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Browse to the Cobweb Web Server and select Server Configuration. The Server configuration covers the following areas:
Once have made your changes click Submit to update the details and then Re-start Server to restart the Cobwebb Web Service.
For the main Server configuration select the Server tab if not already selected.
Name
This entry is not used at present.
Administrators
Add the User Ids that you wish to be Administrators. Note: If you remove all valid entries then you will disable the web service configuration option.
HTTP Port (Previously TCP/IP Port)
This is the TCP port that is used by the HTTP Cobwebb Web Service. The default is 6400. To disable this enter 0. Note: Recommended range is between 1024 and 65535.
HTTPS Port
V6.2.80 or above - This is the TCP port that is used by the HTTPS Cobwebb Web Service. The default is 6443. To disable this enter 0. Note: Recommended range is between 1024 and 65535.
HTTPS Certificate file path
V6.2.80 or above - The path to the certificate file to use for HTTPS. The default is /cppd/chttpd/cert/default.cer. Please see Install & Configure an SSL Certificate and Key for details on how to configure the Cobwebb Web Server to use a custom SSL Certificate and Private Key.
HTTPS Key file path
V6.2.80 or above - The path to the key file to use for HTTPS. The default is /cppd/chttpd/cert/default.key. Please see Install & Configure an SSL Certificate and Key for details on how to configure the Cobwebb Web Server to use a custom SSL Certificate and Private Key.
Output Log
Here you can specify where to output the Cobwebb Web Service log. The default is JOBLOG which will write to the IBM i joblog.
Client Threads
Enter the number of threads available to serve client requests. Default: 10.
Maximum Keep-Alive
Enter the maximum number of milliseconds that an http session can be 'kept alive'. Default: 300.
Authentication Key
The master key used for DES Password decryption. This has to match the Infor Workspace key.
Force Uppercase Credentials
Select the relevant radio button depending upon whether or not you wish to convert all User names and Passwords to uppercase.
Server Codepage
The default codepage to be used for translating EBCDIC data. Default: 1146.
Server Locale
The default Locale used for conversions. Use WRKOBJ OBJ(QSYS/*ALL) OBJTYPE(*LOCALE) to see currently installed locales. Default: Blank (EN_US Calculated from Server Codepage 37).
Document URL Filename Workaround
If enabled this appends 'filename/xxx.yyy' to document URLs where xxx.yyy is the document filename. This is a workaround for the embedded Adobe Reader application which does not honour the filename attribute of the Content-Disposition http header resulting in incorrect filenames if the document is saved. Default: Enabled.
Enable CORS
This determines whether or not to enable cross-origin resource sharing. Default: Disabled.
Authentication Flood Protection
The number of seconds to wait before authenticating with the server using the same username and password combination. Failing more than the number specified in the QMAXSIGN system value can disable the user profile. Default: 10.
System Name
This is the system name of the server - this is only used for PC Authentication and data area access.
If you wish to log all access to the Cobwebb Web Server then select the Access Log tab.
Enabled
Choose whether access logging is required. Default: Enabled.
File path
The path to the access log file, only required if logging has been enabled. This must be a path on the IFS e.g. /cppd/chttpd/logs/access.log.
Log Referrer
Choose whether to log the referring page information. Default: Disabled.
If you wish to configure file information for the Cobwebb Web Server then select the File Module tab.
Document Root
The path to the folder from which all files are served. This must be a path on the IFS e.g. /cppd/chttpd/httpdocs.
Custom Document Root
The path to the folder where any modified files should be stored. Files will be served from here rather than the 'Document Root' if found. See Changing the Logo.
Index Directories
Choose whether to allow a directory listing to be shown when a directory is requested. Default: Disabled.
Use Index files
Choose whether to search a requested directory for an index file (index.html). Default: Enabled.
Send Last Modified
Choose whether to return to the client the last modified date for a requested file. Default: Enabled.
If you wish to configure the Cobwebb Message Queue then select the Queue Module tab.
Use departments
Choose whether to only allow users to see queue entries for users with the same department code or ALL messages. Disabled = ALL messages.
Records per page
Choose how many queue records to display per page. Default: 20.
Database Connection Name
(OPTIONAL). The name of the database to connect to. Default: *LOCAL.
Library
Choose whether to search a requested directory for an index file (index.html). Default: The library the Subsystem is running in e.g. CPPD.
Username
(OPTIONAL). The user name to use when connecting to the database Default: blank.
Password
(OPTIONAL). The password to use when connecting to the database. Default: blank.
To configure the Cobwebb Docstore select the Docstore Module tab.
Count Results
Choose whether or not to count (and display) the total number of documents returned by a query. Note: Enabling this function can have some performance impact. Default: Enabled.
Document Retirement Rate Limit
The maximum number of Docstore documents to retire before pausing for 1 minute. Note: You will need to Stop and Restart the CPPD subsystem for changes to this parameter to take effect.
0 |
No Rate Limit i.e. don't pause between retiring documents. |
1 or above |
Set the number of documents to retire before pausing. Default: 10 |
For further information please see the following pages:
oCreating a Docstore Document Type