Configuring and Managing MPE/iX Internet Services (MPE/iX 6.5)

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HP WebWise MPE/iX Secure Web Server
Major Components
Major Components
HP WebWise MPE/iX Secure Web Server consists of a job stream (JHTTPDS) which runs
the server program (HTTPDS), a set of configuration files, a complete set of online
documentation, and miscellaneous utilities and scripts.
/APACHE/SECURE/ The MPE group and HFS directory under which all HP WebWise
MPE/iX Secure Web Server files reside. This group requires PM capability,
and MGR.APACHE should be the only user with any kind of access to this
group.
HTTPDS The web server daemon program. This program requires PM capability,
and MGR.APACHE should be the only user with any kind of access to this
program.
JHTTPDS The job stream which runs the HTTPDS daemon. The system timezone
must be specified in this file.
bin/ This subdirectory contains various utility programs and scripts used for
managing HP WebWise MPE/iX Secure Web Server. A summary of the
major ones:
apxs A perl script which assists in the creation of DSO modules. Note that perl
is not distributed with HP WebWise MPE/iX Secure Web Server or
supported by HP.
htpasswd A program used to create the user/password database file required for
HTTP Basic Authentication.
openssl A program used for key and certificate management. HP only supports the
usage shown in this document.
sign.sh A shell script used to sign certificates. HP only supports the usage shown
in this document.
cgi-bin/ This subdirectory is specified by the ScriptAlias configuration directive
and contains demo CGI scripts.
conf/ This subdirectory contains all of the HP WebWise MPE/iX Secure Web
Server configuration files, with the primary one being httpd.conf.
MGR.APACHE should be the only user capable of writing to these files and
subdirectories. Additional configuration subdirectories:
ssl.crl/ Subdirectory containing Certificate Revocation Lists from the Certificate
Authorities (CAs) who have signed your client browser's certificates.
Useful only if you are doing client authentication.
ssl.crt/ Subdirectory containing your required web server certificate in the file
server.crt. MGR.APACHE should be the only user with read access to this
directory and the files contained within.
ssl.csr/ Subdirectory containing your web server Certificate Signature Request(s)
(CSRs) that were used to obtain your server certificate(s).
ssl.key/ Subdirectory containing your web server key in the file server.key. Your