Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Update 5 Release Notes

Features and Enhancements in Update 1 Release

Web Server 7.0 Update 1 is an update release to the major release of Web Server 7.0.

In addition to the features and enhancements in Web Server 7.0 listed later in these release notes, Web Server 7.0 Update 1 supports the Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) 5.0 and Web 2.0 technologies. The details of these features and enhancements are described in the sections below.

Java Servlet 2.5 and JavaServer Pages (JSP) 2.1 Support

Web Server includes a Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE^TM) 5 compliant implementation of the Java Servlet 2.5 and JavaServer Pages^TM (JSP) 2.1 technology specifications. Web Server provides the flexibility and reliability needed to design and deploy web applications that comply with Java technology standards.

Java Servlet technology provides web developers with a simple, consistent mechanism for extending the functionality of a Web Server and for accessing existing business systems. JSP technology provides a simplified and a fast way to create dynamic web content. JSP technology enables rapid development of web-based applications that are server and platform-independent.

For information about these technologies, see http://java.sun.com/javaee/5/docs/tutorial/doc/.

JavaServer Pages Standard Tag Library and JavaServer Faces 1.2 Support

The JavaServer Pages Standard Tag Library provides custom tags that encapsulate core functionality common to many web applications. JavaServer Pages Standard Tag Library has support for common, structural tasks such as iteration and conditionals. It provides tags for manipulating XML documents, internationalization tags, and SQL tags. It also provides a framework for integrating existing custom tags with JavaServer Pages Standard Tag Library tags.

Web Server supports JavaServer Faces^TM technology. JavaServer Faces is a user interface framework for building web applications.

For information about these technologies, see: http://java.sun.com/j2ee/1.4/docs/tutorial/doc/index.html.

Java SE 5.0 and 6.0 Support

Web Server supports the 32–bit version of the Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE^TM) 5.0 and Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) 6. For the 64-bit version of Web Server, the 64–bit version of Java Development Kit (JDK^TM) software support is available.

JDK 5.0 Update 16 is delivered on Solaris, Linux and Windows as part of Web Server 7.0 Update 5 release.

The following table lists the JDK versions supported on various platforms:

Table 2 Supported JDK Versions


Operating System	Supported Java SE Version	Whether Co-packaged With Web Server	64–bit Support (Yes/No)
Solaris SPARC	1.5.0_16 1.6.0_10	Yes No	Yes
Solaris x86/AMD,AMD64	1.5.0_16 1.6.0_10	Yes No	Yes
Linux (32–bit) Linux (64–bit)	1.5.0_16 1.6.0_10	Yes No	No Yes
Windows	1.5.0_16 1.6.0_10	Yes No	No
HP-UX	1.5 (1.5.0.12–_21_mar_2008_11_52) 1.6.0.02	No	No
AIX	1.5.0 pap32dev-20080315 (SR7) 1.6.0 pap3260sr2-20080818_01(SR2)	No	No

At the time of installation, you must specify a valid path for the JDK. To use the JDK version that is not co-packaged with the product, download the software from the following location:

JDK version 1.6.0: http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp

JDK version 1.5.0: http://www.hp.com/products1/unix/java/java2/jdkjre5_0/index.html

When you use JDK 1.5.0 on AIX platform, Administration server may fail to start and displays an error message “Unable to find/open the administration server's certificate database”. This is due to the restricted security policy on the installed JDK and limiting key size.

For more information about security information on SDKs, see: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/security/50/

You can overcome this problem by downloading unrestricted security policy by clicking on “ IBM SDK Policy files”. The downloaded zip file is unpacked and the two JAR files are placed in the JRE directory (jre/lib/security/).

Accelerator Cache Technology

Web Server includes new accelerator cache technology that speeds the delivery of small files. The accelerator cache is automatically enabled and requires no configuration. For more information, see File Cache Statistics Information in Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Update 5 Performance Tuning, Sizing, and Scaling Guide.

Administration Support for Configuring FastCGI

You can configure a single FastCGI application using the Admin Console as well as the Command Line Interface (CLI).You can also configure the FastCGI with Web Server using the configuration files.

To configure multiple FastCGI applications , see Configuring Multiple FastCGI Applications in Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Update 5 Administrator’s Guide.

NetBeans Support

Web Server provides plug-ins to integrate with the NetBeans^TM Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for deploying and debugging web applications. NetBeans is a complete development environment to create Java Platform Enterprise Edition (Java EE) based web applications with the standard components.

In addition to the deployment of web applications, the plug-in also provides support for the following activities:

Manage instances, such as start or stop server instances
Enable or disable applications
Create server wide resources, such as JDBC resources and JDBC connection pools

For information about NetBeans, see: http://www.netbeans.org/kb/index.html.

For more information about using NetBeans with Web Server, see: http://webserver.netbeans.org.

Admin Console Support for Configuring Regular Expressions

Web Server provides support for writing regular expressions within the obj.conf file through the Admin Console. However, writing regular expressions through the Admin Console is limited to the form of <If>..</If> conditions for URL redirects.

For more information on using the Admin Console for writing regular expressions, see the Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Update 5 Administrator’s Guide.

GUI and CLI Support for Pattern Matching

Web Server provides support for configuring the URIs, URI prefixes, URI wildcard patterns properties through the Admin Console and the Admin CLI.

For more information on using the Admin Console for configuring URI pattern properties, see the Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Update 5 Administrator’s Guide.

For more information on using the CLI commands for configuring URI pattern properties, see the Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Update 5 CLI Reference Manual.