This guide is a starting point for developers who need information about using the various APIs and programming technologies that are supported in Sun JavaTM System Web Server 6.1. The guide summarizes the APIs, and provides information about configuring your server to work with server-side HTML tags and CGI programs.
This preface contains information about the following topics:
The intended audience for this guide is the person who develops, assembles, and deploys Java™ 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE)-supported web applications in a corporate enterprise.
This guide assumes you are familiar with the following topics:
The J2EE specification
HTML
The Java™ programming language
Java APIs as defined in the Java™ Servlet, JavaServer Pages™ (JSP™), and Java™ DataBase Connectivity (JDBC™) specifications
Structured database query languages such as SQL
Relational database concepts
Software development processes
The Sun Java System Web Server manuals are available as online files in PDF and HTML formats from http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/coll/1308.5.
The following table lists the tasks and concepts described in the Sun Java System Web Server manuals.
Table P–1 Sun Java System Web Server Documentation Roadmap
This guide provides a basic Sun Java System Web Server environment overview for designing programs.
The guide has the following chapters:
Chapter 1, Technology Overview
This chapter summarizes the various APIs and programming technologies supported by Sun Java System Web Server 6.1.
Chapter 2, Server-parsed HTML Tags
This chapter describes how to configure your server to work with server-side HTML tags.
This chapter describes how to configure your server to work with Common Gateway Interface (CGI) programs.
This section describes the conventions used throughout this guide.
File and directory paths
These are given in UNIX® format (with forward slashes separating directory names). For Windows versions, the directory paths are the same, except that backslashes are used to separate directories.
URLs are given in the format:
http://server.domain/path/file.html
In these URLs, server is the server name where applications are run; domain is your Internet domain name; path is the directory structure of the server; and file is an individual file name. Italic items in URLs are placeholders.
Font conventions include:
The monospace font is used for sample code and code listings, API and language elements (such as function names and class names), file names, path names, directory names, and HTML tags.
Italic monospace type is used for code variables.
Italic type is also used for book titles, emphasis, variables and placeholders, and words used in the literal sense.
Bold type is used as either a paragraph lead-in or to indicate words used in the literal sense.
Installation root directories are indicated by install_dir in this guide.
By default, the location of install_dir is as follows:
On UNIX-based platforms: /opt/SUNWwbsvr/
On Windows: C:\Sun\WebServer6.1
If you have problems with your system, contact customer support using one of the following mechanisms:
The online support web site at:
The telephone dispatch number associated with your maintenance contract
Please have the following information available prior to contacting support. This helps to ensure that our support staff can best assist you in resolving problems.
Description of the problem, including the situation where the problem occurs and its impact on your operation.
Machine type, operating system version, and product version, including any patches and other software that might be affecting the problem.
Detailed steps on the methods you have used to reproduce the problem.
Any error logs or core dumps.