Installation guide

54 iPlanet Web Server, Enterprise Edition Installation and Migration Guide • May 2001
iPlanet Web Server 6.0 Changes
When you migrate information from iPlanet Web Server 4.x to iPlanet Web Server 6.0, the
changes are made in the following areas:
• Configuration Files
• Java Server Pages
• Java Servlets
• Java Configuration Files
• Simple Session Manager
• Virtual Servers
Configuration Files
Certain directives found in the iPlanet Web Server 4.x magnus.conf file are now located
in the iPlanet Web Server 6.0
server.xml file. During the migration process, these
directives are automatically removed from the 6.0 server’s
magnus.conf file and added to
the
server.xml file.
In addition,
Init functions located in the iPlanet Web Server 4.x obj.conf file are
moved to the iPlanet Web Server 6.0
magnus.conf file.
Java Configuration Files
When you install the Java subcomponent, the configuration files that are installed include a
set of files that end in
.default. These files are preserved only for backward compatibility
and are deprecatedin iPlanet Web Sever 6.0. These files may not be supported in future
versions of the product. In iPlanet Web Server 6.0, you should create servlets and JSPs in
web applications and configure them using the
web-apps.xml file, as described in the
Programmer’s Guide to Servlets in iPlanet Web Server, rather than using
.default files.
See the Programmer's Guide to iPlanet Web Server for mappings between old
.default
file properties, and the per-virtual server
web-apps.xml, as well as the standard Servlet
2.2 deployment descriptor
web.xml.
Java Server Pages
iPlanet Web Server 4.0 Java Server Pages (JSPs) were written in JSP 0.92. The iPlanet Web
Server 4.1 and 6.0 JSPs are written in JSP 1.1. Version 0.92 is no longer supported in
iPlanet Web Server 6.0. JSPs must be rewritten according to the version 1.1 standard. In
addition, it is recommended that developers create JSPs as part of web applications. Style
examples can be found in server_root
/plugins/servlets/examples/web-apps.