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Using Apache With Novell NetWare
This document explains how to install, configure and run Apache 2.0 under Novell NetWare 6.0 and above. If you find any bugs, or wish to contribute in other ways, please use our bug reporting page.
The bug reporting page and dev-httpd mailing list are not provided to answer questions about configuration or running Apache. Before you submit a bug report or request, first consult this document, the Frequently Asked Questions page and the other relevant documentation topics. If you still have a question or problem, post it to the novell.devsup.webserver newsgroup, where many Apache users are more than willing to answer new and obscure questions about using Apache on NetWare.
Most of this document assumes that you are installing Apache from a binary distribution. If you want to compile Apache yourself (possibly to help with development, or to track down bugs), see the section on Compiling Apache for NetWare below.
Requirements
Apache 2.0 is designed to run on NetWare 6.0 service pack 3 and above. If you are running a service pack less than SP3, you must install the latest NetWare Libraries for C (LibC).
NetWare service packs are available here.
Apache 2.0 for NetWare can also be run in a NetWare 5.1 environment as long as the latest service pack or the latest version of the NetWare Libraries for C (LibC) has been installed . WARNING: Apache 2.0 for NetWare has not been targeted for or tested in this environment.
Downloading Apache for NetWare
Information on the latest version of Apache can be found on the Apache web server at http://www.apache.org/. This will list the current release, any more recent alpha or beta-test releases, together with details of mirror web and anonymous ftp sites. Binary builds of the latest releases of Apache 2.0 for NetWare can be downloaded from here.
Installing Apache for NetWare
There is no Apache install program for NetWare currently. If you are building Apache 2.0 for NetWare from source, you will need to copy the files over to the server manually.
Follow these steps to install Apache on NetWare from the
binary download (assuming you will install to
sys:/apache2):
- Unzip the binary download file to the root of the
SYS:volume (may be installed to any volume) - Edit the
httpd.conffile settingServerRoot和ServerNamealong with any file path values to reflect your correct server settings - Add
SYS:/APACHE2to the search path, for example:SEARCH ADD SYS:\APACHE2
Follow these steps to install Apache on NetWare manually
from your own build source (assuming you will install to
sys:/apache2):
- Create a directory called
Apache2on a NetWare volume - Copy
APACHE2.NLM,APRLIB.NLMtoSYS:/APACHE2 - Create a directory under
SYS:/APACHE2calledBIN - Copy
HTDIGEST.NLM,HTPASSWD.NLM,HTDBM.NLM,LOGRES.NLM,ROTLOGS.NLMtoSYS:/APACHE2/BIN - Create a directory under
SYS:/APACHE2calledCONF - Copy the
HTTPD-STD.CONFfile to theSYS:/APACHE2/CONFdirectory and rename toHTTPD.CONF - Copy the
MIME.TYPES,CHARSET.CONV和MAGICfiles toSYS:/APACHE2/CONFdirectory - Copy all files and subdirectories in
\HTTPD-2.0\DOCS\ICONStoSYS:/APACHE2/ICONS - Copy all files and subdirectories in
\HTTPD-2.0\DOCS\MANUALtoSYS:/APACHE2/MANUAL - Copy all files and subdirectories in
\HTTPD-2.0\DOCS\ERRORtoSYS:/APACHE2/ERROR - Copy all files and subdirectories in
\HTTPD-2.0\DOCS\DOCROOTtoSYS:/APACHE2/HTDOCS - Create the directory
SYS:/APACHE2/LOGSon the server - Create the directory
SYS:/APACHE2/CGI-BINon the server - Create the directory
SYS:/APACHE2/MODULESand copy all nlm modules into themodulesdirectory - Edit the
HTTPD.CONFfile searching for all@@Value@@markers and replacing them with the appropriate setting - Add
SYS:/APACHE2to the search path, for example:SEARCH ADD SYS:\APACHE2
Apache may be installed to other volumes besides the default SYS volume.
During the build process, adding the keyword "install" to the makefile command line
will automatically produce a complete distribution package under the subdirectory
DIST. Install Apache by simply copying the distribution that was produced
by the makfiles to the root of a NetWare volume (see: Compiling Apache for
NetWare below).
Running Apache for NetWare
To start Apache just type apache at the
console. This will load apache in the OS address space. If you
prefer to load Apache in a protected address space you may
specify the address space with the load statement as follows:
load address space = apache2 apache2
This will load Apache into an address space called apache2. Running multiple instances of Apache concurrently on NetWare is possible by loading each instance into its own protected address space.
After starting Apache, it will be listening to port 80
(unless you changed the Listen
directive in the configuration files).
To connect to the server and access the default page,
launch a browser and enter the server's name or address. This
should respond with a welcome page, and a link to the Apache
manual. If nothing happens or you get an error, look in the
error_log file in the logs
directory.
Once your basic installation is working, you should
configure it properly by editing the files in the
conf directory.
To unload Apache running in the OS address space just type the following at the console:
unload apache2
或
apache2 shutdown
If apache is running in a protected address space specify the address space in the unload statement:
unload address space = apache2 apache2
When working with Apache it is important to know how it will find the configuration files. You can specify a configuration file on the command line in two ways:
-
-fspecifies a path to a particular configuration file
apache2 -f "vol:/my server/conf/my.conf"
apache -f test/test.conf
In these cases, the proper ServerRoot
should be set in the configuration file.
If you don't specify a configuration file name with -f,
Apache will use the file name compiled into the server, usually
conf/httpd.conf. Invoking Apache with the -V
switch will display this value labeled as SERVER_CONFIG_FILE.
Apache will then determine its ServerRoot
by trying the following, in this order:
- A
ServerRootdirective via a-Cswitch. - The
-dswitch on the command line. - Current working directory
- The server root compiled into the server.
The server root compiled into the server is usually sys:/apache2.
invoking apache with the -V switch will display this value labeled as
HTTPD_ROOT.
Apache 2.0 for NetWare includes a set of command line directives that can
be used to modify or display information about the running instance of the
web server. These directives are only available while Apache is running. Each
of these directives must be preceded by the keyword APACHE2.
- RESTART
- Instructs Apache to terminate all running worker threads as they become idle, reread the configuration file and restart each worker thread based on the new configuration.
- VERSION
- Displays version information about the currently running instance of Apache.
- MODULES
- Displays a list of loaded modules both built-in and external.
- DIRECTIVES
- Displays a list of all available directives.
- SETTINGS
- Enables or disables the thread status display on the console. When enabled, the state of each running threads is displayed on the Apache console screen.
- SHUTDOWN
- Terminates the running instance of the Apache web server.
- HELP
- Describes each of the runtime directives.
By default these directives are issued against the instance of Apache running in the OS address space. To issue a directive against a specific instance running in a protected address space, include the -p parameter along with the name of the address space. For more information type "apache2 Help" on the command line.
Configuring Apache for NetWare
Apache is configured by reading configuration files usually stored
in the conf directory. These are the same as files used
to configure the Unix version, but there are a few different directives for
Apache on NetWare. See the Apache
documentation for all the available directives.
The main differences in Apache for NetWare are:
-
Because Apache for NetWare is multithreaded, it does not use a separate process for each request, as Apache does on some Unix implementations. Instead there are only threads running: a parent thread, and multiple child or worker threads which handle the requests.
Therefore the "process"-management directives are different:
MaxRequestsPerChild- Like the Unix directive, this controls how many requests a worker thread will serve before exiting. The recommended default,MaxRequestsPerChild 0, causes the thread to continue servicing request indefinitely. It is recommended on NetWare, unless there is some specific reason, that this directive always remain set to0.StartThreads- This directive tells the server how many threads it should start initially. The recommended default isStartThreads 50.MinSpareThreads- This directive instructs the server to spawn additional worker threads if the number of idle threads ever falls below this value. The recommended default isMinSpareThreads 10.MaxSpareThreads- This directive instructs the server to begin terminating worker threads if the number of idle threads ever exceeds this value. The recommended default isMaxSpareThreads 100.MaxThreads- This directive limits the total number of work threads to a maximum value. The recommended default isThreadsPerChild 250.ThreadStackSize- This directive tells the server what size of stack to use for the individual worker thread. The recommended default isThreadStackSize 65536. -
The directives that accept filenames as arguments must use NetWare filenames instead of Unix names. However, because Apache uses Unix-style names internally, forward slashes must be used rather than backslashes. It is recommended that all rooted file paths begin with a volume name. If omitted, Apache will assume the
SYS:volume which may not be correct. -
Apache for NetWare has the ability to load modules at runtime, without recompiling the server. If Apache is compiled normally, it will install a number of optional modules in the
\Apache2\modulesdirectory. To activate these, or other modules, theLoadModuledirective must be used. For example, to active the status module, use the following:LoadModule status_module modules/status.nlmInformation on creating loadable modules is also available.
Additional NetWare specific directives:
-
CGIMapExtension- This directive maps a CGI file extension to a script interpreter.
-
SecureListen- Enables SSL encryption for a specified port.
-
NWSSLTrustedCerts- Adds trusted certificates that are used to create secure connections to proxied servers.
-
NWSSLUpgradeable- Allow a connection created on the specified address/port to be upgraded to an SSL connection.
Compiling Apache for NetWare
Compiling Apache requires MetroWerks CodeWarrior 6.x or higher. Once
Apache has been built, it can be installed to the root of any NetWare
volume. The default is the sys:/Apache2 directory.
Before running the server you must fill out the conf
directory. Copy the file HTTPD-STD.CONF from the distribution
conf directory and rename it to HTTPD.CONF.
Edit the HTTPD.CONF file searching for all @@Value@@
markers and replacing them with the appropriate setting. Copy over
the conf/magic和conf/mime.types files as well.
Alternatively, a complete distribution can be built by including the keyword
install when invoking the makefiles.
Requirements:
The following development tools are required to build Apache 2.0 for NetWare:
- Metrowerks CodeWarrior 6.0 or higher with the NetWare PDK 3.0 or higher.
- NetWare Libraries for C (LibC)
- LDAP Libraries for C
- ZLIB Compression Library source code
- AWK utility (awk, gawk or similar). AWK can be downloaded from
http://developer.novell.com/ndk/apache.htm.
The utility must be found in your windows path and must be named
awk.exe. - To build using the makefiles, you will need GNU make version 3.78.1 (GMake) available at http://developer.novell.com/ndk/apache.htm.
Building Apache using the NetWare makefiles:
- Set the environment variable
NOVELLLIBCto the location of the NetWare Libraries for C SDK, for example:Set NOVELLLIBC=c:\novell\ndk\libc - Set the environment variable
METROWERKSto the location where you installed the Metrowerks CodeWarrior compiler, for example:If you installed to the default locationSet METROWERKS=C:\Program Files\Metrowerks\CodeWarriorC:\Program Files\Metrowerks\CodeWarrior, you don't need to set this. - Set the environment variable
LDAPSDKto the location where you installed the LDAP Libraries for C, for example:Set LDAPSDK=c:\Novell\NDK\cldapsdk\NetWare\libc - Set the environment variable
ZLIBSDKto the location where you installed the source code for the ZLib Library, for example:Set ZLIBSDK=D:\NOVELL\zlib - Set the environment variable
AP_WORKto the full path of thehttpdsource code directory.Set AP_WORK=D:\httpd-2.0.x - Set the environment variable
APR_WORKto the full path of theaprsource code directory. Typically\httpd\srclib\aprbut the APR project can be outside of the httpd directory structure.Set APR_WORK=D:\apr-1.x.x - Set the environment variable
APU_WORKto the full path of theapr-utilsource code directory. Typically\httpd\srclib\apr-utilbut the APR-UTIL project can be outside of the httpd directory structure.Set APU_WORK=D:\apr-util-1.x.x - Make sure that the path to the AWK utility and the GNU make utility
(
gmake.exe) have been included in the system'sPATHenvironment variable. - Download the source code and unzip to an appropriate directory on your workstation.
- Change directory to
\httpd-2.0and build the prebuild utilities by running "gmake -f nwgnumakefile prebuild". This target will create the directory\httpd-2.0\nwprebuildand copy each of the utilities to this location that are necessary to complete the following build steps. - Copy the files
\httpd-2.0\nwprebuild\GENCHARS.nlm和\httpd-2.0\nwprebuild\DFTABLES.nlmto theSYS:volume of a NetWare server and run them using the following commands:SYS:\genchars > sys:\test_char.h
SYS:\dftables sys:\chartables.c - Copy the files
test_char.h和chartables.cto the directory\httpd-2.0\os\netwareon the build machine. - Change directory to
\httpd-2.0and build Apache by running "gmake -f nwgnumakefile". You can create a distribution directory by adding an install parameter to the command, for example:gmake -f nwgnumakefile install
Additional make options
-
gmake -f nwgnumakefileBuilds release versions of all of the binaries and copies them to a
\releasedestination directory. -
gmake -f nwgnumakefile DEBUG=1Builds debug versions of all of the binaries and copies them to a
\debugdestination directory. -
gmake -f nwgnumakefile installCreates a complete Apache distribution with binaries, docs and additional support files in a
\dist\Apache2directory. -
gmake -f nwgnumakefile prebuildBuilds all of the prebuild utilities and copies them to the
\nwprebuilddirectory. -
gmake -f nwgnumakefile installdevSame as install but also creates a
\lib和\includedirectory in the destination directory and copies headers and import files. -
gmake -f nwgnumakefile cleanCleans all object files and binaries from the
\release.o或\debug.obuild areas depending on whetherDEBUGhas been defined. -
gmake -f nwgnumakefile clobber_allSame as clean and also deletes the distribution directory if it exists.
Additional environment variable options
- To build all of the experimental modules, set the environment
variable
EXPERIMENTAL:Set EXPERIMENTAL=1 - To build Apache using standard BSD style sockets rather than
Winsock, set the environment variable
USE_STDSOCKETS:Set USE_STDSOCKETS=1
Building mod_ssl for the NetWare platform
By default Apache for NetWare uses the built-in module
mod_nw_ssl to provide SSL services. This module
simply enables the native SSL services implemented in NetWare OS
to handle all encryption for a given port. Alternatively, mod_ssl
can also be used in the same manner as on other platforms.
Before mod_ssl can be built for the NetWare platform, the OpenSSL libraries must be provided. This can be done through the following steps:
- Download the latest NetWare patch for OpenSSL from the OpenSSL Contribution page.
- Download the corresponding OpenSSL source code from the OpenSSL Source page.
- At the root of the OpenSSL source directory, apply the NetWare
patch using the "patch" utility, for example:
patch -p 1 -i netwarepatch-0.9.7g.diff - Edit the file
NetWare/set_env.batand modify any tools and utilities paths so that they correspond to your build environment. - From the root of the OpenSSL source directory, run the following
scripts:
Netware/set_env netware-libc
Netware/build netware-libc - Before building Apache, set the environment variable
OSSLSDKto the full path to the root of the openssl source code directory.Set OSSLSDK=d:\openssl-0.9.7x