This guide is a starting point for developers who need information about using the various APIs and programming technologies that are supported by Sun JavaTM System Web Server 7.0. The guide summarizes the APIs, and provides information about configuring your server to work with server-side HTML tags and CGI programs.
The intended audience for this guide is the person who develops, assembles, and deploys web applications in a corporate enterprise.
This guide assumes you are familiar with the following topics:
HTML
Java programming language
Structured database query languages such as SQL
Relational database concepts
Software development processes
The Sun Java software can be installed as a stand-alone product or as a component of Sun Java Enterprise System (Java ES), a software infrastructure that supports enterprise applications distributed across a network or Internet environment. If you are installing the Sun Java software as a component of Java ES, you should be familiar with the system documentation at http://docs.sun.com/coll/1286.2.
The Sun Java documentation set describes how to install and administer the Web Server. The URL for Sun Java documentation is http://docs.sun.com/coll/1308.3. For an introduction to Sun Java , refer to the books in the order in which they are listed in the following table.
Table P–1 Books in the Sun Java Documentation Set
Documentation Title |
Contents |
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Web Server documentation topics organized by tasks and subject |
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Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Installation and Migration Guide |
Performing installation and migration tasks:
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Performing the following administration tasks:
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Using programming technologies and APIs to do the following:
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Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Update 1 NSAPI Developer’s Guide |
Creating custom Netscape Server Application Programmer’s Interface (NSAPI) plug-ins |
Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Developer’s Guide to Java Web Applications |
Implementing Java Servlets and JavaServer PagesTM (JSPTM) technology in Sun Java System Web Server |
Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Administrator’s Configuration File Reference |
Editing configuration files |
Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Performance Tuning, Sizing, and Scaling Guide |
Tuning Sun Java System Web Server to optimize performance |
Troubleshooting Web Server |
The URL for all documentation about Sun Java Enterprise System (Java ES) and its components is http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/prod/entsys.06q4.
The following table describes the default paths and file names that are used in this book.
Table P–2 Default Paths and File Names
Placeholder |
Description |
Default Value |
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install_dir |
Represents the base installation directory for Sun Java . |
Sun Java Enterprise System (Java ES) installations on the SolarisTM platform: /opt/SUNWwbsvr7 Java ES installations on the Linux and HP-UX platform: /opt/sun/webserver/ Java ES installations on the Windows platform: System Drive:\Program Files\Sun\JavaES5\WebServer7 Other Solaris, Linux, and HP-UX installations, non-root user: user's home directory/sun/webserver7 Other Solaris, Linux, and HP-UX installations, root user: /sun/webserver7 Windows, all installations: System Drive:\Program Files\Sun\WebServer7 |
instance_dir |
Directory that contains the instance-specific subdirectories. |
For Java ES installations, the default location for instances on Solaris: /var/opt/SUNWwbsvr7 For Java ES installations, the default location for instances on Linux and HP-UX: /var/opt/sun/webserver7 For Java ES installations, the default location for instance on Windows: System Drive:\Program Files\Sun\JavaES5\WebServer7 For stand-alone installations, the default location for instance on Solaris, Linux, and HP-UX:<install_dir> For stand-alone installations, the default location for instance on Windows: System Drive:\Program Files\sun\WebServer7 |
The following table describes the typographic changes that are used in this book.
Table P–3 Typographic Conventions
Typeface |
Meaning |
Example |
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AaBbCc123 |
The names of commands, files, and directories, and onscreen computer output |
Edit your .login file. Use ls -a to list all files. machine_name% you have mail. |
AaBbCc123 |
What you type, contrasted with onscreen computer output |
machine_name% su Password: |
AaBbCc123 |
A placeholder to be replaced with a real name or value |
The command to remove a file is rm filename. |
AaBbCc123 |
Book titles, new terms, and terms to be emphasized (note that some emphasized items appear bold online) |
Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide. A cache is a copy that is stored locally. Do not save the file. |
The following table explains symbols that might be used in this book.
Table P–4 Symbol Conventions
Symbol |
Description |
Example |
Meaning |
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[ ] |
Contains optional arguments and command options. |
ls [-l] |
The -l option is not required. |
{ | } |
Contains a set of choices for a required command option. |
-d {y|n} |
The -d option requires that you use either the y argument or the n argument. |
${ } |
Indicates a variable reference. |
${com.sun.javaRoot} |
References the value of the com.sun.javaRoot variable. |
- |
Joins simultaneous multiple keystrokes. |
Control-A |
Press the Control key while you press the A key. |
+ |
Joins consecutive multiple keystrokes. |
Ctrl+A+N |
Press the Control key, release it, and then press the subsequent keys. |
-> |
Indicates menu item selection in a graphical user interface. |
File -> New -> Templates |
From the File menu, choose New. From the New submenu, choose Templates. |
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To access the following Sun resources, go to http://www.sun.com:
Downloads of Sun products
Services and solutions
Support (including patches and updates)
Training
Research
Communities (for example, Sun Developer Network)
Besides searching Sun product documentation from the docs.sun.com web site, you can use a search engine by typing the following syntax in the search field:
search-term site:docs.sun.com |
For example, to search for “Web Server,” type the following:
Web Server site:docs.sun.com |
To include other Sun web sites in your search (for example, java.sun.com, www.sun.com, and developers.sun.com), use “sun.com” in place of “docs.sun.com” in the search field.
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