Field/Column

Explanation

Name

Enter a short name that is intended to be displayed by GUI tools. For example, bank.war could be named "bank."

Description

Enter descriptive text about the web application.

Distributable

If checked, specifies that the web application has been programmed appropriately so that the servlets can be deployed across multiple Java Virtual Machines running on the same or different hosts.

Session Timeout (seconds)

Enter the number of seconds to specify a default session timeout interval for all sessions created in this web application. The default is 500 seconds.

Context Root

Enter the base directory of the Web Application module. The Servlet Context uses the context root to resolve the path to the Web Application module. The URL to the JSP or servlet takes this form: hostname:port/contextRoot/. Currently, this entry is not read by the server.

Small Icon

Specify the location within the Web Application of a graphic file (GIF or JPEG, 16X16 pixel). This graphic will be used as the icon image that represents the Web Application in a GUI tool.

Large Icon

Specify the location within the Web Application of a graphic file (GIF or JPEG, 32X32 pixel). This graphic will be used as the icon image that represents the Web Application in a GUI tool.

Welcome Files

Enter the path to welcome file(s) in the Web Application module. If you're application starts with a page other than a logon, you can specify the start page here. The server will try to load the first file from this list, if the file is loaded successful, the server will ignore the others. Otherwise, the server will try to load the next file until the end of the file list is reached.

Add button

Click to add the welcome files to the box below.

Remove button

Click to remove the selected welcome file.

Authentication Type

Specify the Authentication Type while logging on to the Web Application: None, Basic, Digest, Form, Client Cert.

None: If selected, no authentication is required while logging on to the Web Application. This is the default.

Basic: If selected, the HTTP Basic Authentication protocol is used for authentication. The authentication is based on a username and password. The web client obtains the username and password and transmits them to the web server using base64 encoding. The web server then authenticates the user.

Also specify the realm name to be used for authentication with this Web Application. (Currently, realm names are not used by iAS 6.0.)

Digest: If selected, the HTTP Digest Authentication is used for authentication. The authentication is based on passing the username and password in an encrypted form. (Currently, digest is not used by iAS 6.0.)

Form: If selected, the developer controls the look and feel of the login screens, unlike the HTTP browser's built-in authentication mechanisms.

Also enter the location in the web application of the login page and the error page that is used with this type of login. The error page is displayed when the authentication is not successful.

Client Cert: If selected, authentication is performed using HTTPS (HTTP over SSL). This secure type of authentication requires the user to possess a Public Key Certificate to logon. Public Key Certificates are useful in e-commerce applications and single-sign on applications. For more information about single sign-on applications, see the iAS tab for web applications.