[Fedora-directory-devel] Using Apache httpd

[Rich Megginson]

In fact the code for the new admin server that uses httpd is already in CVS.
Start here - http://directory.fedora.redhat.com/wiki/Building
Then go to http://directory.fedora.redhat.com/wiki/AdminServer for 
information about the admin server.  The "admin server" functionality 
that used to be supplied via an NES plug-in is now supplied by an Apache 
module called mod_admserv - 
http://directory.fedora.redhat.com/wiki/Mod_admserv
Since we are required to use NSS instead of openssl for crypto, we wrote 
a new general purpose crypto module called mod_nss - 
http://directory.fedora.redhat.com/wiki/Mod_nss

If you put all of these pieces together, you get the admin 
server/console/web app/cgi functionality using the Apache 2.0 built into 
the OS.

We also got rid of Java.  The console in CVS now builds and runs with 
the system Java, which should be the Sun or IBM JDK 1.4.2 or later.  We 
also have a team that's working on making the console run with open 
source java projects like GNU Classpath.  There are a couple of bugs in 
bugzilla related to that effort.

We are also working on making the console more standalone, so that you 
will be able to administer the directory server without using the admin 
server (however, the CGIs won't work, but there are few of them).

Brian Topping wrote:

>
> On Nov 1, 2005, at 1:04 AM, Chen Shaopeng wrote:
>
>> My goal is to develop web admin console, based on apache, to
>> replace the current combo of admin server and java admin
>> console.
>
>
> Once things are ported over to Apache, there won't be any need for a  
> JRE embedded in the distribution.  I'm not sure of the details why  
> Netscape needs this, but it has obvious implications for cross- 
> platform compatibility.  Java is a very accessible and robust  
> platform for development, but the JRE needs are specialized per  
> installation.  Tomcat uses the systemwide JRE for functionality, so  
> there is no technical need to replace Java in the system once things  
> are running with a standard Tomcat install.
>
> If you are interested in replacing Java because you don't like Java  
> programming, that's a different story :-)
>
> What if you were able to program the new interface you propose in  
> your language of choice, integrated against the existing RPC  
> interfaces?  That way both front-ends could be supported.  For my own  
> part in it, one of the attractors to this project is the use of Java,  
> and I look forward to expanding the UI with it.  I would be  
> discouraged if the Java console and all manners of supporting it were  
> completely removed from the system.
>
> Brian
>
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