Dynamic Reconfiguration - Netscape ENTREPRISE SERVER 6.1 - 08-2002 ADMINISTRATOR Administrator's Manual

Enterprise Server Configuration
magnus.conf: contains global server configuration information (such as security
and default language selection). This file sets the values for variables that configure
the server during initialization. Enterprise Server reads this file and executes the
variable settings on startup. The server does not read this file again until it is
restarted, so you must restart the server every time you make changes to this file.
For more information, see the Netscape Enterprise Server NSAPI Programmer's Guide.
obj.conf: object configuration file. There is one file for each virtual server
obj.conf
class, or grouping of virtual servers. Whenever this guide refers to "the
obj.conf
file," it refers to all files or to the file for the virtual server class
obj.conf obj.conf
being described. All the files are located in server_root server_id .
obj.conf / /config
They are typically named vsclass , where vsclass is the virtual server class
.obj.conf
name.
The file contains settings for server customization, and instructions that
obj.conf
the server uses to process requests from clients (such as browsers). Each virtual
server references this information every time it processes a client request.
For more information about the actual file syntax and the specific directives used
by the and configuration files, see the Netscape Enterprise
obj.conf magnus.conf
Server NSAPI Programmer's Guide.
server.xml: configures the addresses and ports that the server listens on and
assigns virtual server classes and virtual servers to these listen sockets. For more
information, see the Netscape Enterprise Server NSAPI Programmer's Guide.
mime.types: the MIME (Multi-purpose Internet Mail Extension) type configuration
file. This file maps file extensions to MIME types, to enable the server to determine
the type of content being requested. For example, requests for resources with .
html
extensions indicate that the client is requesting an HTML file, while requests for
resources with extensions indicate that the client is requesting an image file in
.gif
GIF format.
For more information, see "Specifying a Default MIME Type," on page 314.

Dynamic Reconfiguration

Dynamic reconfiguration allows you to make configuration changes to a live web
server without having to stop and restart the web server for the changes to take
effect. You can dynamically change all configuration settings and attributes in
and its associated files without restarting the server.
server.xml
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