Apple Mac OS X Server (Administrator’s Guide) - Manual (Page 365)

Web Service 365
Installing and Viewing Web Modules
Modules “plug in” to the Apache Web server software and add functionality to your Web site.
Apache comes with some standard modules, and you can purchase modules from software
vendors or download them from the Internet. You can find information about available
Apache modules at this Web site:
www.apache.org/docs/mod
m To view a list of Web modules installed on your server, click Web in Server Settings, click
Internet, click Web then select Show Web Service Status.
m To install a module, follow the instructions that came with the module software. The Web
server loads modules from this directory:
/usr/libexec/httpd/
In addition, you must change the httpd.conf file to load and then add new modules.
Macintosh-Specific Modules
Web service in Mac OS X Server installs some modules specific to the Macintosh. These
modules are described in this section.
mod_macbinary_apple
This module packages files in the MacBinary format, which allows Macintosh files to be
downloaded directly from your Web site. A user can download a MacBinary file using a
regular Web browser by adding “.bin” to the URL used to access the file.
mod_sherlock_apple
This module lets Apache perform relevance-ranked searches of the Web site using Sherlock.
Once you index your site using the Finder, you can provide a search field for users to search
your Web site.
m Choose Get Info in the Finder to index a folder’s contents.
Note: You must be logged in as root for the index to be copied to the Web directory in
order to be searchable by a browser.
Clients must add .sherlock to your Web site’s URL to access a page that allows them to search
your site. For example:
http://www.example.com/.sherlock
mod_auth_apple
This module allows a Web site to authenticate users by looking for them in directory service
domains within the server’s search policy. When authentication is enabled, Web site visitors
are prompted for a user name and password before they can access information on the site.