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22 vFabric Web Server
22
Creating and Using vFabric Web
Server Instances
Option Description Required?
unique name and directory location for the
new instance.
--quiet Specifies that the newserver command
should use default values for all prompts.
No.
If you do not specify this option, newserver
interactively prompts for all answers.
--rootdir=rootdir Directory that contains the
httpd-2.2.version directory, which in turn
contains the Apache HTTP binaries.
The default value is the current directory.
No.
--serverdir=serverdir Directory in which you want the new instance
directory to be created.
The default value is rootdir.
No.
--set token=value Specifies one or more tokens for which you
would like to specify a custom value. The
tokens are variables in the templates used
to create new vFabric Web Server instances
and correspond to a directive, or part of a
directive, in the new instance's configuration.
Each available token has a default value
(listed below) that is automatically configured
if you do not override it using the --set
option.
You can specify the following tokens; note
that the token names are case-sensitive:
• User: User that the vFabric Web Server
processes run as. Corresponds to the User
directive in conf/httpd.conf. Default
value is vfhttpd.
• Group: Group to which the user who runs
the vFabric Web Server processes belongs.
Corresponds to the Group directive in
conf/httpd.conf. Default value is
vfhttpd.
• Port: HTTP port that the vFabric Web
Server instance listens to. Corresponds to
the port number in the Listen directive in
conf/httpd.conf. Default value is 80.
• SSLPort: HTTPS port that the vFabric
Web Server instance listens to for secure
communications. Corresponds to the port
number in the Listen https directive in
conf/extras/httpd-ssl.conf. Default
value is 443.
• HostName: Name of the host that the
instance uses to identify itself. Corresponds
to the hostname part of the ServerName
directive in the conf/httpd.conf file.
Default value is the value you specified for
the required --server option.
• ServerAdmin: Email address of the
administration user who should get emails
when there are problems with the instance.
Corresponds to the ServerAdmin directive
in the conf/httpd.conf file. Default
value is webmaster@HostName..
No.