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CBSR 4003 Web Server Technology

1. The document discusses various components of a web server including the computing platform, web server software, and documents. It explains how web servers respond to requests for resources from clients and store/organize documents. 2. It also covers the structure of HTTP messages exchanged between browsers and servers. Key points about web server process models and features of HTTP like persistent connections are highlighted. 3. Documents on web servers can be organized in tree structures and caches store local copies of documents to improve performance. Common media types served include images, audio/video and documents.

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CBSR 4003 Web Server Technology

1. The document discusses various components of a web server including the computing platform, web server software, and documents. It explains how web servers respond to requests for resources from clients and store/organize documents. 2. It also covers the structure of HTTP messages exchanged between browsers and servers. Key points about web server process models and features of HTTP like persistent connections are highlighted. 3. Documents on web servers can be organized in tree structures and caches store local copies of documents to improve performance. Common media types served include images, audio/video and documents.

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CBSR 4003

WEB SERVER TECHNOLOGY


JAN-2021
E-TUTORIAL 3 & 4

UNIT 2 : WEB SERVERS AND


HTTP
• Web servers components
• Document organization
• Web server process models
• Http- A closer look
• Other HTTP features
• Persistent connections
UNIT 2 : WEB SERVERS AND HTTP
• LEARNING KEY POINTS TO REMEMBER :
• How Web documents can be stored and organized using a variety of document tree structures on the
server?
• How Web servers can operate using different process models? Compare and contrast the different
approaches.
• Examine the structure and meaning of the HTTP messages exchanged between the browser and the
server.
• What are the important characteristics and features of HTTP?

Internet Fact : Till today, there are more than 1.8million active web servers in the
world.
Web Server Components

 Web server = computing platform + Web server


software + documents
 Web server (with unique IP) runs the web software to
respond to requests for resources from Web client.
 Requested requests can be dynamically or statically
generated web documents which are stored,
organized and served from the server’s file system.
 Computing Platform comprises of Operating System
Components of a Web server software, hardware and the network connection.

Criteria for choosing Web server software;


 compatibility with your current operating environment 1. Explain how web server responds to requests for
and hardware platform; resources?
 security features; 2. What is error 404?
 ease of use;
 vendor and technical support;
 availability of upgrades; and
 good performance reviews.
Past exam Q
Web Server Components(cont..)
Establishing a connection between an HTPP client and server
Steps involved;
1. The client must locate the server.
2. The client’s system software initiates TCP
handshake by sending a packet to the server,
requesting a connection.
3. The server’s system software sends a packet back
to the client, agreeing to set up a connection.
4. The client program is connected to the new
network connection.
5. The server program is connected to the new
network connection.
6. The client sends multiple HTTP requests through a
single connection.
7. The server sends HTTP responses back in the same
order as the requests.
8. The server closes the connection.
Popular Web Servers
DOCUMENT ORGANISATION
• Common media type – Images, Audio, Video, Slide presentations, spreadsheets
• MIME types and extensions

Header fields;
Content-Type: text/html
Content-Length: 2294

• Cache - set of Web documents stored on the Web client’s local disk. Fetching documents from a cache is a
lot faster than fetching them from a remote Web server. Caches are useful for improving Web server
performance and response times.
• Document Organisation concept;
• tree structure (hierarchy), example : /BOOKS/AUTHORS/LU_XUN.HTML
• relative name, example ./LU_XUN.HTML (referencing the docs using hyperlinks)
• ‘mirrored’ or replicated document tree
THE END

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