I got so much reply more than what I expected. Thank to everybody who replied. It was very helpful.
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I have questions of setting up a Web server on solaris 2.4. This Web server,
I just want to set for internal use only. I'll summarize.
1) Where can I can get a WEB server software?. How much does it cost?
2) Is there any books or tutorial tell you how to set up?
3) How easy to set up and what's need to make it happen?.
Any additional tips are greatly appreciated.
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>From kimble@alpha.maths.unsw.EDU.AU Wed Oct 2 20:09 PDT 1996
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 1996 13:06:14 +1000 (EST)
From: Kimble Britten Webb <kimble@maths.unsw.EDU.AU>
To: Tricia Kha <tkha@wsgc.com>
Subject: Re: Web server for Solaris 2.4
MIME-Version: 1.0
look at http://www.apache.org/
very nice free server & fast & configurable - see the page for other info
enjoy
kimble.
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>From sckhoo@tm.net.my Wed Oct 2 20:33 PDT 1996 Date: Thu, 3 Oct 1996 11:13:05 +0800 X-Sender: sckhoo@mail.asiapac.net Mime-Version: 1.0 To: Tricia Kha <tkha@wsgc.com> From: Swee-Chuan Khoo <sckhoo@tm.net.my> Subject: Re: Web server for Solaris 2.4
At 05:07 PM 10/2/96 -0700, you wrote: >1) Where can I can get a WEB server software?. How much does it cost?
get apache, it is free.
>2) Is there any books or tutorial tell you how to set up?
check out their web site, http://www.apache.org/
>3) How easy to set up and what's need to make it happen?.
well, half an hour?! :)
>Any additional tips are greatly appreciated.
everything u need is in their web site.
Good luck.
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>From croy@osiris.com Wed Oct 2 20:37 PDT 1996 Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 23:41:53 -0400 (EDT) X-Sender: croy@mail.osiris.com Mime-Version: 1.0 To: Tricia Kha <tkha@wsgc.com>, sun-managers@ra.mcs.anl.gov From: croy@osiris.com (Claude Roy) Subject: Re: Web server for Solaris 2.4 Cc: tkha@mailhost.wsgc.com
At 05:07 PM 10/2/96 -0700, Tricia Kha wrote: >Hi Sun-lers, > >I have questions of setting up a Web server on solaris 2.4. This Web server, >I just want to set for internal use only. I'll summarize. > >1) Where can I can get a WEB server software?. How much does it cost?
Apache is by far one of the best. You can get it at http://www.apache.org/
It's absolutely free and it only cost time to compile, link and install it.
NSCA can be picked up at the NCSA archive site. Docs too but the server is not as sleek as apache. Finally the Cern http is another one but is not as fast as apache. Honestly I tried most of them and then some and apache is my favorite for a million reasons.
If compiling it is an issue lots of people here on this list have precompiled stuff available through FTP. We do and I could always let you steal it from our site.
> >2) Is there any books or tutorial tell you how to set up?
Of course O'reiley and Associates serie of Unix in a nut shell has a couple of good ones. Running an internet site might be the one for you even if you are just providing http inhouse. The base material that can be picked up at apache is dry but sufficient if you like it the express way.
> >3) How easy to set up and what's need to make it happen?.
Quite bizare the first time but very easy in the end. You just have to have the patience to follow the instruction to the letter and be knowledgable enough to adapt it to your OS version.
> >Any additional tips are greatly appreciated.
Ask specific question when you get on the road and if you select Apache I will be more than happy to help you out.
Good Luck ______________________________________________________________________________ Claude Roy Osiris Inc. The Network Architects
Email : croy@osiris.com http://www.osiris.com/
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>From lemercie@dr.gdf.fr Wed Oct 2 23:17 PDT 1996 Date: Thu, 3 Oct 1996 08:17:13 +0200 From: lemercie@dr.gdf.fr (LEMERCIER Laurent) To: tkha@wsgc.com Subject: Re: Web server for Solaris 2.4 Cc: lemercie@kronos
> From sun-managers-relay@ra.mcs.anl.gov Thu Oct 3 03:23 MET 1996 > X-Sender: tkha@ws-sun-server > Mime-Version: 1.0 > Date: Wed, 02 Oct 1996 17:07:53 -0700 > To: sun-managers@ra.mcs.anl.gov > From: Tricia Kha <tkha@wsgc.com> > Subject: Web server for Solaris 2.4 > Cc: tkha@mailhost.wsgc.com > > Hi Sun-lers, > > I have questions of setting up a Web server on solaris 2.4. This Web server, > I just want to set for internal use only. I'll summarize. > > 1) Where can I can get a WEB server software?. How much does it cost? > > 2) Is there any books or tutorial tell you how to set up? > > 3) How easy to set up and what's need to make it happen?. > > Any additional tips are greatly appreciated. > > Thanks in advance > Tricia Kha > > > > > ****************************************** > Tricia Kha > Manager of Database Management > Phone: (415) 616-8697 > Fax: (415) 616-8450 > ****************************************** > > look at : http://www.w3.org (good starting point. lots of docs and references)
or search for nsca or apache sever (free servers) or for netscape one (more expensive one, but still affordable).
Laurent
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>From agoon@arbld.unimelb.edu.au Thu Oct 3 00:54 PDT 1996 X-Sender: agoon@vitruvius Date: Thu, 03 Oct 1996 17:52:05 +1000 To: Tricia Kha <tkha@wsgc.com> From: Anthony Goonetilleke <agoon@arbld.unimelb.edu.au> Subject: Re: Web server for Solaris 2.4 Mime-Version: 1.0
At 05:07 PM 10/2/96 -0700, you wrote: >Hi Sun-lers, > >I have questions of setting up a Web server on solaris 2.4. This Web server, >I just want to set for internal use only. I'll summarize. > >1) Where can I can get a WEB server software?. How much does it cost? the cern webserver is probably the best and the easiest to install. and it's free.
> >2) Is there any books or tutorial tell you how to set up?
there is some documentation on the www site. > >3) How easy to set up and what's need to make it happen?.
not too difficult probably a days work >
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>From milt@iqsc.com Thu Oct 3 02:55 PDT 1996 Date: Thu, 3 Oct 1996 05:55:42 -0400 (EDT) From: Milt Webb <milt@iqsc.com> X-Sender: milt@walker To: Tricia Kha <tkha@wsgc.com> Subject: Re: Web server for Solaris 2.4 MIME-Version: 1.0
On Wed, 2 Oct 1996, Tricia Kha wrote:
> Hi Sun-lers, > > I have questions of setting up a Web server on solaris 2.4. This Web server, > I just want to set for internal use only. I'll summarize. > > 1) Where can I can get a WEB server software?. How much does it cost?
I am using both CERN and NCSA ($0) as well as Netscape $1000. CERN and NCSA require compiling to get running. If you are interested I can lookup the locations for them - don't have it with me. An AltaVista search on NCSA HTTPD or SERVER should yield the location of the site.
> > 2) Is there any books or tutorial tell you how to set up?
NCSA and Netscape have online doc.
> > 3) How easy to set up and what's need to make it happen?.
Depends on whether you have done it before. The free ones are probably a bit harder for the first timer. Pleanty of people floating around in cyberspace to help though.
> > Any additional tips are greatly appreciated. > > Thanks in advance > Tricia Kha > > > > > ****************************************** > Tricia Kha > Manager of Database Management > Phone: (415) 616-8697 > Fax: (415) 616-8450 > ****************************************** > >
Milt Webb, IQ Software Corp.
Some people drink from the fountain of life, while others just rinse and spit. -- anonymous
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>From tony@essex.ac.uk Thu Oct 3 03:28 PDT 1996 Mime-Version: 1.0 (NeXT Mail 3.3 v118.2) From: Lawson A S <tony@essex.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 3 Oct 96 11:22:07 +0100 To: Tricia Kha <tkha%wsgc.com@seralph21.essex.ac.uk> Subject: Re: Web server for Solaris 2.4
> Hi Sun-lers, > > I have questions of setting up a Web server on solaris 2.4. This Web server, > I just want to set for internal use only. I'll summarize. > > 1) Where can I can get a WEB server software?. How much does it cost? >
Nothing - there are several free servers - CERN, NCSA,...
> 2) Is there any books or tutorial tell you how to set up? > > 3) How easy to set up and what's need to make it happen?. >
Very straightforward. Have a look at http://info.ox.ac.uk/help/wwwfaq/index.html
which should provide you with all the pointers you need.
We have serveral servers for internal use only. You can set this up (there are probably several ways) in the config file - have a look at the CERN example files.
Tony Lawson Department of Computer science University of Essex Wivenhoe Park Essex C04 3SQ
Tel: 0206-872670 Fax: 0206-872788 E-mail: tony@essex.ac.uk
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>From miquel@proton.uab.es Thu Oct 3 04:28 PDT 1996 Date: Thu, 03 Oct 1996 13:21:37 +0200 From: miquel@proton.uab.es (Miquel Cabanas. BBM-UAB) Subject: Re: Web server for Solaris 2.4 To: tkha@wsgc.com MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT
hi,
not long ago (last july?) i posted a similar question and got lots of answers, unfortunately at that time i was overloaded with work (still i am) and never find time to summarize the replies i'd got (shame, shame, shame on me)
if you want i could send all of them (yes, still have them) and you could include them in your summary
btw, i finally choosed to install APACHE, richly featured, pre-compiled versions available, API featured (that makes easy to append home made modules, though there are so many already available that you better check whether it's already written), and all these for free. Of course, if you want support, it's available and not too expensive. You can subscribe to their list and, every friday, you'll get a report: bug fixes, improvements, next-release features, and so on.
the only drawback is that the docs about how to configure it are quite poor... i recommend you getting the O'Reilly book about 'Managing Internet Resources'
and that's all. remember to tell me if you want me to send you the replies i never summarized.
miquel
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>From root@wisdom.maf.nasa.gov Thu Oct 3 04:41 PDT 1996 From: root@wisdom.maf.nasa.gov Date: Thu, 3 Oct 96 06:40:01 CDT To: tkha@wsgc.com Subject: Re: Web server for Solaris 2.4
Tricia,
Check out http://hoohoo.ncsa.uiuc.edu/docs/setup/OneStep.html
Thanks, Mark
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>From raju@pez.ecologic.net Thu Oct 3 05:38 PDT 1996 From: raju@pez.ecologic.net Date: Thu, 3 Oct 1996 08:35:07 -0400 (EDT) To: tkha@wsgc.com Subject: Re: Web server for Solaris 2.4
Tricia,
Which web server are you trying to set up NCSA is *very* straight forward, it takes less than 20 minutes (most of it compile time) to do the basic setup.
--raju
>From sun-managers-relay@ra.mcs.anl.gov Wed Oct 2 21:39 EDT 1996 >X-Sender: tkha@ws-sun-server >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Date: Wed, 02 Oct 1996 17:07:53 -0700 >To: sun-managers@ra.mcs.anl.gov >From: Tricia Kha <tkha@wsgc.com> >Subject: Web server for Solaris 2.4 >Cc: tkha@mailhost.wsgc.com > >Hi Sun-lers, > >I have questions of setting up a Web server on solaris 2.4. This Web server, >I just want to set for internal use only. I'll summarize. > >1) Where can I can get a WEB server software?. How much does it cost? > >2) Is there any books or tutorial tell you how to set up? > >3) How easy to set up and what's need to make it happen?. > >Any additional tips are greatly appreciated. > >Thanks in advance >Tricia Kha > > > > >****************************************** >Tricia Kha >Manager of Database Management >Phone: (415) 616-8697 >Fax: (415) 616-8450 >****************************************** > >
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>From afinkel@pfn.com Thu Oct 3 05:46 PDT 1996 X-Sender: afinkel@sunrah.pfn.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Thu, 03 Oct 1996 08:44:54 -0400 To: Tricia Kha <tkha@wsgc.com> From: Alex Finkel <afinkel@pfn.com> Subject: Re: Web server for Solaris 2.4
At 05:07 PM 10/2/96 -0700, you wrote: >Hi Sun-lers,
>1) Where can I can get a WEB server software?. How much does it cost?
You can get a FREE web server for Solaris from www.aolserver.com. It is full featured and has excellent performance.
>2) Is there any books or tutorial tell you how to set up?
Documentation is on line at their web site.
>3) How easy to set up and what's need to make it happen?.
You just need to register at the web site and then download the installation. It is a compressed (or gzipped) tar file. Just create an account for the server and extract the server to the home directory. Then follow the setup instructions. You can have a web server up and running in 10 minutes.
It consumes very little memory if you don't do any database access, but if you do it still has a small footprint. You can also download a limited, bundled version of the Illustra ORDBMS. The server comes with links into Illustra.
- Alex -- Alex Finkel | 26 Landsdowne St. | Macintosh, Jr. Network Manager | University Park at MIT | PFN, Incorporated | Cambridge, MA 02139 | The power to crush afinkel@pfn.com | http://www.pfn.com/ | the other kids.
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>From mrs@cadem.mc.xerox.com Thu Oct 3 05:54 PDT 1996 Date: Thu, 3 Oct 1996 05:50:19 PDT From: mrs@cadem.mc.xerox.com ("Michael Salehi x22725") To: tkha@wsgc.com Subject: Re: Web server for Solaris 2.4
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>From sun-managers-relay@ra.mcs.anl.gov Wed Oct 2 21:24 EDT 1996 X-Sender: tkha@ws-sun-server Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 17:07:53 PDT To: sun-managers@ra.mcs.anl.gov From: Tricia Kha <tkha@wsgc.com> Subject: Web server for Solaris 2.4 Cc: tkha@mailhost.wsgc.com
Hi Sun-lers,
I have questions of setting up a Web server on solaris 2.4. This Web server, I just want to set for internal use only. I'll summarize.
1) Where can I can get a WEB server software?. How much does it cost?
2) Is there any books or tutorial tell you how to set up?
3) How easy to set up and what's need to make it happen?.
Any additional tips are greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance Tricia Kha
****************************************** Tricia Kha Manager of Database Management Phone: (415) 616-8697 Fax: (415) 616-8450 ******************************************
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Tricia,
I am intrested also, so if you find the answers let me know. I know microsoft has a server for NT.
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Mike (Mehran) Salehi mrs@cadem.mc.xerox.com (716) 422-2725 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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>From vqh@dwrock.dw.lucent.com Thu Oct 3 06:32 PDT 1996 Date: Thu, 3 Oct 1996 07:30:07 -0600 From: vqh@dwrock.dw.lucent.com (D461-Viet_Q_Hoang(0)82572) To: tkha@wsgc.com Subject: Re: Web server for Solaris 2.4 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-MD5: D3I183GfBKcaeW/Br5EKog==
> 1) Where can I can get a WEB server software?. How much does it cost?
Try the free ones first to see if they meet your needs
Apache: http://www.apache.org/ AOLserver: http://tools.gnn.com/
> > 2) Is there any books or tutorial tell you how to set up?
those pages have on-line documentation
> > 3) How easy to set up and what's need to make it happen?.
you can get it up and running in a few hours (mostly reading documentation), takes longer to set up proper security and things
Viet Hoang Lucent Technologies/ISSC vhoang@lucent.com
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>From shollatz@d.umn.edu Thu Oct 3 06:42 PDT 1996 From: scott hollatz <shollatz@d.umn.edu> Date: Thu, 3 Oct 1996 08:41:37 -0500 To: tkha@wsgc.com Subject: Re: Web server for Solaris 2.4
You'll probably get a lot of responses...
>I have questions of setting up a Web server on solaris 2.4. This Web server, >I just want to set for internal use only. I'll summarize. > >1) Where can I can get a WEB server software?. How much does it cost?
http://www.apache.org then download Apache 1.1.1
I believe it's free for anyone to use.
>2) Is there any books or tutorial tell you how to set up?
Apache has online documentation but see Que's Apache 1.0 book online: http://www.mcp.com/289268882499499/que/et/webapache/index.htm
>3) How easy to set up and what's need to make it happen?.
It's pretty straightforward. Just create the directories and edit three files and you're up (after compiling the source, if need to).
>Any additional tips are greatly appreciated.
Pay attention to the WWW security lists, newsgroups, literature. And use your professional common sense. And be sure to create local web policies (content-wise, security-wise, etc).
-- scott hollatz internet shollatz@d.umn.edu information services, systems telephone +1 218 726 8851 university of minnesota-duluth mn usa fax +1 218 726 7674 "change is a universal constant"
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>From nleroy@norland.com Thu Oct 3 06:59 PDT 1996 From: "Nicholas R LeRoy" <nleroy@norland.com> Date: Thu, 3 Oct 1996 08:56:45 -0500 To: tkha@wsgc.com Subject: Re: ~SM: Web server for Solaris 2.4 Mime-Version: 1.0
Tricia..
> Hi Sun-lers, Hello....
> I have questions of setting up a Web server on solaris 2.4. This Web server, > I just want to set for internal use only. I'll summarize. > > 1) Where can I can get a WEB server software?. How much does it cost? > > 2) Is there any books or tutorial tell you how to set up? > > 3) How easy to set up and what's need to make it happen?. > > Any additional tips are greatly appreciated. >
I'd recomend starting with Apache. It's *free*, works quite well, is stable, standard, etc. Documentation is available on-line. Should at least be enough to get you started, I think. We've been running it on our (simple for now) pages for a while, and it never seems to have a problem, and I know of a lot of sites that are running Apache, too.
Ok. Here' the Apache web page: Start from there. http://www.apache.org/
Let me know ifn you have any problems and / or questions.
> Thanks in advance > Tricia Kha You're welcome! Glad to help.
-Nick
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>From miquel@proton.uab.es Thu Oct 3 07:02 PDT 1996 Date: Thu, 03 Oct 1996 15:52:04 +0200 From: miquel@proton.uab.es (Miquel Cabanas. BBM-UAB) Subject: Re: Web server for Solaris 2.4 To: tkha@wsgc.com Cc: miquel@proton.uab.es MIME-version: 1.0
> From tkha@wsgc.com Thu Oct 3 13:51:49 1996 > > Yes, please forward all the replies that you got. In addition, I need more > help from you since you installed the apache server.
ok, i'll send you the replies in a separate mail (later)
> I downed load the file from apache site. I followed the intruction on online > documents. > > During the compile time: > 1. when I type "make" I got the the following message on every single file > when it compiled. > "Warning: option -2 passed to ld" > then, it done and produce an executable file "httpd". > > 2. I modified the httpd.conf file and srm.conf. > servertype standalone > port 8080 > > 3. Final, I did added the line into the /etc/services > httpd 8080/tcp > then, I start the server by typed > "/usr/local/etc/httpd/httpd -f /usr/local/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf" > But seem nothing running. I checked the process nothing about httpd running. > > Did I do anything wrong?. Please help. >
1. you can ignore the message. Somewhere in the makefile a '-2' flag was defined and passed to the linker, don't worry, it's not a valid flag for it and that's why the message. The linker ignored it, you do the same.
2. i've only seen the servertype & port options in the httpd.conf
also, beware that setting the server to use a port different from the default one, will force your URL to be, http://www_your.domain.com:8080 another problem is that many web browsers running behind firewalls are only allowed to use port-80, thus, they will not reach your server
3. seems ok
so, in 'httpd.conf' what's your?
ServerRoot if set to '/usr/local/etc/httpd' you will not have to tell your daemon where to find the configuration file
suggested: ServerRoot /usr/local/etc/httpd
Listen i'm not sure, but i think you'll have to tell your daemon were to listen other than the default port
suggested: Listen 8080
and then it should run, beware that if you've changed the default ServerRoot you'll have to indicate it when you start the daemon,
# /usr/local/etc/httpd/httpd -f /usr/local/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf \ -d /usr/local/etc/httpd
Give it a try and let me know if it works. If it doesn't, well, i'll need more info.
PS i've attached the shell script i placed in /etc/init.d to start/stop the daemon (ie at boot time) you'll have to customize it to your site Then, link it
# ln -s /etc/init.d/httpd.server /etc/rc2.d/K70httpd.server # ln -s /etc/init.d/httpd.server /etc/rc3.d/S19httpd.server
this will automatically start it when entering state 3, and kill it when going to state 2 (or lower)
miquel
Miquel E Cabanas --------------------------------------------------- SeRMN & BBM - Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Catalunya - Spain
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>From bwiap!ain.bls.com!fletch@bwigw.bls.com Thu Oct 3 07:14 PDT 1996 To: Tricia Kha <tkha@wsgc.com> From: Mike Fletcher <fletch@ain.bls.com> X-Url: http://www.bwi.bls.com/~fletch/ X-Tmbg: The hip hop and the white funk just blew away my puppy's mind. Subject: Re: Web server for Solaris 2.4 Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Thu, 03 Oct 1996 10:08:16 -0400
> 1) Where can I can get a WEB server software?. How much does it cost?
Apache from http://www.apache.org/ , and $0. (Can't beat that price :).
> 2) Is there any books or tutorial tell you how to set up?
It comes with example configuration files and there's online docs at their site.
> 3) How easy to set up and what's need to make it happen?.
I've been running Apache for the group I work for's internal httpd and our external company's site (http://www.bwi.bls.com) since around the first of the year. I haven't had any problems with it. If you've never installed an httpd before you can pretty much just use the example files and install everything in the default locations.
Hope that helps.
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>From demarch@ptes.com Thu Oct 3 07:59 PDT 1996 Date: Thu, 03 Oct 1996 08:06:07 -0700 From: "D. Ellen March" <demarch@ptes.com> To: tkha@wsgc.com Subject: Web server for Solaris 2.4 -Reply
I did this after only 6 months of unix experience, it was really easy. I went to the NCSA httpd web page, and there are directions and download info there. I just read along, and did what it said. Then I got some html books so I could make my own web pages. That was it!
http://corl.nbc.upenn.edu:2000/Overview.html
ellen demarch@pbis.com
>>> Tricia Kha <tkha@wsgc.com> 10/02/96 05:07pm >>> Hi Sun-lers,
I have questions of setting up a Web server on solaris 2.4. This Web server, I just want to set for internal use only. I'll summarize.
1) Where can I can get a WEB server software?. How much does it cost?
2) Is there any books or tutorial tell you how to set up?
3) How easy to set up and what's need to make it happen?.
Any additional tips are greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance Tricia Kha
****************************************** Tricia Kha Manager of Database Management Phone: (415) 616-8697 Fax: (415) 616-8450 ******************************************
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>From st@sw.org.sg Thu Oct 3 08:42 PDT 1996 Date: Thu, 03 Oct 1996 23:38:58 +0800 From: Stanislav Protassov <st@sw.org.sg> MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Tricia Kha <tkha@wsgc.com> Subject: Re: Web server for Solaris 2.4 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Hi,
take a look at http://www.apache.org/
Tricia Kha wrote: > > Hi Sun-lers, > > I have questions of setting up a Web server on solaris 2.4. This Web server, > I just want to set for internal use only. I'll summarize.
It does not matter. Actually it's the best web-server for today. > 1) Where can I can get a WEB server software?. How much does it cost?
Right there. You can download binaries or sources for free. > 2) Is there any books or tutorial tell you how to set up?
They've got a good documentation on their web-site. > 3) How easy to set up and what's need to make it happen?.
Pretty easy - it comes with examples of conf files, so you just need to change them according your network configuration to start with. > Any additional tips are greatly appreciated. > > Thanks in advance > Tricia Kha > > ****************************************** > Tricia Kha > Manager of Database Management > Phone: (415) 616-8697 > Fax: (415) 616-8450 > ******************************************
-- Best regards, Stanislav Protassov ----------------------------------------------------------- ARCHDUKE FERDINAND FOUND ALIVE -- FIRST WORLD WAR A MISTAKE
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>From justiny@cluster.engr.subr.edu Thu Oct 3 09:24 PDT 1996 Date: Thu, 3 Oct 1996 11:24:43 -0500 (CDT) From: Justin Young <justiny@cluster.engr.subr.edu> To: Tricia Kha <tkha@wsgc.com> Subject: Re: Web server for Solaris 2.4 Mime-Version: 1.0
Simple go to http://www.apache.org/. It will tell you all you need to know. Also, patch, patch, patch, patch, patch Solaris 2.4!
Justin Young http://me.subr.edu/~justin 2212 Heck Young Rd. ME Student/Systems Asst Baker, LA 70714 Southern University (504)-771-4070 justiny@engr.subr.edu
On Wed, 2 Oct 1996, Tricia Kha wrote:
> Hi Sun-lers, > > I have questions of setting up a Web server on solaris 2.4. This Web server, > I just want to set for internal use only. I'll summarize. > > 1) Where can I can get a WEB server software?. How much does it cost? > > 2) Is there any books or tutorial tell you how to set up? > > 3) How easy to set up and what's need to make it happen?. > > Any additional tips are greatly appreciated. > > Thanks in advance > Tricia Kha > > > > > ****************************************** > Tricia Kha > Manager of Database Management > Phone: (415) 616-8697 > Fax: (415) 616-8450 > ****************************************** > >
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>From rsk@itw.com Thu Oct 3 09:42 PDT 1996 From: Rich Kulawiec <rsk@itw.com> Subject: Re: Web server for Solaris 2.4 To: tkha@wsgc.com Date: Thu, 3 Oct 1996 12:41:11 -0400 (EDT) X-Last-River: Grizzly River Rampage, Nashville, Tennessee X-Last-CD: Nields, "Gotta Get Over Greta" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
>I have questions of setting up a Web server on solaris 2.4. This Web server, >I just want to set for internal use only. I'll summarize. > >1) Where can I can get a WEB server software?. How much does it cost? > >2) Is there any books or tutorial tell you how to set up? > >3) How easy to set up and what's need to make it happen?. > >Any additional tips are greatly appreciated.
You can find the answers to all these questions and more by consulting the WWW series of FAQ's, found in Usenet newsgroup news.answers and at http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/.
---Rsk
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>From kimble@alpha.maths.unsw.EDU.AU Thu Oct 3 16:46 PDT 1996 Date: Fri, 4 Oct 1996 09:44:57 +1000 (EST) From: Kimble Britten Webb <kimble@maths.unsw.EDU.AU> To: Tricia Kha <tkha@wsgc.com> Subject: Re: Web server for Solaris 2.4 MIME-Version: 1.0
there is a binary ... you could try that first and then do the source version. [that will make sure the config is ok - tell me how you go] kimble. 8*) i did not compile under 2.4 - just saw the binary [osf & irix] see [quicker too] http://www.apache.org/dist/binaries/solaris_2.4/
On Thu, 3 Oct 1996, Tricia Kha wrote:
> I guess I need more help from you. I downed load the file from apache site. > I followed the intruction on online documents. > > During the compile time: > 1. when I type "make" I got the the following message on every single file > when it compiled. > "Warning: option -2 passed to ld" > then, it done and produce an executable file "httpd". > > 2. I modified the httpd.conf file and srm.conf. > servertype standalone > port 8080 > > 3. Final, I did added the line into the /etc/services > httpd 8080/tcp > then, I start the server by typed > "/usr/local/etc/httpd/httpd -f /usr/local/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf" > But seem nothing running. I checked the process nothing about httpd running. > > Did I do anything wrong?. Please help. > > Thanks > Tricia > > At 01:06 PM 10/3/96 +1000, you wrote: > >look at http://www.apache.org/ > > > >very nice free server & fast & configurable - see the page for other info > >enjoy > > kimble. > > > >-- > >Kimble Webb kimble@maths.unsw.edu.au > >School of Mathematics ph: +61 (2) 9385-3238 > >University of New South Wales NSW 2052 fax: +61 (2) 9385-1071 > >Australia > > > > > > ****************************************** > Tricia Kha > Manager of Database Management > Phone: (415) 616-8697 > Fax: (415) 616-8450 > ****************************************** > >
-- Kimble Webb kimble@maths.unsw.edu.au School of Mathematics ph: +61 (2) 9385-3238 University of New South Wales NSW 2052 fax: +61 (2) 9385-1071 Australia
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>From miquel@proton.uab.es Fri Oct 4 03:20 PDT 1996 Date: Fri, 04 Oct 1996 12:12:42 +0200 From: miquel@proton.uab.es (Miquel Cabanas. BBM-UAB) Subject: Re: Web server for Solaris 2.4 To: tkha@wsgc.com MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT
> From tkha@wsgc.com Fri Oct 4 11:24:11 1996 > > Now, I have another problem. > > When I start netscape from the server and client machine. They're > complaining about " HTTPd: could not bind to port 8080 bind: Address > already in use" > > But, I checked the /etc/service file. There're only one port 8080 assigned to > httpd. We don't have DNS. We're using NIS+. Is that matter?. Also, when I > set up the servername. It complain about not in DNS. >
if you are running httpd in standalone mode you'll have to remove the httpd/8080 entrance in /etc/services. Otherwise, i guess that inetd is taking over it and not letting httpd bind to this port
check in your httpd.conf file for the ServerType definition. Usually you want httpd to bind to its own port and avoid the overhead of having httpd traffic go through inetd
about the servername directive. If you've set it to something different than your real hostname, you'll have to include the alias it in the /etc/hosts file or in the NIS+ table. About the last i'm not sure, i'm not familiar with NIS, but i had my web server name aliased from 'carbon.uab.es' to 'mrui-web.uab.es' and it failed to correctly work (in spite of being defined as an alternative hostname in the university nameserver) until i included it in /etc/hosts
# # this machine. Also the web server, aliased to mrui-web and bbm-web # xxx.xxx.xx.xxx carbon.uab.es carbon loghost host mrui-web bbm-web
so i guess the same holds true for the case of using NIS/NIS+. Alternatively, you could set a small /etc/hosts file and instruct the /etc/nsswithch.conf to read in as a last resource.
let me know if this fixes the problems
miquel
Miquel E Cabanas --------------------------------------------------- SeRMN & BBM - Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Catalunya - Spain
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>From john@oncology.uthscsa.edu Fri Oct 4 10:25 PDT 1996 Date: Fri, 4 Oct 1996 12:17:03 -0500 (CDT) From: John Justin Hough <john@oncology.uthscsa.edu> To: tkha@wsgc.com Subject: Re: Web server for Solaris 2.4
1) Where can I can get a WEB server software?.
www.w3.org ?/pub/WWW/Daemon? -- Cern server www.ncsa.edu -- NCSA www.apachie.org www.netscape.com www.oracle.com
-- plus I know that there is a server built in java
How much does it cost?
The first three above are free.
Netscape for edu's is free but costs money for .com's. I don't know how much they are but their server's are nice and the have nice web administration front ends which could make them well worth buying if you don't have a lot of time.
I have downloaded Oracle's, put I haven't played with it yet. It seems to me that if you have an Oracle database it aught to just plug right into your and get data out eliminating a lot of scripts or third party software and might be pretty darn fast.
2) Is there any books or tutorial tell you how to set up?
There are FAQ's with the PD web servers, and then there are lots of books. Is there a Barnes & Noble or Book Stop close by - they'll have a wall of books on this topic.
3) How easy to set up and what's need to make it happen?.
Pick a place to build the web tree, compile and install the server.
For the public domain ones, you can restrict for internal use with TCPwrappers which is what I have done. With Netscape you can tell it what hosts have administrative access and specify a domain for user access. To be fair, in the cern and the apache server's configuration files there is an option to specify the domain. But I feel better with tcpwrappers.
john
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