User Guide

106 Getting Results with Novell Web Services
Getting Results with Novell Web Services
103-000133-001
August 29, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
Application URLs
When you install a server-side JavaScript application, you must enter a name
for it. This name determines the application URL, which clients use to access
a JavaScript application. Application URLs are of the form http://
server.domain/appName/page.html. Server is the name of the HTTP server,
domain is the Internet domain (including the subdomains), appName is the
application name you enter when you install it, and page is the name of the
page in the application.
For example, if your server is named MYSERVER, your domain name is
NOVELL.COM, and the application is called Hello World, the application
URL is HTTP://MYSERVER.NOVELL.COM/WORLD/HELLO.HTML
This is a required field, and the name you enter must be different from all other
application names on the server. The name must include only alphanumeric
characters and cannot include spaces.
IMPORTANT: Before you install an application, make sure the application name
you choose does not usurp an existing URL on your server. All client requests for
URLs that match the application URL are routed to the directory specified for the
.WEB file, circumventing the server’s normal document root.
Controlling Access to a Server-Side JavaScript Application
When you install an application, you might want to restrict its use to only
certain users. You can do this by applying a configuration style to the
application. For more information, see “Working with Configuration Styles”
on page 80.
Modifying Installation Parameters
You can change any of the parameters defined when you installed the
application, except the application name. To change the name of an
application, you must remove the application and then reinstall it.
If you modify the parameters of a stopped application, the Application
Manager automatically starts it. When you modify parameters of an active
application, Application Manager automatically stops and restarts it.