iTP Secure WebServer System Administrator's Guide (iTPWebSvr 6.0+)

Configuring the iTP Secure WebServer
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Setting Up Server Aliases
Log File Naming Conventions
When you automatically rotate log files, current log files are saved under their
configured names, but a timestamp is appended to the name in the form
mm-dd-[y]yy.hh.mm. You can use the compress command to archive the files as
shown in the following examples:
: cd /usr/tandem/webserver/logs
: compress ../logs/elog11-23-96.19:34
: cd /usr/tandem/webserver/logs
: compress ../logs/elog04-11-102.10:20
Setting Up Server Aliases
If you plan to advertise URLs for your server, you should register an alias for your
server machine. This section describes:
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How Aliases Work on page 7-26
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Why Aliases Are Useful on page 7-26
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Setting Up an Alias on page 7-27
How Aliases Work
An alias, also known as a CNAME, is simply an alternative name for your server. You
register the CNAME and the local name with the Domain Name Server (DNS). For
example, if your server has the local name
aegean.compedia.com
you might select the following name as its DNS alias:
www.compedia.com
After registering this name with the DNS, you can then advertise www.compedia.com
as the name of your server. Users making requests through this alias would actually be
accessing aegean.compedia.com.
Why Aliases Are Useful
The major benefit to using an alias is flexibility. If your server has a registered alias,
you can physically move your server to a new host machine without having to change
your server’s name to reflect the name of the new host. If you did not use an alias and
you moved to a new host, you would need to change all your server URLs to point to
the new host and advertise the new URLs to your users.
Note. The year field in the timestamp represents the number of years since 1900. Therefore,
in the above examples, the first timestamp is for the year 1996, and the second timestamp is
for the year 2002.