Internet Express for Tru64 UNIX Version 6.8 Administration Guide (14233)

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.
7.1.2 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 7.1.3: Changing Configuration Parameters).
• Change passwords for the Administration Web Server (Section 7.1.4: 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 7.1.5: Allowing
Remote Access to the Internet Monitor Administration Server).
• Use the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) with the Secure Web Server.
7.1.3 Changing Configuration Parameters
A configuration parameter is specified by a directive and is stored in one of the configuration
files listed in Table 7-2.
Table 7-2 Configuration Files for Secure Web Servers
Configuration FileServer
/usr/internet/httpd/public/conf/httpd.conf
Public Web Server 1.3 (based
on Apache Version 1.3)
/usr/opt/hpapache2/conf/httpd.conf
Public Web Server 2.0 (based
on Apache Version 2.0)
/usr/internet/httpd/admin/conf/httpd.conf
Administration Web Server
/usr/internet/httpd/monitor_admin/conf/httpd.conf
Internet Monitor
Administration 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.)
• Server tuning parameters
• Access control entries
• Listening ports and addresses
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