17.1 Adding API Support to the Apache Web Server

The Apache* HTTP Web Server software is one of the most popular Web servers in use today. It is developed by the Apache Group and can be downloaded free from the Apache Software Foundation Web site. Apache provides the facility to configure additional modules to handle specific functions, such as user authentication and locating a user's home directory.

You can install Platform Services on your Apache server and configure Apache to authenticate users using the AS Client API. You can also configure Apache to use the AS Client API to find a user's home directory on a NetWare® file system that is mounted on a Linux Apache server. Example modules are provided in the ASAM/bin/PlatformServices/PlatformClient/Apache directory created by the Platform Services installation process.