Content Engines; Server Extensions - Netscape ENTREPRISE SERVER 6.1 - 04-2002 ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual

Enterprise Server Architecture
• Application Services
These server modules are described in the following sections.

Content Engines

Enterprise Server content engines are designed for manipulating customer data.
The following two content engines make up the content layer of the Enterprise
Server architecture: HTTP (Web Server), Content Management, and Search.
The HTTP engine represents the core of the Enterprise Server. From a functional
perspective, the rest of the Enterprise Server architecture resides on top of this
engine for performance and integration functionality.
The Search engine enables Enterprise Server users to search the contents and
attributes of documents on the server. As the server administrator, you can create a
customized text search interface that works with various types of documents
formats, such as HTML, Microsoft Word, Adobe PDF, and WordPerfect. Enterprise
Server converts many types of non-HTML documents into HTML as it indexes
them so that users can use your web browser to view the documents that are found
for their search.

Server Extensions

The Enterprise Server extensions enable you to extend or replace the function of the
server to better suit your business operations. The following server extensions are
part of the core Enterprise Server architecture:
• Common Gateway Interface (CGI)
• Netscape Server Application Programming Interface (NSAPI)
• Java Servlets and JavaServer Pages
Common Gateway Interface (CGI) is a stand-alone application development
interface that enables you to create programs that process your client requests
dynamically.
Netscape Server Application Programming Interface (NSAPI) is used to
implement the functions the server calls when processing a request (Server
Application Functions) which provide the core and extended functionality of the
Enterprise Server. It allows the server's processing of requests to be divided into
small steps which may be arranged in a variety of ways for speed and flexible
configuration.
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