Novell NETWARE 6-DOCUMENTATION Manual page 2002

servers to handle both server names (for example, http://www.novell.com/ and
http://www.cambridge.com). The server can respond differently to requests
depending upon the URL, even though the server only has one IP address.
For example, an Internet service provider (ISP) installs a Web server and then
wants to set up a software virtual server for each of its customers (for example,
customers aaa, bbb, and ccc) so that each customer can have an individual
domain name.
The ISP first configures the Domain Name System (DNS) to recognize that a
customer's URL, www.aaa.com, resolves to the ISP's IP address. The ISP then
creates a subdirectory for each company (aaa, bbb, and ccc) in the document
root. These subdirectories contain the files for that company, including the
home page, aaa/HOME.HTML. Next, the ISP sets up software virtual servers.
The URL host would be www.aaa.com and the home page would be aaa/
HOME.HTML. The ISP would do this for each company it services.
Because software virtual servers use the HTTP host header to direct the user
to the correct page, not all client software works with software virtual servers.
Only client software that supports the HTTP host header will work. In the
previous example, the ISP would set up the INDEX.HTML file in the
document root to be an index page that links to all the virtual servers hosted
by the system, so all users could access the home pages.
To set up a software virtual server, do the following:
1
Click Enterprise Web Server servername > Content Management >
Software Virtual Servers.
2
Create a directory under the DOCS directory. For example,
SYS:\NOVONYX\SUITESPOT\DOCS\TEST.
3
In the URL Host field, enter the URL host whose custom home page you
want to set up. For example, test/.
4
In the Home Page field, enter the path to the home page you want to use
for this virtual server. For example INDEX.HTML.
If you enter a full path, the server uses that specific document. If you enter
a partial path, the server interprets it as relative to your primary document
directory.
5
Click OK > Save and Apply.
6
If you want to modify preferences on the default home page, click Edit
the Default Home Page at the top of the form.
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