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IBM HTTP Server (powered by Apache) for i Overview

With the IBM HTTP Server (powered by Apache) for i you have everything you need to quickly and easily establish a Web presence and get started on the road to working the Web for business.

Apache is an open-source HTTP server that implements current HTTP standards with a focus on being secure, highly configurable, and easily extendible. It is built and distributed under the Apache Software License by the Apache Software Foundation (link resides outside of ibm.com).

Announcements
IBM HTTP Server now supports Apache 2.0.63 for V5R4
IBM HTTP Server now supports Apache 2.2.11 for V6R1
IBM Web Administration for i News
Web Site Changes and Additions

Features

The IBM HTTP Server (powered by Apache) for i includes a rich collection of features:

  • Secure by default
  • Full-function, task-oriented, web-based graphical user interface for administration and configuration of servers
  • Hot backup
  • Extended authentication using LDAP, IBM i user profiles and validation lists, Kerberos
  • Support for configuration files stored in LDAP
  • Extended SSL/TLS support, including client authentication and association between client certificates and validation lists or IBM i user profiles, TLS upgrades
  • Static and dynamic local file caching, including FRCA
  • Extended CGI support including APIs, persistence, and named activation group support
  • Configuration, instance, and group file APIs
  • Net.Data support - a full-featured and easy to learn scripting language
  • WebDAV - Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning extensions to the HTTP protocol
  • Real-time server statistics
  • Support for TRCTCPAPP and serviceability
  • Logging including log rollover/archiving/maintenance
  • Highly available HTTP server
  • Smart filtering support
  • Large file support
  • IP version 6 support added
  • Proxy load balancing support
  • Apache and HTTP API's handle data in UTF-8

The IBM Web Administration for i provides a full function GUI interface for configuring and managing many Web technologies. These features include:

  • Create and configure HTTP Servers (powered by Apache)
  • Create and configure WebSphere Application Servers
  • Create and configure WebSphere Portals
  • Create and configure an Integrated Web Application Server for i
  • Create and configure an Integrated Web Services Server for i

 
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