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example, if I type http://www.objectiflune.com/ in my browser, it is actually accessing the
address http://www.objectiflune.com:80/ , but port 80 is always hidden. The reason port
8080 is used by default is to prevent any interference with existing web servers installed
or activated on the same server as PlanetPress Workflow.
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Time-out (seconds): This determines how long the HTTP Server service will wait for the
process to finish, before returning a time out error back to the client browser. This means
that if a process takes more than 120 seconds (by default) to complete, the browser will
time out. While you can change this value, it is recommended to always keep your
processing to a minimum, since both browsers and users generally frown upon being
stopped for more than a minute, unless they are well aware of this processing time (and
even then...)
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Enable server for SSL requests: This enables secure communication between the
browser and the server via HTTPS. By enabling this option, you will need to provide for
the proper certificates, key and password. While this configuration is beyond the scope of
this topic, there are plenty of resources on the Internet to explain these systems.
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Serve HTTP resources: This is where you enable static resources in PlanetPress
Workflow. When enabling this option, the HTTP server will always look in the Resource
Folder for files requested inside of the Resource action name as a folder. This means
that, if your Resource folder is c:\PlanetPress\http and your Resource action name
is static, pointing your browser to
http://127.0.0.1:8080/static/css/style.css will immediately load and
return the file c:\PlanetPress\http\css\style.css . This does not require any
process to work - everything is handled directly by the HTTP Server Input and files are
returned immediately. This feature is very useful when dealing with stylesheets, images,
browser JavaScript, or static HTML files that do not require any processing.
Note
It is possible to serve a default HTML file when no action is specified, for example
http://localhost:8080/ . This is done by creating an index.html file in the Resource
Folder defined above. However, resources called by this index.html must still use the
Resource action name, for example a stylesheet would still point to
http://127.0.0.1:8080/static/css/style.css or more simply static/css/style.css.
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