Oracle B12255-01 Manuale Utente

Understanding Oracle HTTP Server Directory Structure

Oracle HTTP Server Administrator’s Guide

Oracle HTTP Server is installed in the ORACLE_HOME/Apache directory on UNIX
or ORACLE_HOME\Apache directory on Windows for configuring modules. For
example, the modplsql folder contains the subdirectories necessary to configure
and run PL/SQL applications.

The Apache directory is located at the top level under the ORACLE_HOME. It
contains subdirectories for configuring modules mod_plsql. It also contains a
subdirectory called Apache, which is the base directory of Oracle HTTP Server.

Oracle HTTP Server is configured by placing directives, which are basically
instructions, into text configuration files. Most of the configuration files are located
in:

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UNIX: ORACLE_HOME/Apache/Apache/conf

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Windows: ORACLE_HOME\Apache\Apache\conf

Some of these files are read only once when the server starts or is reloaded, whereas
some files are read every time a related file or directory is requested.

The configuration files which are read only once are called server-wide configuration
files.

Oracle HTTP Server contains one directive for each line. The back-slash “\” can be
used as the last character on a line to indicate that the directive continues onto the
next line. There must be no other characters or white space between the back-slash
and the end of the line.

Directives in the configuration files are case-insensitive, but arguments to directives
are often case-sensitive. Lines which begin with the character “#” are considered
comments, and are ignored. Comments may not be included on a line after a
configuration directive. Blank lines and white space occurring before a directive are
ignored, so you may indent directives for clarity.