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Used to view and change general server parameters.

Form

iServer Administrator - Server

Fields

    Username The username of the administrator.

    admin is the default username.

    Password The password of the administrator.

    admin is the default password.

    Port The port number to use, a value from [1, 65536].

    8080 is the default for iServer.

    80 is the default for Web Servers.

    Only one application at a time can use any given port number.

    Root Directory The root directory for html files and documents.

    ./wwwroot is the default for iServer.

    ./public_html is also a popular value used by Web Servers.

    All references to files are made relative the base directory.

    Default File The name of the default html document to retrieve, if non was specified.

    index.html is the default for iServer.

    Connections The default number of threads to startup.

    25 is the default for iServer.

    The number specified must be greater then or equal to 5.

    Maximum Connections The maximum number of threads to startup.

    50 is the default for iServer.

    The value must be greater than or equal to the number of connections.

    Timeout The number of milliseconds to wait for the client to respond before closing the connection.

    1000 milliseconds is the default for iServer.

    The number must be at least 1000.

    File Cache Size The amount of memory in megabytes to use as a file cache.

    8 is the default for iServer.

    Must be 1 or more megabytes in size. Use 0 to disable the cache.

    A file cache may improve performance.

    Keep Alive Enabled Used to indicate whether the connection should be kept opened between requests.

    Yes is the default for iServer.

    Setting this value to No may have a negative impact on performance.

    Keep Alive Requests The maximum number of consecutive requests that will be allowed before the connection is closed.

    5 is the default for iServer.

    The number must be at least 5.

    Setting this value too large may result in denial of service.

    Keep Alive Timeout The maximum number of seconds to service a client requests before clossing the connection.

    30 seconds is the default for iServer.

    The number must be 15 or more seconds.

    Setting this value too large may result in denial of service.

    Session Timeout The maximum number of minutes that a session can without being accessed before it is invalidated.

    30 minutes is the default for iServer.

    A negative value indicates to maintain all sessions while the server is running.

    Setting this value too large may impact performance and memory requirements.

    Session Manager Interval Check for invalid sessions every n minutes.

    5 minutes is the default for iServer.

    The number must be at least 1 minute.

    Setting this value too large or too small may impact performance and memory requirements.

    Log Access Whether to log requests.

    Yes is the default for iServer.

    Setting this value to No will result in no access log being maintained. Setting this value to Yes may have a negative impact on performance.

    iServer uses /iws/logs/access.log to store access log information.

    Log Events Whether to log events.

    Yes is the default for iServer.

    Setting this value to No will result in no log being maintained for events. Setting this value to Yes may have a negative impact on performance.

    iServer uses /iws/logs/events.log to store event information.

    Log Errors Whether to log errors.

    Yes is the default for iServer.

    Setting this value to No will result in no log being maintained for errrors. Setting this value to Yes may have a negative impact on performance.

    iServer uses /iws/logs/errors.log to store error information.

    Directory Access Whether to allow directories to be displayed.

    No is the default for iServer.

    Setting this value to Yes is potentially a security hole.

    iServer uses /iws/html/directory.html, an html template, when displaying a directory.

    Shell Access Whether to allow CGI scripts and SSI #exec to have shell access.

    No is the default for iServer.

    Setting this value to Yes is potentially a security hole.

    Security Enabled Whether to check if a client can access resources being requested.

    Yes is the default for iServer.

    Setting this value to Yes may have a negative impact on performance.

    Connection Pools Enabled Whether to enable defined connection pools.

    Yes is the default for iServer.

    Setting this value to Yes may improve performance.

Actions

    SAVE Used to save changes made and to return the Control Panel form.
    CANCEL Used to discard changes made and to return the Control Panel form.

Notes

    Changes made will not be used until the iServer is restarted.

    Administrators should immediately change the default Username/Password from the Server form [Login > Control Panel > Manage > Server].

    Username/Password should not be any obvious word, easily guessed terms, should be at least 8 characters and should contain letters, numeric and symbols.

    Additionally Username/Password should be kept private, with limited controlled disclosure and should be changed frequently.

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