Covalent Fast Start 2.0 User Guide


Preface

About this user guide
How this user guide is organized
Document conventions
Section 1 Introduction
About Covalent Fast Start Server, Powered by Apache
Important files and commands
Section 2 Installing and testing
Installation requirements
Using the evaluation version
Downloading and unpacking
Installing the Covalent Fast Start Server
Generating a private key and temporary server certificate
Starting and stopping your server
Testing your installation
Moving on-getting started with the Covalent Fast Start Server
Section 3 Getting started with the Covalent Fast Start Server
Section 4 Getting started with Comanche
Section 5 Getting started with mod_perl, PHP, server-side Java, and DAV
Using the mod_perl examples
Using the PHP examples
Using the Java Servlet API examples
Using the JavaServer Pages examples
Using the Apache JServ example
Getting started with the online documentation
Section 6 Addressing security issues
Section 7 Understanding Covalent SSL
Encryption
Tamper detection
Authentication
Section 8 Using Covalent SSL to manage keys and server certificates
The Covalent SSL Certificate and Key Management Tool
Generating and testing a private key and temporary server certificate
Obtaining a signed server certificate from a Certificate Authority (CA)
Self-signing server certificates
Additional private key management tools
Additional instructions for intermediate and chain certificates
Section 9 Advanced SSL topics
Enabling SSL for virtual hosts
Improving performance with hardware acceleration
Section 10 Covalent SSL configuration directive reference
General directives
SSL caching directives
Site authentication directives
Client authentication directives
Proxy and remote server authentication directives
Encryption directives
Hardware acceleration device directives
Access control directives
Environment variables
Custom Log formats
Section 11 Sources of online information
Section 12 Troubleshooting