Apache Manager

Whereas other platforms require you to manually edit configuration files to configure Apache, NetWare includes a simple, Web-based graphical user interface that updates the configuration files for you: Apache Manager.

If you have multiple instances of Apache running on various platforms in your network---sometimes called a server farm---you can control them all from the Multiple Server Administration pages of Apache Manager, giving you single-point access to, and control over, all of your Web servers.

Apache Manager offers many advantages over manually configuring Apache:

• Changes to directives are done electronically, reducing the risk of errors.
• You don't have to know all of the Apache directives or modules to configure Apache.
• You can manage multiple installations of the Apache Web server from a single interface.
• Apache Manager eliminates the need to edit and maintain a large number of configuration files where many of the same directives are being used on each Apache Web server.
• You are provided with a thorough help system that includes hypertext links to the manual (Apache Web Server for NetWare Administration Guide for OES), and to specific topics within the official Apache documentation set (on apache.org).

To access Apache Manager from the secure Welcome Web site:

1. Open the secure version of the Welcome Web site using your server's URL.

   For example,

   https://myserver.mycompany.com:2200

   or

   https://192.56.89.100:2200

2. When prompted, enter your administrator username and password and then click Login.

3. In the left frame of the Welcome Web site home page, click the expand iocn next to Open Source and then click Apache 2.0.

4. After the Apache 2.0 Welcome page loads, click Administer Single Apache Server in the Apache 2.0 Links box in the upper-right corner of the main frame.