1 Starting and stopping HTTP Server (Using Management Server)

    • 2.4.2 Starting and stopping HTTP Server (httpsdctl command)

    • 2.4.3 Starting HTTP Server (httpsd command)

    • 2.4.4 Operation by general user account

• 3. Preparing, Starting, and Stopping (Windows Version)

  • 3.1 System configuration to operate HTTP Server

    • 3.1.1 Hardware configuration

    • 3.1.2 Notes on using HTTP Server in Windows

  • 3.2 Installing and uninstalling

  • 3.3 Defining the operating environment

    • 3.3.1 How to define the environment

  • 3.4 Starting and stopping

    • 3.4.1 Starting and stopping HTTP Server

    • 3.4.2 Operation by general user accounts

• 4. How to Operate the System

  • 4.1 Relationship between processes and directives of HTTP Server

    • 4.1.1 Process architecture of HTTP Server (UNIX version and prefork MPM module)

    • 4.1.2 Architecture of HTTP Server process (UNIX version and worker MPM module)

    • 4.1.3 Architecture of HTTP Server process (Windows Version)

    • 4.1.4 Operation management

  • 4.2 Collecting logs

    • 4.2.1 Log types

    • 4.2.2 How to collect logs

    • 4.2.3 Dividing logs (rotatelogs program)

    • 4.2.4 Reusing the log files by wrapping around (rotatelogs2 program)

    • 4.2.5 Converting the IP address of log file into a host name (logresolve command)

    • 4.2.6 Collecting the module trace

    • 4.2.7 Collecting request trace information

    • 4.2.8 Collecting I/O filter trace information

    • 4.2.9 Collecting proxy trace information

    • 4.2.10 Collecting the internal trace (hwstraceinfo command)

    • 4.2.11 Functionality of maintenance information collection (hwscollect command)

  • 4.3 Setting up a virtual server machine (virtual host)

    • 4.3.1 Virtual host based on server name

    • 4.3.2 Virtual host based on IP address

  • 4.4 Executing the CGI program on the Web server

    • 4.4.1 CGI program definition

    • 4.4.2 Invoking CGI programs

    • 4.4.3 Information to be passed to CGI programs

    • 4.4.4 Example of CGI programs

    • 4.4.5 Additional information to be passed to CGI programs

    • 4.4.6 Defining environment variables

    • 4.4.7 Points to be noted when using CGI programs on Windows

    • 4.4.8 Points to be noted when using CGI programs on UNIX

    • 4.4.9 Points to be noted when specifying path information

  • 4.5 User authentication and access control

    • 4.5.1 Access control by user name and password

    • 4.5.2 Access control by the host name or IP address of client

    • 4.5.3 Access control for directory

  • 4.6 Displaying the file name list

  • 4.7 Setting the reverse proxy

    • 4.7.1 Embedding proxy module

    • 4.7.2 How to set directives

    • 4.7.3 Example of system building

    • 4.7.4 Note

  • 4.8 Displaying the operation status (Status information display)

    • 4.8.1 Specifying the server-status handler

    • 4.8.2 Specifying URL

    • 4.8.3 Information that can be acquired

    • 4.8.4 Note

  • 4.9 Flow-restricting functionality

    • 4.9.1 Embedding the mod_hws_qos module

    • 4.9.2 How to set directives

    • 4.9.3 Response message

    • 4.9.4 Notes

  • 4.10 Header customization functionality

    • 4.10.1 Embedding the mod_headers module

    • 4.10.2 How to set directives

    • 4.10.3 Note

  • 4.11 Functionality to set expiry date

    • 4.11.1 Embedding the mod_expires module

    • 4.11.2 How to set directives

    • 4.11.3 Notes

  • 4.12 Generating a multiple Web server environment

    • 4.12.1 Generating multiple Web server environment (hwsserveredit command)

  • 4.13 Image map

    • 4.13.1 Syntax of image map file

    • 4.13.2 Example of image map definition and notes

  • 4.14  IPv6 connections

    • 4.14.1 Support range

    • 4.14.2 Preparing for an IPv6 connection (Editing the httpsd.conf file)

  • 4.15 Communication using WebSocket

    • 4.15.1 mod_proxy_wstunnel module

    • 4.15.2 How to set directives

    • 4.15.3 Note

  • 4.16 Integration with an application server

• 5. Authentication and Encryption by Using SSL

  • 5.1 Authenticating and encrypting with SSL

    • 5.1.1 Preparing for SSL communication

    • 5.1.2 Procedure of SSL communication

    • 5.1.3 Preparing for SSL client authentication

    • 5.1.4 Verifying the validity of certificates

  • 5.2 Acquiring certificates

    • 5.2.1 Acquiring a certificate

    • 5.2.2 Creating a private key for the Web server

    • 5.2.3 Converting the Web server private key format (openssl.bat pkcs8 command or openssl.sh pkcs8 command) (when using elliptic curve cryptography)

    • 5.2.4 Creating a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) (openssl.bat req or openssl.sh req command)

    • 5.2.5 Displaying the contents of a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) (openssl.bat req or openssl.sh req command)

    • 5.2.6 Displaying certificate contents (openssl.bat x509 or openssl.sh x509 command)

    • 5.2.7 Converting the certificate format (openssl.bat x509 or openssl.sh x509 command)

    • 5.2.8 Creating a hash link (in UNIX) (openssl.sh x509 command)

    • 5.2.9 Usage examples of the openssl.bat and openssl.sh commands

• 6. Directives

  • 6.1 List of directives

    • 6.1.1 List of directives

    • 6.1.2 Descriptive conventions for directives

    • 6.1.3 Descriptive format for directives

  • 6.2 Details of the directives

    • 6.2.1 Directives starting with <

    • 6.2.2 Directives starting with A

    • 6.2.3 Directives starting with B, C, and D

    • 6.2.4 Directives that start with E, F, G, H, and I

    • 6.2.5 Directives starting with K and L

    • 6.2.6 Directives starting with M, N, O, P, Q, and R

    • 6.2.7 Directives starting with S

    • 6.2.8 Directives starting with T and U

• Appendixes

  • A. Status codes

  • B. Environment variables passed to CGI programs

  • C. System monitoring with HA monitor - high availability system monitoring (operating a clustering system)

    • C.1 Example of hardware configuration and overview of HA monitor behavior

    • C.2 HTTP Server settings

    • C.3 Creating monitoring commands

    • C.4 HA monitor settings

  • D. System monitoring with MC/ServiceGuard (operating a cluster)

    • D.1 Example of hardware configuration and overview of MC/ServiceGuard behavior

    • D.2 HTTP Server settings

    • D.3 Creating a monitoring script

    • D.4 MC/ServiceGuard settings

  • E. System monitoring with HACMP for AIX (operating Cluster Multi-Processing)

    • E.1 Example of hardware configuration and overview of HACMP for AIX behavior

    • E.2 HTTP Server settings

    • E.3 Creating a monitoring script

    • E.4 HACMP for AIX settings

  • F. System monitoring with Windows Server Failover Cluster

    • F.1 Example of operation

    • F.2 HTTP Server settings

    • F.3 Server cluster settings

  • G. Notes on migration from earlier versions

  • H. Settings for migration from older versions

  • I. Using the management portal to build a logical Web server that uses a reverse proxy and the prefork MPM module

  • J. Glossary

• Index

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