HTTP config

The following list describes the fields in this window:

HTTP License

The filer requires a software license to enable HTTP service. The license is installed on the filer at the factory per your order, so the initial setup of your filer does not involve entering license codes.

You need to enter license codes only if any of the following conditions applies:

• You purchased a filer with a release earlier than Release 4.0, and you just upgraded it to the current release.
• You want to enable a protocol not previously licensed for your filer.
• You just reinstalled the filer's file system.

Network Appliance provides you with the appropriate license codes when shipping you the software upgrade kit or when giving you instructions for obtaining the software upgrade over the Internet.

HTTP Enabled

Stops or starts HTTP service immediately.

HTTP Root Directory

Specifies the root directory that contains the files and directories to be read by HTTP clients. Enter the complete path name, such as /vol/vol0/home/users/pages.

When a user types a URL on the filer, the path component of the URL is a path name relative to the HTTP root directory.

HTTP Timewait Enabled

When enabled, the filer puts HTTP connections that were closed by the client into the TIME_WAIT state for one minute, which is twice the maximum segment lifetime. By default, HTTP timewait is disabled and the TIME_WAIT state is bypassed for HTTP connections.

Request Timeout

Specifies the minimum amount of time, in seconds, before an idle HTTP connection times out.

Maximum Log File Size

Specifies the size of the /etc/log/httpd.log file to a value other than the default of 2,147,483,647 bytes.

Cluster considerations

In a cluster, either both filers or neither must be licensed for HTTP for takeover to occur properly.

 

The HTTP Timewait Enabled field and the Request Timeout field must each have the same value on both filers in a cluster for takeover to occur properly.