iTP Secure WebServer System Administrators Guide (Version 7.5+)

5 Managing the iTP Secure WebServer Using Scripts
This section describes the httpd command and how to manage the iTP Secure WebServer
environment using the scripts provided.
Topics discussed in this section include:
• “The httpd Command” (page 82)
• “Starting the iTP Secure WebServer Using the start Script” (page 83)
• “Stopping the iTP Secure WebServer Using the stop Script” (page 83)
• “Restarting the iTP Secure WebServer Using the restarth Script” (page 83)
• “Restarting the iTP Secure WebServer Using the restart Script” (page 84)
• “Updating the serverclasses Using the updatesc Script” (page 84)
• “Using the httpd Command” (page 85)
• “PATHMON Environment's Autorestart for the iTP Secure WebServer and Related Processes”
(page 88)
• “Collecting httpd Statistics Using statscom” (page 88)
To learn how to perform the same tasks from your browser, see “Managing the iTP Secure
WebServer From Your Browser” (page 182).
The httpd Command
The httpd command starts, stops, and restarts the iTP Secure WebServer environment. The
command takes these actions on startup:
• Reads and validates a configuration file, which describes the entities to be created.
• Creates a PATHMON process to provide process-management services for the iTP Secure
WebServer environment
• Starts the iTP Secure WebServer (the httpd server) as a NonStop TS/MP server class.
• Checks configuration for transport services providers and server processors. If TCP6SAM
specified and a TCP6MON running on every processor, then uses TCP/IPv6 or IP CIP (based
on the availability), otherwise, starts the Distributor process as a NonStop TS/MP server class.
• Starts the generic CGI server and any other specified servers that use the Pathway CGI
interface.
Figure 3 (page 83) shows the management processes created and started to initialize the iTP
Secure WebServer environment.
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