5.0

Creating and Using vFabric Web
Server Instances
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The configuration file is called httpd.conf and is located in the INSTANCE-DIR/conf, such as /opt/vmware/
vfabric-web-server/myserver/conf/httpd.conf. The DocumentRoot directive looks like the following:
DocumentRoot "/opt/vmware/vfabric-web-server/myserver/htdocs"
2. Copy your sample HTML pages to the document root.
For example, if you have a hello.html page in the /home/samples directory that you want to serve up:
prompt# cp /home/samples/hello.html /opt/vmware/vfabric-web-server/myserver/htdocs
3. Invoke the HTML page in your browser using the vFabric Web Server instance.
For example, if your browser is running on the same computer as vFabric Web Server and the instance is listening at the
default port 80, the URL is as follows:
http://localhost/hello.html
Because the instance is using the default port of 80, you do not have to explicitly specify it in the URL. If you set a different
port, such as 8000, then the URL would be:
http://localhost:8000/hello.html
You should see your hello.html page in your browser.
4. You can create a directory hierarchy under the document root to better organize your HTML pages.
For example:
prompt# cd /opt/vmware/vfabric-web-server/myserver/htdocs
prompt# mkdir fun
prompt# cp /home/samples/hello.html fun
The URL to invoke the HTML page would now be:
http://localhost/fun/hello.html
What to do next
• Configure vFabric Web Server instances to take advantage features such as load balancing, virtual hosts, and SSL. See
Configuring vFabric Web Server Instances.