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Server Configuration and Testing

Once you have installed the Web server software you will have to configure your system so that the server is started automatically and also configure the server itself to suit your own particular requirements. Some configuration details are determined by the server start-up mechanism, others by the server's defaults or configuration files.

The configuration files of the two main servers, the CERN and NCSA HTTP daemons, are quite similar and so are dealt with together in Section . The HTTPD for Windows server is based on the NCSA server and uses a very similar set of configuration files. It can be configured in a similar manner. The GN server takes a completely different approach and is dealt with separately.

• Port selection
• Server start-up mechanism
  • Running standalone
  • Running from the Internet services daemon
  • Restricting access by robots
• CERN and NCSA server configuration
  • General configuration directives
    • CERN server directives
    • NCSA server directives
  • Logging directives
    • CERN server directives
    • NCSA server directives
  • File typing directives
    • CERN server directives
    • NCSA server directives
  • Mapping directives
    • CERN server directives
    • NCSA server directives
  • Generating directory listings
    • CERN server directives
    • NCSA server directives
  • User directories
    • CERN server directive
    • NCSA server directive
  • Server scripts
    • CERN server directives
    • NCSA server directives
  • Server side includes (NCSA only)
  • Proxy and caching (CERN only)
  • Command line arguments
    • CERN server
    • NCSA server
• GN server configuration
  • GN cache files
    • Basic keywords
    • Type modifiers
    • Extended keywords
    • Search items within menus
    • Including HTML within menus
    • Protocol-dependent menu items
    • Executing programs to generate documents
  • GN command line arguments
• Testing the server

Spinning the Web by Andrew Ford
© 1995 International Thomson Publishing
© 2002 Andrew Ford and Ford & Mason Ltd
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