This guide describes how to administer Oracle HTTP Server.This preface contains these topics:
Oracle HTTP Server Administrator's Guide is intended for database administrators and security managers.
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This chapter describes the Oracle HTTP Server, highlighting the differences between the Oracle distribution and the open source Apache product on which it is based. It also explains how to start, stop and restart the server.
This chapter introduces you to the Oracle HTTP Server directory structure, configuration files, configuration file syntax, modules, and directives.
Chapter 3, "Specifying Server and File Locations"
This chapter explains how to set Oracle HTTP Server and server administrator options, and specifies file locations.
Chapter 4, "Managing Server Processes"
This chapter provides an overview of the Oracle HTTP Server processes, and provides information on how to regulate, and monitor these processes.
Chapter 5, "Managing the Network Connections"
This chapter provides information about specifying IP addresses and ports, and managing server interaction, and network connection persistence.
Chapter 6, "Configuring and Using Server Logs"
This chapter discusses Oracle Diagnostic Logging, log formats, and describes various log files and their locations.
Chapter 7, "Understanding Modules"
This chapter describes the modules (mods) included in the Oracle HTTP Server. The modules extend the basic functionality of the Web server, and support integration between Oracle HTTP Server and other Oracle Application Server components.
Chapter 8, "Managing Security"
This chapter provides an overview of Oracle HTTP Server security features and configuration information for setting up a secure Web site.
Appendix A, "Configuration Files"
This appendix explains commonly used Oracle HTTP Server configuration files.
Appendix B, "Frequently Asked Questions"
This appendix provides answers to frequently asked questions about Oracle HTTP Server.
Appendix C, "Third Party Licenses"
This appendix includes the Third Party Licenses for the third party products included with Oracle Application Server.
The glossary defines terminology used throughout this guide.
For more information, see these Oracle resources:
Oracle Application Server Documentation Library
Oracle Application Server Platform-Specific Documentation on Oracle Application Server Disk 1
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This section describes the conventions used in the text and code examples of this documentation set. It describes:
We use various conventions in text to help you more quickly identify special terms. The following table describes those conventions and provides examples of their use.
Convention | Meaning | Example |
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Bold | Bold typeface indicates terms that are defined in the text or terms that appear in a glossary, or both. | When you specify this clause, you create an index-organized table. |
Italics | Italic typeface indicates book titles or emphasis. | Oracle9i Database Concepts
Ensure that the recovery catalog and target database do not reside on the same disk. |
UPPERCASE monospace (fixed-width) font |
Uppercase monospace typeface indicates elements supplied by the system. Such elements include parameters, privileges, datatypes, RMAN keywords, SQL keywords, SQL*Plus or utility commands, packages and methods, as well as system-supplied column names, database objects and structures, usernames, and roles. | You can specify this clause only for a NUMBER column.
You can back up the database by using the Query the Use the |
lowercase monospace (fixed-width) font |
Lowercase monospace typeface indicates executables, filenames, directory names, and sample user-supplied elements. Such elements include computer and database names, net service names, and connect identifiers, as well as user-supplied database objects and structures, column names, packages and classes, usernames and roles, program units, and parameter values.
Note: Some programmatic elements use a mixture of UPPERCASE and lowercase. Enter these elements as shown. |
Enter sqlplus to open SQL*Plus.
The password is specified in the Back up the datafiles and control files in the The Set the Connect as The |
lowercase italic monospace (fixed-width) font |
Lowercase italic monospace font represents placeholders or variables. | You can specify the parallel_clause .
Run |
Code examples illustrate SQL, PL/SQL, SQL*Plus, or other command-line statements. They are displayed in a monospace (fixed-width) font and separated from normal text as shown in this example:
SELECT username FROM dba_users WHERE username = 'MIGRATE';
The following table describes typographic conventions used in code examples and provides examples of their use.
Convention | Meaning | Example |
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[ ] |
Brackets enclose one or more optional items. Do not enter the brackets. |
DECIMAL (digits [ , precision ]) |
{ } |
Braces enclose two or more items, one of which is required. Do not enter the braces. |
{ENABLE | DISABLE} |
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A vertical bar represents a choice of two or more options within brackets or braces. Enter one of the options. Do not enter the vertical bar. |
{ENABLE | DISABLE} [COMPRESS | NOCOMPRESS] |
... |
Horizontal ellipsis points indicate either:
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CREATE TABLE ... AS subquery; SELECT col1, col2, ... , coln FROM employees; |
. . . |
Vertical ellipsis points indicate that we have omitted several lines of code not directly related to the example. |
SQL> SELECT NAME FROM V$DATAFILE; NAME ------------------------------------ /fsl/dbs/tbs_01.dbf /fs1/dbs/tbs_02.dbf . . . /fsl/dbs/tbs_09.dbf 9 rows selected. |
Other notation | You must enter symbols other than brackets, braces, vertical bars, and ellipsis points as shown. |
acctbal NUMBER(11,2); acct CONSTANT NUMBER(4) := 3; |
Italics
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Italicized text indicates placeholders or variables for which you must supply particular values. |
CONNECT SYSTEM/system_password DB_NAME = database_name |
UPPERCASE |
Uppercase typeface indicates elements supplied by the system. We show these terms in uppercase in order to distinguish them from terms you define. Unless terms appear in brackets, enter them in the order and with the spelling shown. However, because these terms are not case sensitive, you can enter them in lowercase. |
SELECT last_name, employee_id FROM employees; SELECT * FROM USER_TABLES; DROP TABLE hr.employees; |
lowercase |
Lowercase typeface indicates programmatic elements that you supply. For example, lowercase indicates names of tables, columns, or files.
Note: Some programmatic elements use a mixture of UPPERCASE and lowercase. Enter these elements as shown. |
SELECT last_name, employee_id FROM employees; sqlplus hr/hr CREATE USER mjones IDENTIFIED BY ty3MU9; |
Conventions for Windows Operating Systems
The following table describes conventions for Windows operating systems and provides examples of their use.
Convention | Meaning | Example |
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Choose Start > | How to start a program. | To start the Database Configuration Assistant, choose Start > Programs > Oracle - HOME_NAME > Configuration and Migration Tools > Database Configuration Assistant. |
File and directory names | File and directory names are not case sensitive. The following special characters are not allowed: left angle bracket (<), right angle bracket (>), colon (:), double quotation marks ("), slash (/), pipe (|), and dash (-). The special character backslash (\) is treated as an element separator, even when it appears in quotes. If the file name begins with \\, then Windows assumes it uses the Universal Naming Convention. |
c:\winnt"\"system32 is the same as C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32 |
C:\> |
Represents the Windows command prompt of the current hard disk drive. The escape character in a command prompt is the caret (^). Your prompt reflects the subdirectory in which you are working. Referred to as the command prompt in this manual. |
C:\oracle\oradata> |
Special characters | The backslash (\) special character is sometimes required as an escape character for the double quotation mark (") special character at the Windows command prompt. Parentheses and the single quotation mark (') do not require an escape character. Refer to your Windows operating system documentation for more information on escape and special characters. |
C:\>exp scott/tiger TABLES=emp QUERY=\"WHERE job='SALESMAN' and sal<1600\"
C:\>imp SYSTEM/password FROMUSER=scott TABLES=(emp, dept)
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HOME_NAME
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Represents the Oracle home name. The home name can be up to 16 alphanumeric characters. The only special character allowed in the home name is the underscore. |
C:\> net start OracleHOME_NAMETNSListener
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ORACLE_HOME and ORACLE_BASE |
In releases prior to Oracle8i release 8.1.3, when you installed Oracle components, all subdirectories were located under a top level ORACLE_HOME directory. For Windows, the default location was C:\orant .
This release complies with Optimal Flexible Architecture (OFA) guidelines. All subdirectories are not under a top level All directory path examples in this guide follow OFA conventions. Refer to Oracle9i Database Getting Starting for Windows for additional information about OFA compliances and for information about installing Oracle products in non-OFA compliant directories. |
Go to the ORACLE_BASE \ ORACLE_HOME \rdbms\admin directory. |