How This Guide Is Organized

This guide is divided into five parts, a glossary, and a comprehensive index. If you are new to Sun Java System Web Server 6.1, begin with Product Support for an overview of the product. If you are already familiar with this version of Sun Java System Web Server, skim through the material in Product Support before going on to Migrating a Server From a Previous Version.

Once you are familiar with the fundamentals of using the Administration Server, you can refer to Adding Variables, which includes examples of how to configure and monitor your Sun Java System Web Servers. Using the Command Line Utility provides information for using programs and configuration styles.

Finally, Security Considerations addresses specific reference topics that describe the various topics, including: Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), server configuration files, ACL files, internationalization issues, server extensions, and the Sun Java System Web Server user interface reference, which you may want to review. Note that the user interface appendix is available in the online version only.

Server Basics

This section provides an overview of the Sun Java System Web Server. The following chapters are included:

• Chapter 2, Introduction to Sun Java System Web Server provides an overview of Sun Java System Web Server.

• Chapter 3, Administering Sun Java System Web Servers describes how to manage your Sun Java System Web Servers with the Administration Server.

Using the Administration Server

This section provides conceptual and procedural details about using the Administration Server to administer your Sun Java System Web Servers. The following chapters are included:

• Chapter 4, Managing Users and Groups describes how to use the Administration Server Users and Groups forms to configure your Sun Java System Web Servers.

• Chapter 5, J2SE-based Security for Web Container and Web Applications describes how to configure your Sun Java System Web Server security. Two security models: ACL-based access control and Java™ 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE)/Servlets-based authentication and authorization is discussed in this chapter.

• Chapter 6, Setting Administration Preferences describes how to use the Administration Server Preferences and Global Settings forms to configure your Sun Java System Web Servers.

• Chapter 7, Using Certificates and Keys describes how you can use certificates and public keys to enhance security. Note that before reading this chapter you should be familiar with the basic concepts of public-key cryptography and the Secure Sockets layer (SSL) protocol. These concepts include encryption and decryption, keys, digital certificates and signatures, and SSL encryption, ciphers, and the major steps of the SSL handshake.

• Chapter 8, Managing Server Clusters describes the concept of clustering servers and explains how you can use them to share configurations among servers.

Configuring and Monitoring

This section includes how to use the Server Manager to configure and monitor your Sun Java System Web Servers. The following chapters are included:

• Chapter 9, Configuring Server Preferences describes how to configure server preferences for your Sun Java System Web Server.

• Chapter 10, Controlling Access to Your Server describes how to specify who can access parts of your server.

• Chapter 11, Using Log Files describes how to monitor your Sun Java System Web Server using the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), by recording and viewing log files, or by using the performance monitoring tools provided with your operating system.

• Chapter 12, Monitoring Servers describes how to monitor your Sun Java System Web Server using SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol).

• Chapter 13, Configuring Naming and Resources describes how you can configure Java Naming and Description Interface (JNDI) resources and include database connectivity on your server.

Managing Virtual Servers and Services

This section provides information for using the Server Manager to programs and configuration styles. The following chapters are included:

• Chapter 14, Using Virtual Servers describes how to set up and administer virtual servers using your Sun Java System Web Server.

• Chapter 15, Creating and Configuring Virtual Servers describes how you can create and configure individual virtual servers.

• Chapter 16, Extending Your Server With Programs describes how to install Java applets, CGI programs, JavaScript applications, and other plug-ins onto your server.

• Chapter 17, Content Management describes how you can configure and manage your server’s content.

• Chapter 18, Applying Configuration Styles describes how to use configuration styles with Sun Java System Web Server.

• Chapter 19, Using Search describes how to search the contents and attributes of documents on the server. In addition, this chapter describes how to create a customized text search interface that’s tailored to your user community.

• Chapter 20, Web Publishing with WebDAV describes how you can configure a virtual server to use the WebDAV protocol that enables web publishing and in-place collaborative web authoring.

Appendixes

This section includes various appendixes with reference material that you may wish to review. This section includes the following appendixes:

• Appendix A, Command Line Utilities provides instructions for using command line utilities in place of the user interface screens.

• Appendix B, Hypertext Transfer Protocol provides a short introduction to a few HTTP basic concepts.

• Appendix C, ACL File Syntax describes the access-control list (ACL) files and their syntax.

• Appendix D, Support for Internationalization and Localization describes the internationalized version of the Sun Java System Web Server.

In addition, a glossary is included to define frequently used terms that may be unfamiliar to Sun Java System Web Server administrators.