What are all the different configuration settings and tunables? - Part 2

Name	Description	Default (when not present)
Content Compression
`modules!gzip!enabled`	Boolean: enable the Content Compression module	no
`modules!gzip!static`	Boolean: compress static content	no
`modules!gzip!cache_dir`	Location of the cache directory for static content; %zeushome% and %docroot% expansions are supported	`%zeushome%/web/gzip_cache`
`modules!gzip!minsize`	Integer: minimum size of file to compress (bytes)	1 Kb
`modules!gzip!maxsize`	Integer: maximum size of file to compress (bytes)	10 Mb
`modules!gzip!negotiate`	Boolean: If set, first look for a compressed version of the content (e.g. `index.html.gz`) in the same location as the original content; use this in preference to compressing and caching the original content.	no
`modules!gzip!dynamic`	Boolean: compress dynamic content	no

Name	Description	Default (when not present)
Content Negotiation
`modules!negotiate!enabled`	Boolean:	no
`modules!negotiate!enable!language`	Boolean: Enable language negotiation	no
`modules!negotiate!prefer!language`	The preferred language; example: en-US	<unset>
`modules!negotiate!language!<ext>`	Maps the named file extension <ext> to the supplied language code (the value)	<unset>
`modules!negotiate!enable!charset`	Boolean: Enable character set negotiation	no
`modules!negotiate!prefer!charset`	The preferred character set; example: iso-8859-1	<unset>
`modules!negotiate!charset!<ext>`	Maps the named file extension <ext> to the supplied character set (the value)	<unset>
`modules!negotiate!enable!encoding`	Boolean: Enable content encoding negotiation	no
`modules!negotiate!prefer!encoding`	The preferred content encoding; example: indentity	<unset>
`modules!negotiate!encoding!<ext>`	Maps the named file extension <ext> to the supplied encodingh (the value)	<unset>
`modules!negotiate!enable!mime`	Boolean: Enable mime-type negotiation	no
`modules!negotiate!prefer!mime`	The preferred mime type; example: text/html	Value of `modules!mime!default`

DirList
Name	Description	Default (when not present)
`modules!dirlist!enabled`	Boolean: enable the Dirlist module	no
`tuning!dirlist!filename_length`	See the tuning!dirlist!filename_length Global tunable.
`tuning!dirlist!type`	Integer: The style of directory listing to generate (0 = Zeus style, 1 = Apache style, 2 = Graphical)	0

Name	Description	Default (when not present)
Distributed
`modules!distributed!enabled`	Boolean: enable the distributed module	no
`modules!distributed!authd!urls!<url>!server`	The host:port to be used for the authentication API for the URL <url>	<unset>
`modules!distributed!authd!urls!<url>!realm`	The realm to be used for the authentication API for the URL <url>	<unset>
`modules!distributed!sockd!mappings!<name>`	The host:port to be used for the content API for the service name <name>	<unset>
`modules!distributed!sockd!prefix`	The service prefix to be used for the content API	`/server/socket/`

Name	Description	Default (when not present)
Errors
`modules!errors!enabled`	Boolean: enable the Errors module	no
`modules!errors!directory`	Filesystem path to the directory containing custom error pages	<unset>

Name	Description	Default (when not present)
FastCGI
`modules!fastcgi!enabled`	Boolean: enable the FastCGI module	no
`modules!fastcgi!remote!<path>`	The host:port to be used for the remote FastCGI referenced by docroot path <path>	<unset>
`modules!fastcgi!authorizers!<dir>`	The location of the FastCGI used to authenticate the docroot directory <dir>	<unset>
`modules!fastcgi!env!<ENV>`	Value to be assigned to the environment variable <ENV>	<unset>
`modules!fastcgi!allowanywhere`	Boolean: if enabled, FastCGI applications can be run from any docroot location (as well as from FastCGI aliases)	no
`modules!fastcgi!authorize_cache!<dir>`	Boolean: cache the response from the FastCGI authorizers for the specified directory <dir>	no
`modules!fastcgi!authorize_cache!maxsize`	Integer: maximum number of authorizer cache entries to cache	5000
`modules!fastcgi!authorize_cache!timeout`	Integer: timeout for authorizer cache entries (seconds)	60
`modules!fastcgi!usekeepalives`		<unset>
`modules!fastcgi!default_concurrency`	Integer: number of concurrent scripts to run (used for scripts run without an explict concurrency setting)	0
`modules!fastcgi!concurrency!< dir>`	Integer: number of concurrent scripts to run	0
`modules!fastcgi!authorize_concurrency!<dir>`	Integer: number of concurrent scripts to run	0

Name	Description	Default (when not present)
Frontpage
`modules!frontpage!enabled`	Boolean: enable the FrontPage module	no
`modules!frontpage!fphome`	String: Filesystem location of the FrontPage distribution	`/usr/local/frontpage`

Name	Description	Default (when not present)
Gateway
`modules!gateway!enabled`	Boolean: enable the Gateway module	no
`modules!gateway!path!<path>`	Specifes the destination webserver (<host>:<port>) for requests which match the specified <path>. The path can be either a proper path, or a regular expression prefixed by a "~"	<unset>
`modules!gateway!rewritelocation`	Boolean: If yes, we rewrite any 'Location' headers returned by the destination webserver so that they point to us rather than the destination.	no
`modules!gateway!rewritecookie`	Boolean: If yes, cookies returned from the origin server that contain domain variables are rewritten to refer to the gateway server.	yes

Name	Description	Default (when not present)
Get
`modules!get!enabled`	Boolean: enable the Get module	no

Name	Description	Default (when not present)
htaccess
`modules!htaccess!enabled`	Boolean: enable the htaccess module	no
`modules!htaccess!accessfilename`	String: name of the local htaccess files	.htaccess
`modules!htaccess!globalfile`	String: filesystem location of the global htaccess file	<unset>

Name	Description	Default (when not present)
Imagemap
`modules!imagemap!enabled`	Boolean: enable the Imagemap module	no

Name	Description	Default (when not present)
Index
`modules!index!enabled`	Boolean: enable the Index module	no
`modules!index!files`	String: filenames to use as the default index page (priority left to right)	<unset>

Name	Description	Default (when not present)
isapi
`modules!isapi!enabled`	Boolean: enable the ISAPI module	no
`modules!isapi!filters!<file>`	String: filename <file> of in-process ISAPI filter	<unset>
`modules!isapi!efilters!<file>`	String: filename <file> of out-of-process ISAPI filter	<unset>
`modules!isapi!runeextensions`	Boolean: run ISAPI extensions out-of-process	no

Name	Description	Default (when not present)
jserv
`modules!jserv!enabled`	Boolean: enable the JServ module	no
`modules!jserv!mounts!<mount>!server`	Servlet server hostname for the mount point <mount>	<user_specified>
`modules!jserv!mounts!<mount>!port`	Servlet server port for the mount point <mount>	8007
`modules!jserv!mounts!<mount>!zone`	Servlet zone for the mount point <mount>	root
`modules!jserv!mounts!<mount>!protocol`	Protocol for the mount point <mount> (ajpv11/ajpv12)	ajpv11

Name	Description	Default (when not present)
log
`modules!log!enabled`	Boolean: enable the Log module	no
`modules!log!filename`	Filename for the request log	<unset>
`modules!log!format`	format to use for the request log output	%h %l %u %t "%r" %s %b
`modules!log!ssi`	Boolean: whether SSI subrequests are logged	yes

Name	Description	Default (when not present)
Map
`modules!map!enabled`	Boolean: enable the Map module	no
`modules!map!handlers!<extension>`	String: path and name of the handler for the given extension	<unset>
`modules!map!prestat!<extension>`	Boolean: if yes; attempt to stat the destination file before handing it off to a handler. If the file does not exist, return a 404 error immediately	<unset>
`modules!map!ssihandlers!<tag>`	The value is a URI which specifies the action for the SSI tag <tag>	<unset>
`modules!map!homedir!enabled`	Boolean: enable user home directories	yes
`modules!map!homedir!prefix`	String: username URI prefix (e.g., in http://www.site.com/~user/)	~
`modules!map!homedir!file`	String: file to use in order to associate usernames with their home directory filesystem locations	/etc/passwd
`modules!map!homedir!path`	String: explicit home directory path	<unset>
`modules!map!homedir!dir`	String: subdirectory to use from the home directories	public_html
`modules!map!homedir!ldap_filter`	String: unimplemented	cn=%u
`modules!map!homedir!ldap_url1`	LDAP URL for username	<unset>
`modules!map!homedir!ldap_url2`	Additional LDAP URL for nested queries for username	<unset>
`modules!map!homedir!ldap_numeric`	If the username is entirely numeric, use this LDAP url to query instead of ldap_url1 and ldap_url2	<unset>
`modules!map!homedir!ldap_homeprefix`	Filesystem home directory prefix; prepended to the result returned from the LDAP query	<user_specified>
`modules!map!homedir!ldap_binddn`	Distinguished name of the LDAP object to bind as	<user_specified>
`modules!map!homedir!ldap_passwd`	Password of the LDAP binddn object (encrypted)	<user_specified>
`modules!map!homedir!ldap_cachettl`	Integer: ttl for LDAP cache	30
`modules!map!alias!<docroot_path>!type`	Alias type to use for alias of docroot path <docroot_path> (simple/cgi/fastcgi/isapi)	<unset>
`modules!map!alias!<docroot_path>!filepath`	Filesystem path to use for alias of docroot path <docroot_path>	<unset>
`modules!map!alias_types!<type>`	Mime type to use for alias of type <type> (by default, simple is application/x-httpd-alias, cgi is application/x-httpd-cgi, fastcgi, isapi)	<unset>
`modules!map!method_type!<path>`	If set to 'dav', DAV methods will be enabled for the map specified by the path	<unset>

Name	Description	Default (when not present)
MIME
`modules!mime!enabled`	Boolean: enable the MIME module	no
`modules!mime!default`	Default MIME type	text/plain
`modules!mime!magic`	Boolean: enable automatic MIME type detection (from file contents)	no
`modules!mime!types!<extension>`	String: MIME type to use for extension <extension>	<unset>

Name	Description	Default (when not present)
NSAPI
`modules!nsapi!enabled`	Boolean: enable the NSAPI module	no
`modules!nsapi!config_root`	String: filesystem location for NSAPI configuration	<unset>
`modules!nsapi!uid`	User for NSAPI processes to run as (unset defaults to child web server process)	<unset>
`modules!nsapi!gid`	Group for NSAPI processes to run as (unset defaults to child web server process)	<unset>

Name	Description	Default (when not present)
Perl Extensions
`modules!perl!allowssi`	Boolean: allow use of the #perl ssi command	no
`modules!perl!enabled`	Boolean: enable perl extension support	no
`modules!perl!libpath`	String: Colon separated list of paths to search for perl modules	<unset>
`modules!perl!loglevel`	String: the minimum log severity that should be logged to the virtual server error log.	warn
`modules!perl!libpath`	String: Colon separated list of paths to search for perl modules	<unset>
`modules!perl!path!<path>!handlers!<hook>`	String: the perl handler to run	<unset>
`modules!perl!path!<path>!env!<key>`	String: value to be passed as an environment variable	<unset>
`modules!perl!path!<path>!var!<key>`	String: value to be passed as a Perl configuration variable	<unset>
`modules!perl!path!<path>!modules`	String: space separated list of perl module to load	<unset>

Name	Description	Default (when not present)
Put
`modules!put!enabled`	Boolean: enable the Put module	no
`modules!put!save_as_user`	Boolean: set uploaded file ownership as the uid/gid with which the web server is running, otherwise the supplied authenticated user must be in /etc/passwd	no

Name	Description	Default (when not present)
Referrer
`modules!referrer!allowmissingreferrer`	Boolean: Whether to validate when referrer is missing	no
`modules!referrer!enabled`	Boolean: enable the Referrer module	no
`modules!referrer!mimetypes`	Space-separated list of MIME types for referrer validation	<unset>
`modules!referrer!denyurl`	URL that denied requests will be redirected to	<unset>
`modules!referrer!validreferrers`	Space-separated list of valid referrer hostnames, IP addresses or IP masks	<unset>

Name	Description	Default (when not present)
Response Headers
`modules!headers!enabled`	Boolean: enable the Response headers module	no
`modules!headers!mime!<mime type>`	String: Headers to insert if the mime type matches, URL encoded	<unset>
`modules!headers!file!<file path>`	String: Headers to insert if the file path (regex if it starts with ~), URL encoded	<unset>

Name	Description	Default (when not present)
Rewrite
`modules!rewrite!enabled`	Boolean: enable the Rewrite module	no
`modules!rewrite!rules!<linenum>`	Line <linenum> of the rewrite script, URL encoded	<unset>
`modules!rewrite!ruleset`	Entire rewrite script (multiple lines), URL encoded, lines separated by '&'	<unset>
`modules!rewrite!debug`	Boolean: web server will write verbose messages when compiling the script	no
`modules!rewrite!rules!debugrun`	Boolean: web server will write verbose messages when running the script	no
`modules!rewrite!rules!invasive`	Boolean: When modifying the URL, rewrite the URI as well as variables derived from the URI (such as PATH_INFO)	no
`modules!rewrite!rules!maxrules`	Integer: maximum number of rewrite commands that will be run on a request	`tuning!rewrite!max_rules_per_run`, or 1000

Name	Description	Default (when not present)
Search
`modules!search!enabled`	Boolean: enable the Search module	no
`modules!search!index`	Index file	<unset>
`modules!search!url`	URL for search queries	<unset>
`modules!search!input_template`	Input template file	<unset>
`modules!search!output_template`	Output template file	<unset>

Name	Description	Default (when not present)
Spelling
`modules!spelling!enabled`	Boolean: enable the Spelling module	no
`modules!spelling!repairtype`	Fix case problems only (0) or misspellings as well (1)	0

Name	Description	Default (when not present)
Stats
`modules!stats!enabled`	Boolean: enable the Stats module	no

Name	Description	Default (when not present)
Subserver
`modules!subserver!custom_dso`	String: the name of the custom dso to use	`<ZEUSHOME>/web/bin/subserver_map.so`
`modules!subserver!enabled`	Boolean: enable the Subserver module	no
`modules!subserver!layout`	Filesystem layout (standard layout = 0, simple multi-directory = 1, complex multi-directory = 2, custom subserver map = 3)	0
`modules!subserver!hostheaderprefixwildcard`	Boolean: if yes, enable searching for default subservers (e.g., `*.site.com`)	no
`modules!subserver!prefix`	URL Prefix	<unset>
`modules!subserver!suffix`	URL Suffix	<unset>
`modules!subserver!autoserveradmin`	Boolean: auto-determine webmaster email address	no
`modules!subserver!autoserveradminuser`	username to use for webmaster email address	<unset>

Name	Description	Default (when not present)
Throttle
`modules!throttle!enabled`	Boolean: enable the Throttle module	no
`modules!throttle!limit`	Throughput limit for virtual server (bytes/second). Zero means no limit	0
`modules!throttle!maxconns`	Maximum simultaneous connections for virtual server. Zero means no limit	0
`modules!throttle!subserver`	Boolean: enable/disable independent throttle limits for each subserver	no
`modules!throttle!denybyhostheader!enabled`	Boolean: enable host header denial	no
`modules!throttle!denybyhostheader!filename`	Location of file listing host headers and redirect locations, one pair per line. This file is automatically reloaded (every 30 seconds) if it changes.	<unset>

Name	Description	Default (when not present)
Usertrack
`modules!usertrack!enabled`	Boolean: enable the Usertrack module	no
`modules!usertrack!cookiename`	Usertrack cookie prefix	`ZeusCookieMachine`
`modules!usertrack!expiry`	Boolean: enable explicit cookie expiry times	no
`modules!usertrack!expire!days`	Number of days for cookie to persist. Summed with ...!hours	<user_specified>
`modules!usertrack!expire!hours`	Number of hours for cookie to persist. Summed with ...!days	<user_specified>
`modules!usertrack!domain`	Domain of validity for the cookie (e.g., '`zeus.com`')	<unset>

Content Manager [Administrator] 08 November 2005

Other Resources

The ZWS Online Support service is provided as is, without warranty or specific endorsement by Zeus Technology. For technical support queries, please contact Zeus Technical Support. Articles and comments may not reflect the views of Zeus Technology. • Disclaimer and Privacy statement.

Recent Articles

Other Resources