Chris, It seems to me that you are confusing the Apache HTTP server with Websphere.
> > 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. This is already handled by Websphere's "run-as" support. I agree that it would be nice to support server datasets as files in Apache. This is exactly the kind of thing that Apache add-on modules are designed for. It would be straight-forward to have a MVS-dataset-serving Apache module that changed the pthread-authority to user's authority. If you had an open Apache on z/OS, I would expect that lots of folks would take advantage of the Apache extension architecture to provide all sorts of z/OS specific stuff. > 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. > Of course. But Apache already does threads (which are mapped to TCBs in z/OS Posix stack). A proper port of Apache might have to have specific code(patches) or modules added to explot z/OS. But it already runs pretty well, IMO. > 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. > Right... don't confuse IHS or Apache with 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. Apparently the Websphere folks like an Apache solution over the current IHS, since they have announced a SOD that they will be migrating to use Apache internally in Websphere (instead of IHS or a Java http engine, although they have not made clear the details). My only point is that a solid port of Apache on z/OS that is open source would benefit everyone. Its not clear (to me) if IBM intends on providing an open port of Apache on z/OS. Kirk Wolf > CC > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
