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140 Chapter 9 Customizing Services
Web services also let you publish custom websites that you have created (or someone
has created for you) using website development software. You can restrict access to
each website to a particular group, or restrict parts of the website to particular groups.
You can also specify each website’s IP address, an access port, and the folder where
website les are stored on the server. A custom website is also called a virtual host.
If you want to allow access to web services on the Internet and you have a cable router,
DSL router, or other network router, your router must have port forwarding (port
mapping) congured for web services. If you add custom websites that use access port
numbers other than 80, congure port forwarding for those ports as well. For more
information, see “Protecting a Small Network” on page 35.
If you want to allow access to web services outside your local network and your local
network has a separate rewall device, ask the rewall administrator to open the
rewall for the ports that web services use. If you add custom websites that use access
port numbers other than 80, open the rewall for those ports as well. For a list of ports,
see “Services and Ports” on page 175.
Setting Up Web Services
In Server Preferences, you can use the Web pane to change your server’s web
homepage and to turn standard web services on or o individually.
To congure web services:
1 In the Web pane of Server Preferences, click Web Services.
2 Use the pop-up menu to choose the homepage for your server’s website.