2 What’s New in this Release

This chapter describes the features and improvements in Oracle HTTP Server. The following topics introduce the new and changed features of Oracle HTTP Server and other significant changes in the guides, and provides pointers to additional information.

• New Features
  

New Features

The following are the new features in Oracle HTTP Server 12.2.1.4.0:

• SSL is enabled for Oracle HTTP Server admin port. Admin port is used internally by Oracle HTTP Server to communicate with the Node Manager. This port is configured in the admin.conf file. SSL is enabled by default on Oracle HTTP Server admin port to secure communication over the Oracle HTTP Server admin port with the Node Manager. See Defining the Admin Port in Administering Oracle HTTP Server.

• Default settings for SSLProtocol directive has been changed. See SSLProtocol Directive in Administering Oracle HTTP Server.

• A new configuration directive SSLProxySessionCache is introduced. See SSLProxySessionCache Directive in Administering Oracle HTTP Server.

• Oracle HTTP Server supports reduced downtime upgrade in 12.2.1.4.0. See Performing a Reduced Downtime Upgrade in Upgrading Oracle HTTP Server.

• Oracle HTTP Server 12.2.1.4.0 product distribution archive file includes an extra file compared to the previous Oracle HTTP Server 12c installers for IBM AIX, HP-UX, Solaris x86, and Solaris SPARC. The name of this new file varies depending on the platform. For example, on HP-UX, the file name will be fmw_12.2.1.4.0_ohs_hpia64-2.zip. This new file needs to be present in the directory from where Oracle HTTP Server installer is invoked. There will be no change in the way Oracle HTTP Server installer is invoked or in the way the Oracle HTTP Server installation is done.

• You can use Oracle HTTP Server through Oracle VM templates. For more information about Oracle VM templates, see Oracle VM Virtual Appliances.

  To use Oracle HTTP Server through Oracle VM templates, you must download Oracle Fusion Middleware 12c (12.2.1.4.0) HTTP Server VM template from Oracle Software Delivery Cloud, import it into Oracle VM Manager, and then deploy the template as a virtual machine. Oracle Fusion Middleware 12c (12.2.1.4.0) HTTP Server VM template provides a pre-installed Oracle Home with Oracle HTTP Server. This template does not include a Oracle HTTP Server standalone domain. You can use this template to create and configure an Oracle HTTP Server standalone domain. For instructions, see Configuring Oracle HTTP Server in a Standalone Domain in the Installing and Configuring Oracle HTTP Server.

• Oracle HTTP Server 12.2.1.4.0 installation includes an update to the database client software installed with Fusion Middleware. The database patch set included is 12.1.0.2.190716. If you execute the command opatch lsinventory, the patch identification number for this update will appear as 29494060 on Linux/Unix and 30220086 on Microsoft Windows.