> IMO, IBM still doesn't get it....
> Nobody wants a new IBM Http Server, "Powered by Apache".
> As far as I can tell, this just means that Apache is somewhere inside,
> wrapped in an IBM OCO lock-box, so that it can't be customized and
> extended like -real- Apache.
>
> Why not provide an (open source) port of Apache for z/OS... including
> new/patched modssl (or z/OS ICSF providers for openssl) and modauth?
>
> Its not that most people would want to recompile Apache, but at a
> minimum it needs to be open enough to allow Apache modules to be
> built/ported.
>
> A closed-source ("Powered by") Apache port is -not- Apache.
Ok, on this I would have to respectfully disagree. In a recent former
life my team ported Apache to z/OS and wired it up to be integrated with
security etc. Apache is a very nice piece of software, but like almost
all other *IX programs, it is not "shaped" well to run on z/OS.
The first thing you end up wanting to do is make all of the z/OS files
(including non-UNIX files) accessible to the server - which requires you
to dink with security so the actions are done with the user's authority.
Then you find yourself wanting to break its processing into sections
that can be run on separate TCBs, which leads you to resource management
concerns, EOM exits, intertask socket handling etc etc.
Then you end up wanting WLM queue manager support so the inbounds can be
managed according to customer-specified goals etc. Provide some internal
management controls for dealing with hangs etc and before you know it,
the limit as x approaches infinity is... basically Websphere.
All of the above ends up being a moderate, but certainly non-trivial
amount of incision making, restructuring and additional code. You end up
with a piece of software that does run well on z/OS. And it really is
Apache, but it isn't "pure" Apache. Trust me when I tell you, you really
would not like a pure Apache solution on z/OS.
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