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Classes of Directives
Oracle HTTP Server Concepts 2-3
Understanding Modules
Oracle HTTP Server is a modular server. Modules extend the basic functionality of
the Web server, and support integration between Oracle HTTP Server and other
Oracle Database components. Oracle HTTP Server includes Apache modules as
well as Oracle HTTP Server modules.
You can add modules using the
LoadModule
directive. Following is an example of
LoadModule
usage.
LoadModule status_module modules/mod_status.so
Classes of Directives
Table 2–1 classifies directives according to the context in which they can be used:
global, per-server, and per-directory.
See Also:
Chapter 7, "Oracle HTTP Server Modules" on page 7-1
Table 2–1 Classes and Directives
Class Context Where Used
global server configuration Inside server configuration files, but only outside
of container directives (directives such as
VirtualHost
that have a start and end
directive).
per-server server configuration,
virtual host Inside server configuration files, both outside (for
the main server) and inside
VirtualHost
directives.
per-directory server configuration,
virtual host, directory Everywhere; particularly inside the server
configuration files.
Note:
In Table 2–1 , each class is a subset of the class preceding it.
For example, directives from the per-directory class can also be
used in the per-server and global contexts, and directives from the
per-server class can be used in the global context.