Http Server Configuration - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 SP2 - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION Installation Manual

Figure 40.2 HTTP Server Wizard: Summary

HTTP Server Configuration

The HTTP Server Configuration dialog also lets you make even more adjustments to
the configuration than the wizard (which only runs if you configure your Web server
for the first time). It consists of four tabs described in the following. No configuration
option you change here is effective immediately—you always must confirm your
changes with Finish to make them effective. Clicking Cancel leaves the configuration
module and discards your changes.
Listen Ports and Addresses
In HTTP Service, select whether Apache should be running (Enabled) or stopped
(Disabled). In Listen on Ports, Add, Edit, or Delete addresses and ports on which the
server should be available. The default is to listen on all interfaces on port 80. You
should always check Open Firewall on Selected Ports, because otherwise the Web
server is not reachable from the outside. Keeping the port closed is only useful in test
situations where no external access to the Web server is necessary.
With Log Files, watch either the access log or the error log. This is useful if you want
to test your configuration. The log file opens in a separate window from which you can
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