/Webserver ODB tree
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Creating the /Webserver tree
The /Webserver ODB tree is created automatically when the mhttpd program is first run.
Purpose
The /Webserver ODB tree configures the behaviour and security features of mhttpd.
Examples
When initially created, the /Webserver tree contains the following keys:
[local:dev_expt:S]/WebServer>ls -lrt
Key name Type #Val Size Last Opn Mode Value
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WebServer DIR
Enable localhost port BOOL 1 4 12m 0 RWD y
localhost port INT 1 4 12m 0 RWD 8080
localhost port passwords BOOL 1 4 12m 0 RWD n
Enable insecure port BOOL 1 4 12m 0 RWD n
insecure port INT 1 4 12m 0 RWD 8081
insecure port passwords BOOL 1 4 12m 0 RWD y
insecure port host list BOOL 1 4 12m 0 RWD y
Enable https port BOOL 1 4 12m 0 RWD n
https port INT 1 4 12m 0 RWD 8443
https port passwords BOOL 1 4 12m 0 RWD y
https port host list BOOL 1 4 12m 0 RWD n
Host list STRING 10 32 12m 0 RWD
[0] localhost
[1]
[2]
[3]
[4]
[5]
[6]
[7]
[8]
[9]
Enable IPv6 BOOL 1 4 12m 0 RWD y
Proxy DIR
example STRING 1 23 12m 0 RWD #http://localhost:8080
mime.types DIR
.HTML STRING 1 10 12m 0 RWD text/html
.HTM STRING 1 10 12m 0 RWD text/html
.CSS STRING 1 9 12m 0 RWD text/css
.TXT STRING 1 11 12m 0 RWD text/plain
.ASC STRING 1 11 12m 0 RWD text/plain
.ICO STRING 1 13 12m 0 RWD image/x-icon
.GIF STRING 1 10 12m 0 RWD image/gif
.JPG STRING 1 11 12m 0 RWD image/jpeg
.JPEG STRING 1 11 12m 0 RWD image/jpeg
.PNG STRING 1 10 12m 0 RWD image/png
.SVG STRING 1 14 12m 0 RWD image/svg+xml
.BMP STRING 1 10 12m 0 RWD image/bmp
.MP3 STRING 1 11 12m 0 RWD audio/mpeg
.OGG STRING 1 10 12m 0 RWD audio/ogg
.MID STRING 1 11 12m 0 RWD audio/midi
.WAV STRING 1 10 12m 0 RWD audio/wav
.XML STRING 1 16 12m 0 RWD application/xml
.JS STRING 1 23 12m 0 RWD application/javascript
.JSON STRING 1 17 12m 0 RWD application/json
.PS STRING 1 23 12m 0 RWD application/postscript
.EPS STRING 1 23 12m 0 RWD application/postscript
.PDF STRING 1 16 12m 0 RWD application/pdf
.ZIP STRING 1 16 12m 0 RWD application/zip
.XLS STRING 1 22 12m 0 RWD application/x-msexcel
.DOC STRING 1 19 12m 0 RWD application/msword
Keys in /Webserver tree
Enable localhost port
- Type: BOOL
- Default: y
This key in the /Webserver tree tells mhttpd whether to bind to a port on localhost. The port to bind to is specified by the localhost port key.
localhost port
- Type: INT
- Default: 8080
This key in the /Webserver tree tells mhttpd which port to bind to on localhost (if Enable localhost port is true). If there are multiple experiments running on the same machine, each experiment should specify a different port.
localhost port passwords
- Type: BOOL
- Default: n
This key in the /Webserver tree tells mhttpd whether localhost connections require a password. See Create a password file in the mhttpd documentation for details on how to define the usernames/passwords.
Enable insecure port
- Type: BOOL
- Default: n
This key in the /Webserver tree tells mhttpd whether to allow http connections from other machines. The port to bind to is specified by the insecure port key.
insecure port
- Type: INT
- Default: 8081
This key in the /Webserver tree tells mhttpd which port to allow http connections on (if Enable insecure port is true). If there are multiple experiments running on the same machine, each experiment should specify a different port.
insecure port passwords
- Type: BOOL
- Default: y
This key in the /Webserver tree tells mhttpd whether http connections require a password. See Create a password file in the mhttpd documentation for details on how to define the usernames/passwords.
insecure port host list
- Type: BOOL
- Default: y
This key in the /Webserver tree tells mhttpd whether to only allow http connections from certain machines. The list of allowed machines is specified by the Host list key. Setting this to n allows http connections from any machine.
Enable https port
- Type: BOOL
- Default: n
This key in the /Webserver tree tells mhttpd whether to allow https connections from other machines. The port to bind to is specified by the https port key.
https port
- Type: INT
- Default: 8443
This key in the /Webserver tree tells mhttpd which port to allow https connections on (if Enable https port is true). If there are multiple experiments running on the same machine, each experiment should specify a different port.
https port passwords
- Type: BOOL
- Default: y
This key in the /Webserver tree tells mhttpd whether https connections require a password. See Create a password file in the mhttpd documentation for details on how to define the usernames/passwords.
https port host list
- Type: BOOL
- Default: n
This key in the /Webserver tree tells mhttpd whether to only allow https connections from certain machines. The list of allowed machines is specified by the Host list key. Setting this to n allows https connections from any machine.
Host list
- Type: Array of STRING
- Default: 10 elements, first entry set to localhost, all others empty.
This key in the /Webserver tree tells mhttpd which machines to allow connections from, if insecure port host list and/or https port host list are true. Specify one acceptable hostname per entry. You may increase the array length if you need to specify more that 10 hostnames.
Enable IPv6
- Type: BOOL
- Default: y
This key in the /Webserver tree tells mhttpd whether to allow connections via IPv6 as well as IPv4.
Proxy
- Type: DIR
This key in the /Webserver tree configures mhttpd as a proxy to other http servers.
For each server you want to proxy to, add a STRING key to the /Webserver/Proxy directory. The key is the proxy name and the value is the server address to proxy to. The URL to access the proxy is http://<your_hostname>:<your_port>/proxy/<key_name>.
By default, one entry is included with a key of example, and a value that is an invalid URL (#http://localhost:8080). If you changed this to a valid URL, you could access it at http://<your_hostname>:<your_port>/proxy/example.
If your server was running on port 8080 and you set up a proxy to port 7000, then http://localhost:8080/proxy/example/foo/bar/baz would proxy to http://localhost:7000/foo/bar/baz
mime.types
- Type: DIR
This directory tells mhttpd which MIME type to use for different file extensions. You may add more file types if desired, but most users will not need to touch this directory. Each entry in this directory is a STRING, where the key specifies the file extension (in upper case with a preceeding period, e.g. .PNG) and the value is the MIME type to use (e.g. image/png). MIME types tell web browsers what to do with different file types.