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Specifying Server and File Locations

Enables the server to set a hostname that can be used to create redire ction URLs, through which you can access directories without having to use a "/" at the end.

UseCanonicalName

Determines which hostname and port to use when redirecting the URL to the same server.

• on: This is the default setting. Server uses the hostname and port values set in ServerName and Port.
• off: Server uses the hostname and port that you specify in the request.

  ServerAdmin

  Creates an email address that is included with ev ery default error message that clients encounter. It is useful to create a separate email address for this.

  See Also: "UseCanonicalName directive" in the Apache Server documentation.

  See Also: "ServerAdmin directive" in the Apache Server document ation.

  ServerSignature

  Enables the server to recognize which server, among the various proxies, created the returned response, such as an error message.

  • on: Server creates a footer to the returned document that includes information such as ServerName and server version number. This is the default.
  • email: Server creates an additional "mailto:" reference to the ServerAdmin of the document.
  • off: Footer and "m ailto:" reference are not created.

    See Also: "ServerSignature directive" in the Apache Server documentation.

  ServerTokens

  Controls server information which is returned to clients, such as in error messages. This information includes a description of the generic operating system-type of the server, and compiled-in modules.

  • min(imal): provides information such as server name and version.
  • OS: provides information such as server name, version and operat ing system.
  • full: provides information such as server name, versi on, operating system, and complied modules.

    See Also: "ServerTokens directive" in the Apache Server documentation.

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  ServerAlias

  Sets alternate names for the current virtual host.

  See Also: "ServerAlias directive" in the Apache Server documentation.

  Specifying File Locations

  The following directives to control the location of various server files. They are located in the "Global Environment" of the httpd.conf file.

  See Also: "httpd. conf File Structure"

  • < a name="1005669">CoreDumpDirectory
  • DocumentRoot
  • ErrorL og
  • LockFile
  • PidFile
  • ScoreBoardFile
  • ServerRo ot

  CoreDumpDirectory

  Specifies the directory in which the server du mps core. The default is the ServerRoot directory. This directive is applicable to UNI X only.

  See Also: "CoreDumpDirectory directive" in the Apache Server documentation.

  DocumentRoot

  Sets the directory from which httpd serves files. Unless matched by a directive like Alias, the serv er appends the path from the requested URL to the document root to make the path to the document for static content.

  See Also: "DocumentRoot directive" in the Apache Serv er documentation.

  ErrorLog

  Sets the name of t he file to which the server notes any errors it encounters. If the name of the file does not begin with a slash (/), then it is assum ed to be relative to the ServerRoot. If the name of the file begins with a pipe (|), t hen it is assumed to be a command to spawn to handle the error log.

  See Also: "ErrorLog directive" in the Apache Server documentation.

  LockFile

  Sets the path to the lockfile used when Oracle HTTP Server is compiled with eit her USE_FCNTL_SERIALIZED_ACCEPT or USE_FLOCK_SERIALIZED_ACCEPT. It is recommended that default value be use d. The main reason for changing it is if the logs directory is NFS mounted, since the lockfile must be stored on a local disk.

  See Also: "LockFile directive" in the Apache Se rver documentation.

  PidFile

  Enables you to se t and change the location of the PID file to which the server records the process identification number. If the filename does not begin with a slash (/), then it is assumed to be relative to the ServerRoot.

  See Also: "PidFile directive" in the Apac he Server documentation.

  ScoreBoardFile

  Requi red in some architectures to set a file that the server uses to communicate between the parent and children processes. To verify if y our architecture requires a scoreboard file, run Oracle HTTP Server and see if it creates the file named by the directive. If your ar chitecture requires it then you must ensure that this file is not used at the same time by more than one invocation of the server.

  See Also: "ScoreBoardFile directive" in the Apache Server documentation.

  ServerRoot

  Specifies the directory that contains the conf and logs subdirectories. If the server is started with the -f option, then you will have to specify ServerRoot.

  See Also: "ServerRoot directive" in the Apache Server docu mentation.