Apple Mac OS X Server (Administrator’s Guide) - Manual (Page 51)

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m impose print quotas to limit printer usage
See Chapter 7, “Print Service,” for information about print service.
Web Service
Web service in Mac OS X Server is based on Apache, an open-source HTTP Web server. A Web
server responds to requests for HTML Web pages stored on your site. Open-source software
allows anyone to view and modify the source code to make changes and improvements.
This has led to Apache’s widespread use, making it the most popular Web server on the
Internet today.
Web service includes a high-performance, front-end cache that improves performance for
Web sites that use static HTML pages. With this cache, static data doesn’t need to be accessed
by the server each time it is requested.
Web service also includes support for Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning,
( WebDAV ). With WebDAV capability, your client users can check out Web pages, make
changes, and then check the pages back in while the site is running. In addition, Mac OS X
users can use a WebDAV-enabled Web server as if it were a file server.
Web service’s Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) support enables secure encryption and
authentication for ecommerce Web sites and confidential materials. An easy-to-use digital
certificate provides non-forgeable proof of your Web site identity.
Mac OS X Server offers extensive support for dynamic Web sites:
m Web service supports Java Servlets, JavaServer Pages, MySQL, PHP, Perl, and UNIX and
Mac CGI scripts.
m Mac OS X Server also includes WebObjects deployment software. WebObjects offers a
flexible and scalable way to develop and deploy ecommerce and other Internet
applications. WebObjects applications can connect to multiple databases and dynamically
generate HTML content. You can also purchase the WebObjects development tools if you
want to create WebObjects applications. For more information and documentation on
WebObjects, go to the WebObjects Web page:
www.apple.com/webobjects
See Chapter 8, “Web Service,” for details about Web service.
Mail Service
Mail services support the SMTP, POP, and IMAP protocols, allowing you to select a local or
server-based mail storage solution for your users.