http-listener (Sun Java System Application Server Enterprise Edition 8.1 2005Q2 Administration Reference)

Sun Java System Application Server Enterprise Edition 8.1 2005Q2 Administration Reference

http-listener

Defines an HTTP listen socket. The connection-pool subelement of the parent http-service element also configures some listen socket settings.

Superelements

http-service

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the http-listener element.

Table 1–59 http-listener Subelements


Element	Required	Description
ssl	zero or one	Defines SSL parameters.
property	zero or more	Specifies a property or a variable.

Attributes

The following table describes attributes for the http-listener element.

Table 1–60 http-listener Attributes


Attribute	Default	Description
`id`	none	The unique listener name. An `http-listener` name cannot begin with a number.
`address`	none	IP address of the listener. Can be in dotted-pair or IPv6 notation. Can be `any` (for `INADDR_ANY`) to listen on all IP addresses. Can be a hostname.
`port`	none	Port number on which the listener listens. Legal values are `1` - `65535`. On UNIX, creating sockets that listen on ports `1` - `1024` requires superuser privileges. Configuring an SSL listener to listen on port 443 is standard.
`external-port`	none	(optional) Specifies the external port on which the connection is made.
`family`	`inet`	(optional) Specifies whether the IP address is an `inet` or `ncsa` address.
`blocking-enabled`	`false`	(optional) If `true`, enables blocking on both the external and listener ports.
`acceptor-threads`	`1`	(optional) Number of acceptor threads for the listener, typically the number of processors in the machine. Legal values are `1` - `1024` .
`security-enabled`	`false`	(optional) Determines whether the listener runs SSL. To turn SSL2 or SSL3 on or off and set ciphers, use an `ssl` subelement.
`default-virtual-server`	none	References the `id` attribute of the default virtual-server for this particular listener.
`server-name`	none	Tells the server what to put in the host name section of any URLs it sends to the client. This affects URLs the server automatically generates; it doesn’t affect the URLs for directories and files stored in the server. If your server uses an alias, the `server-name` should be the alias name. If a colon and port number are appended, that port is used in URLs the server sends to the client.
`redirect-port`	none	(optional) If the listener is supporting non-SSL requests and a request is received for which a matching `<security-constraint>` requires SSL transport, the request is automatically redirected to the port number specified here.
`xpowered-by`	`true`	(optional) If true, `X-Powered-By` headers are used according to the Servlet 2.4 and JSP 2.0 specifications.
`enabled`	`true`	(optional) Determines whether the listener is active.