Apple Mac OS X Server (Administrator’s Guide) - Manual (Page 343)

Web Service 343
Starting or Stopping Web Service
You start and stop Web service from the Server Settings application.
To start or stop Web service:
1 In Server Settings, click the Internet tab.
2 Click Web and choose Start Web Service or Stop Web Service.
If you stop Web service, users connected to any Web site hosted on your server are
disconnected immediately.
Starting Web Service Automatically
You can set Web service to start automatically whenever the server starts up. This will ensure
that your Web sites are available if there’s been a power failure or the server shuts down for
any reason.
To have Web service start automatically:
1 In Server Settings, click the Internet tab.
2 Click Web and choose Configure Web Service.
3 Select “Start Web service on system startup.”
Modifying MIME Mappings
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension (MIME) is an Internet standard for describing the
contents of a file. The MIME Types pane lets you set up how your Web server responds when
a browser requests certain file types. For more information about MIME types and MIME type
mappings, see “Understanding Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension (MIME)” on page 340.
The Web server is set up to handle the most common MIME types. You can add, edit, or
delete MIME type mappings.
To add or modify a MIME type mapping:
1 In Server Settings, click the Internet tab.
2 Click Web and choose Configure Web Service.
3 Click the MIME Types tab.
4 Click Add to add a new mapping, or select a mapping and click Edit, Duplicate, or Delete. (If
you choose Delete, you’ve finished.)
Important
Always use Server Settings to start and stop the Web server. You can start the
Web server from the command line, but Server Settings won’t show the change in status for
several seconds. Server Settings is the preferred method to start, stop, and modify Web
service settings.