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4.2.2 ASP Server Properties

To access Server Properties, click on the "properties" link next to a server listed in the "Manage a Server" screen. The properties screen provides access to all of the properties listed in the sections below and also provides links for starting/stopping and restarting the ASP server.
 

4.2.2.1 Database Configuration

Refer to the Database Configuration section below.
 

4.2.2.2 Rename an ASP Server

Click on this link and provide a new server name. Server names are predefined when created, but can be renamed to a different "friendly name" if you wish. Changing this name will show up in all the Administration displays immediately. No restart is required for the ASP Server.
 

4.2.2.3 Virtual Hosts

Virtual Hosts are configurations of the Web server that allow it to behave as if there were another installation of the Web server with a different URL. Consult your Web server documentation for how to add, delete or change these.
 
This page allows you to turn on or off the ability of each Virtual Host to process Active Server pages. A list of all current Virtual Hosts is displayed, with a checkbox indicating whether ASP pages will be processed. Each Virtual Host can have ASP enabled independently.
 
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4.2.2.4 ASP Applications

Active Server Pages have a concept of an Application. This is a hierarchical set of directories that contain all the Active Server Pages associated with each other by sharing the same state information. The Administration Console is an Application, as is the Dos Perros Catalog in the Chili!Soft samples.
 
The root directory of the Application can contain a global.asa file that contains the Application_OnStart, Application_OnEnd, Session_OnStart, and Session_OnEnd subroutines for the Application.
 
This page allows the creation and removal of ASP Applications, and the association of an Application name with a specific directory (containing the global.asa file).
 
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4.2.2.5 ASP Settings

This section allows you to change essential configuration parameters of the ASP Server. The values that can be changed are:
 

Parameter
 
Meaning
 
Buffering on
 
Controls whether Chili!Soft ASP returns the HTML generated from an ASP page as the page is processed (BufferingOn = False), or processes the entire page before returning HTML (BufferingOn = True). BufferingOn provides better performance when set to Yes. Debugging is easier when it is set to No.
 
Session timeout
 
This value controls how long Chili!Soft ASP will maintain Session values for a user without receiving a page request. If the user is not heard from in this amount of time, the Session is canceled and Session values discarded. The SessionTimeout can be increased or decreased (thus overriding the default) in the script.
 
Script timeout
 
This is the amount of time Chili!Soft ASP will wait for an individual ASP page to finish processing before canceling the request. The ScriptTimeout can be increased or decreased (thus overriding the default) in the script.
 
Allow session state
 
Controls whether or not Chili!Soft ASP will maintain Session state or not. If AllowSessionState is No, the Session object cannot be used. Default is Yes.
 
Script Caching
 
Allows ASP scripts to be cached in memory. Turning this off yields slower throughput, but reduces the runtime memory footprint.
 
Logging file
 
The location of the Chili!Soft ASP logging file for this ASP Server. If empty, no logging will be done.
 
Number of threads
 
This determines the simultaneous number of requests that can be processed. If there are many pages with blocking operations (e.g., database access) more threads is better. More threads, however, makes more overhead on the system. Five threads is the default.
 
Inherit user security
 
Turning this on allows each request to run as the UID configured for the Virtual Host in the Apache httpd.conf file.
 
Connection Pool Size (setting located in Database settings)
 
Specifies the number of connections to pool in ADO. Default is 25; setting to 0 turns off connection pooling. This reuses database connections instead of generating a new connection for each request.
 
Enable Java support
 
Enables or Disables support for using Java classes for this ASP Server. Default is yes; setting to no turns off Java support. Turning this option on incurs additional overhead. If Java support is not required, it is recommended that this option be set to no.
 

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4.2.2.6 ASP Log Files

This page shows the log file for this ASP Server. The location of the logfile is configured using the "Logging file" setting.
 

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