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

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