When you access the Web server, you are given access to privileged files and can perform system management tasks until exiting the browser. Do not leave an Administration session unattended. Limit access to the admin account to those individuals authorized to perform Internet system management tasks.
In a TruCluster Server environment, the Secure Web Server runs on all cluster members concurrently. Connections are distributed among the cluster members based on how the cluster alias has been configured. See the cluamgr(8) reference page.
Web Server Management
All Web server management operations are performed using port 8081, the Administration Web Server. All activity is recorded in the associated log files described in the Secure Web Server Administration Guide.
Management tasks available from the Secure Web Server administration menus include the following items. Steps for performing these tasks are described in the Secure Web Server Administration Guide, unless otherwise noted.
•Change configuration parameters, including tuning parameters, access control entries, listening ports and addresses, virtual hosts, URL defaults, HTML directory aliases, CGI directory aliases, and logging and reporting parameters.
•Manage user accounts, displaying status and viewing information for the public Web server.
•Change configuration parameters (Section : Changing Configuration Parameters).
•Change passwords for the Administration Web Server (Section : Changing the Password for the Administration Web Server).
•Allow remote access to the Administration Web Server.
•View server activity reports, access log files and error log files, and refresh these files.
•Start and stop Web servers.
•Change the password for the Administration Web Server.
•Allow remote access to the Internet Monitor Administration Server (Section : Allowing Remote Access to the Internet Monitor Administration Server).
•Use the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) with the Secure Web Server.
Changing Configuration Parameters
A configuration parameter is specified by a directive and is stored in one of the configuration files listed in Table 24.
Table 24 Configuration Files for Secure Web Servers
Server | Configuration File |
Public Web Server 1.3 (based /usr/internet/httpd/public/conf/httpd.conf on Apache Version 1.3)
Public Web Server 2.0 (based /usr/opt/hpapache2/conf/httpd.conf on Apache Version 2.0)
Administration Web Server /usr/internet/httpd/admin/conf/httpd.conf
Internet Monitor Administration /usr/internet/httpd/monitor_admin/conf/httpd.conf Server
You can specify the following types of configuration parameters using the Administration utility. (See the Secure Web Server Administration Guide for detailed information on specifying each configuration parameter.)
