Covalent Managed Server 1.0 User Guide
 


Preface
About this user guide
How this user guide is organized
Document conventions

Section 1 Introduction
About the Covalent Managed Server, Powered by Apache
Security features of the Covalent Managed Server
SNMP features of the Covalent Managed Server
Important files and commands

Section 2 Installing and testing
Installation requirements
Using the evaluation version
Downloading and unpacking
Installing the Covalent Managed Server
Generating a private key and temporary server certificate
Starting and stopping your server
Testing your installation
Moving on-implementing your Covalent Managed Server

Section 3 Getting started with the Covalent Managed Server

Section 4 Getting started with Comanche

Section 5 Addressing security issues

Section 6 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 7 Understanding Covalent SNMP
SNMP-based management

Section 8 Configuring for Covalent SNMP
Apache configuration directives
SNMP agent configuration directives

Section 9 Covalent SNMP command reference
Commands

Section 10 Covalent SNMP MIB modules
Application-specific MIB modules
Enterprise-specific MIB modules
Network management framework MIB modules

Section 11 Understanding Covalent SSL
Encryption
Tamper detection
Authentication

Section 12 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 13 Advanced Covalent SSL topics
Enabling SSL for virtual hosts
Improving performance with hardware acceleration

Section 14 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 15 Troubleshooting

Section 16 Sources of online information

Appendix A: Configuration examples

Appendix B: Default SNMP agent configuration