OpenVMS with Apache, OSU, and WASD - The Nonstop Websever

If your business needs reliable, full-featured web service, you need this book
-Offers information not available anywhere else for OpenVMS, whose unbeatable reliability makes it the web server of choice for institutions that can't afford downtime for their websites
-Provides examples and step-by-step procedures that show how to do the same task in different servers
Learn how to successfully run a web server on an OpenVMS system, using any one of the three currently supported servers – OSU, WASD, and Compaq Secure Web Server (based on Apache). The book explains the suitability of VMS clusters for 24x7 operation, covers the various TCP/IP products, and discusses cluster aliases and load-balancing techniques. The chapters are organized by function, answering the question "How do I do X" for each of the servers. Winston evaluates many relevant freeware and some commercial products.

• Introductory Material: Audience
• Why VMS?
• VMS and the Web: A History
• Serious VMS Webserver Options
• System Management
• Basic Configuration Issues
• Encrypted/Secure Communications: HTTPS Protocol Support
• Managing Access to Server Resources
• Providing User Personal Web Directories
• Multihosting and Virtual Servers
• Making Your Site Searchable
• Cache and Proxy Management
• Managing Your Server Logs
• Server-Generated Dynamic Content
• CGI Programs
• Database Access from CGI Scripts
• Rdb as an example
• Prewritten Useful CGI Scripts
• Distributed Web Development: Making It Easy (Or At Least Possible) forUnprivileged Users to Do Web Development/publishing
• User-developed CGI Programs
• Appendices: History and philosophy of Perl
• History and philosophy of Python
• History and philosophy of PHP
• History and philosophy of Apache development