Configuration

The Configuration tab has the following fields.

Field

Global Var?

Description

Name

No

The name to appear as the label for the resource.

Description

No

Short description of the shared resource.

Host

Yes

Specifies the name of the host that accepts the incoming requests. For machines that have only one network card, the default value localhost specifies the current machine. For machines that have more than one network card, this field specifies the host name of the card that can be used to accept incoming HTTP requests.

If there is more than one network card on the machine, and you specify localhost in this field, all network cards on the machine can listen for incoming HTTP requests on the specified port.

Note: Only one HTTP server can be started on each port. Therefore, if you have a machine with multiple network cards, make certain that all HTTP Connection resources that use the same host name specify different port numbers.
Note: Note: When the hostname is localhost, ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks considers the machine as a non multi home environment. Hence it is not required to set the bw.plugin.http.server.defaultHost property in bwengine.tra file.

However, when the hostname is anything other than the localhost, then ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks considers the machine as a multi home environment. Set the bw.plugin.http.server.defaultHost property in bwengine.tra file to the same value as has been set in the host field of HTTP Shared Connection for default host.

Port

Yes

Port number on which to listen for incoming HTTP requests.

SSL

No

Specifies whether incoming requests must use the HTTPS (secure socket layer or SSL) protocol. This protocol authenticates the server to the client, and optionally authenticates the client to the server.

Enabling this field allows you to specify SSL parameters with the Configure SSL button (see Configure SSL Button).

Server Type

No

Specifies the server type to be used. The drop-down lists the available options: Tomcat and HTTPComponent.