Table of Contents OpenVMS with Apache, OSU, and WASD.....................................................................................................1 Introduction.........................................................................................................................................................2 Chapter 1: Why Run a Web Server on VMS?................................................................................................3 1.1 VMS clustering.................................................................................................................................3 1.2 Reliability..........................................................................................................................................3 1.3 Security.............................................................................................................................................4 1.4 You already have it...........................................................................................................................4 1.5 Can VMS do what I need?................................................................................................................4 Chapter 2: VMS and the Web..........................................................................................................................6 2.1 Beginnings........................................................................................................................................6 2.2 OSU..................................................................................................................................................6 2.3 Apache..............................................................................................................................................7 2.4 WASD and others.............................................................................................................................7 Chapter 3: Web Options...................................................................................................................................9 3.1 CSWS................................................................................................................................................9 3.2 OSU................................................................................................................................................10 3.3 WASD.............................................................................................................................................11 3.4 Which should you use?...................................................................................................................12 Chapter 4: Installation Issues.........................................................................................................................13 4.1 Preinstallation.................................................................................................................................13 4.1.1 VMS version..........................................................................................................................13 4.1.2 TCP/IP software....................................................................................................................13 4.1.3 Disk space..............................................................................................................................14 4.1.4 Network issues......................................................................................................................15 4.2 Installation guides...........................................................................................................................16 4.2.1 Downloads.............................................................................................................................16 4.2.2 CSWS....................................................................................................................................16 4.2.3 OSU.......................................................................................................................................22 4.2.4 WASD...................................................................................................................................25 Chapter 5: Basic Configuration and Server Control....................................................................................27 5.1 CSWS..............................................................................................................................................27 5.2 OSU................................................................................................................................................29 5.3 WASD.............................................................................................................................................30 5.4 Basic configuration.........................................................................................................................31 5.4.1 Ports and hostnames..............................................................................................................31 5.4.2 Document trees and index files.............................................................................................33 5.4.3 Customized error messages and Webmaster address............................................................36 5.5 Starting and stopping......................................................................................................................38 5.6 Command−line control...................................................................................................................43 5.6.1 WASD...................................................................................................................................46 5.7 Web−based control.........................................................................................................................48 i Table of Contents Chapter 6: Encrypted/Secure Communications: HTTPS Protocol Support.............................................51 6.1 HTTPS............................................................................................................................................51 6.1.1 Why?.....................................................................................................................................51 6.1.2 SSL and PKI..........................................................................................................................51 6.1.3 Getting a certificate from a CA.............................................................................................53 6.1.4 Creating a self−signed certificate..........................................................................................57 6.1.5 HTTPS dialog........................................................................................................................58 6.2 Installation......................................................................................................................................59 6.2.1 CSWS/MOD_SSL.................................................................................................................59 6.2.2 OSU.......................................................................................................................................59 6.2.3 The ENGINE interface..........................................................................................................64 6.2.4 The MST interface.................................................................................................................65 6.2.5 WASD...................................................................................................................................65 6.3 Configuration..................................................................................................................................65 6.3.1 CSWS/MOD_SSL.................................................................................................................65 6.3.2 OSU.......................................................................................................................................69 6.3.3 WASD...................................................................................................................................70 Chapter 7: Managing Access to Your Server Resources.............................................................................72 Overview...............................................................................................................................................72 7.1 Mapping resources..........................................................................................................................72 7.1.1 Apache...................................................................................................................................73 7.1.2 OSU.......................................................................................................................................76 7.1.3 WASD...................................................................................................................................78 7.2 Authentication.................................................................................................................................87 7.2.1 Apache...................................................................................................................................89