NetWare 6 Ships with Apache, Not the Novell Web Server
Articles and Tips: qna
01 May 2002
Q.
I noticed that NetWare 6 ships with a new Web Server called Apache. Granted, Apache has a solid reputation, but what will happen to the Novell Web Server?
Reminiscing in the Redlands
A.
Dear Reminiscing: According to Novell's Product Manager for Web Servers, Apache is now our supported Web Server in the NetWare environment. The reference to "experimental" has been removed from Apache.org.
Unfortunately, we still have that reference in the shipping documentation for NetWare 6. We will remove this reference in the support Pack 1 documentation for NetWare 6 (NW6SP1). At this point, there is nothing we can do about the shipping version of NetWare 6 except to tell our customers that it is no longer experimental.
In a future release NetWare 6, Apache will be the only Web Server that is shipped with it. At that time, the Novell Web Server will no longer be in the Red Box, but will remain available as download from http://www.developer.novell.com. We will do maintenance work on the Novell Web Server but no new features or capabilities will be added in the future.
All of our new development is going into Apache.This includes PHP mod, Perl mod, memory caching, Web-based management and integration with the Java / J2EE Web services environment. We may also offer an open-source database that can be used with the PHP, Perl and Java components. Stay tuned for a formal announcement on this.
We are moving ahead full speed with a port of the Apache 2.0 version which will offer a number of advantages over the existing version of Apache on NetWare. The real advantage of Apache on NetWare is a much stronger security model and one that is substantially easier to implement.
* Originally published in Novell AppNotes
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