User manual
Table Of Contents
- Web Technologies Administration
- Contents
- Web Technologies Overview
- Managing Web Technologies
- Managing Websites
- Using Server Admin to Manage Websites
- Changing the Access Port for a Website
- Improving Performance of Static Websites (PerformanceCache)
- Enabling Access and Error Logs for a Website
- Setting Up Directory Listing for a Website
- Connecting to Your Website
- Enabling WebDAV on Websites
- Enabling a Common Gateway Interface (CGI) Script
- Enabling Server Side Includes (SSI)
- Viewing Website Settings
- Setting Server Responses to MIME Types and ContentHandlers
- Enabling SSL
- Enabling PHP
- User Content on Websites
- WebMail
- Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
- Working With Open-Source Applications
- Installing and Viewing WebModules
- Solving Problems
- Where to Find More Information
- Glossary
- Index
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7 Installing and Viewing
Web Modules
Become familiar with the modules that provide key
features and controls for web service.
The Apache web server includes a series of modules that control the server’s operation.
In addition, Mac OS X Server provides some modules with specialized functions for the
Macintosh.
Apache Modules
Modules “plug in” to the Apache web server software and add functionality to your
website. Apache comes with some standard modules, and you can purchase modules
from software vendors or download them from the Internet. You can find information
about available Apache modules at the website www.apache.org/docs/mod.
To work with Apache modules:
• To view a list of web modules installed on your server, in Server Admin click Web in
the list for the server you want, choose Settings in the button bar, and click Modules.
• To enable a module, select the Enabled box beside its name, and click Save. (Web
service restarts automatically.)
• To install a module, follow the instructions that came with the module software. The
web server loads modules from the directory /usr/libexec/httpd/.
Macintosh-Specific Modules
Web service in Mac OS X Server installs some modules specific to the Macintosh. These
modules are described in this section.
mod_macbinary_apple
This module packages files in the MacBinary format, which allows Macintosh files to be
downloaded directly from your website. A user can download a MacBinary file using a
regular web browser by adding “.bin” to the URL used to access the file.
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