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3. Setting up WWW server systems

This section contains information on different http server software packages and additional server side tools like script languages for CGI programs etc.

For a technical description on the http mechanism, take a look at the RFC documents menitoned in the chapter "For further reading" of this HOWTO.

3.1 cern httpd

As the cern original httpd server is reported to have some ugly bugs, to be quite slow and resource hungry, it is not described in this HOWTO by now. If you volunteer to admit some facts or chapters, please send them to me, I'll add them to this doc.

3.2 apache

-To be written - sorry Features, Overview, Advantages

Where to get

Installing

Configuring

Special Features

Apache httpd has got some special features in the actual version.

Host multicasting

BlaBla??? how to setup ....

Module system

how to include other modules ... where to get infos about module programming ...

3.3 CGI scripts systems

- to be written - sorry - CGI (common gateway interface)

How does CGI work in principle ?

- to be written - sorry - calling structure, http structure, program parameter format (slightly touched), things to keep in mind

Perl

- to be written - sorry - something easy in perl (sample script)

PHP/FI

- to be written - sorry - something easy in PHP/FI (sample script)

W3-mSQL

- to be written - sorry - something even more easy (sample script) hint about setting up !!!

some useful scripts

- to be written - sorry -FaxInbound to nice Table including php/fi script and shell script


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