HTTP Server for i

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

• Large file support now available
• Web Log Monitor now available
• New user profile requirements to use the IBM Web Administration for i interface
• Support for PASE FastCGI PHP Processing is now available
• 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