5. HTTP server

5 HTTP server

5.1 Configuration

The HTTP server, also referred to as httpd, handles HTTP requests as described in RFC 2616 with a few exceptions, such as gateway and proxy functionality. The server supports IPv6 as long as the underlying mechanisms also do so.

The server implements numerous features, such as:

• Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
• Erlang Scripting Interface (ESI)
• Common Gateway Interface (CGI)
• User Authentication (using Mnesia, Dets or plain text database)
• Common Logfile Format (with or without disk_log(3) support)
• URL Aliasing
• Action Mappings
• Directory Listings

The configuration of the server is provided as an Erlang property list. For backwards compatibility, a configuration file using apache-style configuration directiv