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