3 Specifying Server and File Locations

3.1.1 ServerName

Enables the server to set a hostname that can be used to create redirection URLs, through which you can access directories without having to use a "/" at the end.

For example, ServerName www.company.com would be used if the main name of the actual machine was main.company.com.

3.1.2 UseCanonicalName

Determines which hostname and port to use when redirecting the URL to the same server.

• On: Server uses the hostname and port values set in ServerName and Port. This is the default setting.

• Off: Server uses the hostname and port that you specify in the request.

  For example: UseCanonicalName On.

  
  

  See Also: "UseCanonicalName directive" in the Apache Server documentation.

  
  

3.1.3 ServerAdmin

Creates an email address that is included with every default error message that clients encounter. It is useful to create a separate email address for this.

For example: ServerAdmin you@your.emailaddress.

3.1.4 ServerSignature

Enables the server to recognize which server, among the various proxies, created the returned response, such as an error message.

• on: Server creates a footer to the returned document that includes information such as ServerName and server version number. This is the default setting.

• email: Server creates an additional "mailto:" reference to the ServerAdmin of the document.

• off: Footer and "mailto:" reference are not created.

For example: ServerSignature On

3.1.5 ServerTokens

Controls server information which is returned to clients, such as in error messages. This information includes a description of the generic operating system-type of the server, and compiled-in modules.

• min(imal): provides information such as server name and version.

• OS: provides information such as server name, version and operating system.

• full: provides information such as server name, version, operating system, and complied modules.

For example: Server: Apache/1.3.0 (UNIX) PHP/3.0 MyMod/1.2

3.1.6 ServerAlias

Sets alternate names for the current virtual host.

For example:

<VirtualHost *>
ServerName server.domain.com
ServerAlias server server2.domain.com server2
...
</VirtualHost>

3.2.1 CoreDumpDirectory

Specifies the directory in which the server dumps core. The default is the ServerRoot directory. This directive is applicable to UNIX only.

For example: CoreDumpDirectory /tmp

3.2.2 DocumentRoot

Sets the directory from which httpd serves files. Unless matched by a directive like Alias, the server appends the path from the requested URL to the document root to make the path to the document for static content.

For example: DocumentRoot "/oracle/Apache/Apache/htdocs"

3.2.3 ErrorLog

Sets the name of the file to which the server notes any errors it encounters. If the name of the file does not begin with a slash (/), then it is assumed to be relative to the ServerRoot. If the name of the file begins with a pipe (|), then it is assumed to be a command to spawn to handle the error log.

For example: ErrorLog "|/private1/oracle/Apache/Apache/bin/rotatelogs /private1/oracle/Apache/Apache/logs/error_log 43200"

3.2.4 LockFile

Sets the path to the lockfile used whenOracle HTTP Server is compiled with either USE_FCNTL_SERIALIZED_ACCEPT or USE_FLOCK_SERIALIZED_ACCEPT. It is recommended that default value be used. The main reason for changing it is if the logs directory is NFS mounted, since the lockfile must be stored on a local disk.

For example: LockFile /oracle/Apache/Apache/logs/httpd.lock

3.2.5 PidFile

Enables you to set and change the location of the PID file to which the server records the process identification number. If the filename does not begin with a slash (/), then it is assumed to be relative to the ServerRoot.

For example: PidFile /oracle/Apache/Apache/logs/httpd.lock

3.2.6 ScoreBoardFile

Required in some architectures to set a file that the server uses to communicate between the parent and children processes. To verify if your architecture requires a scoreboard file, run Oracle HTTP Server and see if it creates the file named by the directive. If your architecture requires it, then you must ensure that this file is not used at the same time by more than one invocation of the server.

For example: /oracle/Apache/Apache/logs/httpd.scoreboard

3.2.7 ServerRoot

Specifies the directory that contains the conf and logs subdirectories. If the server is started with the -f option, then you will have to specify ServerRoot.

For example: "/oracle/Apache/Apache"