About your server applications

The following table includes a brief description of the most commonly installed server applications on WEBppliance.

Note: Your WEBppliance may not include all of the listed server applications.

 

Server application descriptions

This server application:

Does this:

Analog Web/FTP Log Analyzer

Measures the usage traffic on your Web and FTP servers.

Analog Web/FTP Log Analyzer compiles statistics about which Web pages are most popular, which countries people are visiting from, which Web site visitors tried to follow broken links from, and other such information.

Apache Web Server

Responds to requests from the Web browser.

The Apache Web server manages Internet communications and transactions. The server answers requests from browsers, retrieves a requested file or executes a CGI script, and returns the document or script results.

Apache also manages data transaction security on domains and Web sites through SSL encryption keys and certification, as well as directory protection for files stored on a domain or Web site.

BIND Domain Name Server

Translates domain names into IP addresses.

The BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Domain) text database format is widely used for configuring DNS (Domain Name Service) servers on the Internet.

DNS is a distributed database that performs name translations. To manage this information effectively, DNS has a distributed architecture, composed of many DNS servers in a hierarchical fashion. Each server is responsible for both name-to-IP-address and IP-address-to-name translations.

Majordomo Mailing List Server

Manages mailing lists.

Mailing lists are commonly used to circulate topic discussions. A mailing list includes a set of list members. Whenever a list member posts an email message to the mailing list email address, that email message is distributed to all list members.

Microsoft FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions

Allows you to support customers who want to use Microsoft FrontPage to manage their Web sites.

In WEBppliance, you can access FrontPage administration Web pages from the Apache Web Server Manager (as the Site Administrator).

Miva Merchant

Provides e-commerce support for domains.

Miva Merchant enables you to create multiple online storefronts and support e-commerce on a domain.

Modperl for Apache

Enables you to process and write CGI scripts.

Modperl uses Perl (Practical Extraction and Report Language) to process text and enable the user to write CGI scripts. Perl is an interpretive programming language, making it ideal for building and testing simple programs.

MySQL Database

Allows you to work with your SQL databases.

MySQL is a widely used relational database management system for SQL databases. A relational database stores data in separate tables rather than in one big table. A database management system allows you to add, access, and process data stored in a SQL database.

In WEBppliance, you can use phpMyAdmin to set up, configure, and view your databases.

OpenSSH Secure Shell

Provides secure remote access to another system over a network.

SSH allows the user to log on remotely and move files from one system to another in a secure environment. SSH can be a replacement for telnet access.

Open SSL Secure Web

Provides secure Web pages.

SSL is a protocol that transmits private documents through the Internet. It creates a secure connection between a client and a server over which any amount of data can be sent securely. SSL works by using a private key to encrypt data transferred over the SSL connection. 

In WEBppliance, you can secure a domain through the Apache Web Server Manager.

PHP Hypertext Preprocessor for Apache

Creates dynamic Web pages.

PHP (PHP Hypertext Preprocessor) is a server-side, cross-platform, HTML embedded scripting language. Because it is compatible with networks using IMAP, SNMP, NNTP, POP3, or HTTP, it can easily manage dynamic Web page content.

phpMyAdmin Web Based MySQL Administration

Allows you to manage your SQL databases over the Internet.

phpMyAdmin can handle administering entire MySQL database servers or just a single database over the Internet by removing any platform-specific limitations.

POP3 + IMAP Server

Processes incoming mail.

POP3 (Post Office Protocol, version 3) and IMAP (Internet Messaging Access Protocol) mail servers store incoming email messages until users download them to their computers.

In addition to storing incoming email messages, the IMAP server allows users to archive email messages in folders, share mailboxes with other users, access multiple mail servers at one time, and more efficiently access email attachments.

Both POP and IMAP mail servers accept SMTP-formatted email messages.

proFTPd FTP Server

Transfers files over the Internet.

FTP (File Transfer Protocol) allows you to transfer files across the Internet. Anonymous FTP allows you to use an FTP site without a password and without creating a user account.

Python

Enables you to write system utility programs and scripts.

Python is a popular, object-oriented, interpretive scripting language used for writing system utilities and Internet scripts.

Sendmail SMTP Server

Routes outgoing and incoming mail.

Sendmail is an SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) mail server that routes SMTP email messages through the Internet to be stored on a mail server, such as POP3 or IMAP. SMTP is the most common email protocol on the Internet.

Sendmail also allows you to manage some email features, such as email aliases, autoresponder, and spam filters.

Squirrel Mail Web-based Email

Provides Web-based access to email accounts.

Squirrel Mail is an email client that uses IMAP to provide your email account users with access to their email messages directly on the Internet.

Telnet

Provides remote access to another system over a network.

Telnet is a common terminal emulation protocol that connects computers locally or across the Internet. It allows a user at a local computer to log onto a remote computer and run a program.

Vacation Autoresponder

Automatically responds to incoming email messages with a predetermined response.

Vacation Autoresponder creates automated email responses that replies to incoming email messages during times when the user is not available to check and reply to email messages. This feature is most commonly used when a user intends to be unavailable for an extended period of time