-<!-- $Id: frontend.xml,v 1.17 2003-04-28 21:02:16 adam Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: frontend.xml,v 1.29 2006-04-25 11:25:08 marc Exp $ -->
<chapter id="server"><title>Generic server</title>
<sect1><title>Introduction</title>
<para>
If you have a database system that you would like to make available by
- means of Z39.50 or SRW, &yaz; basically offers your two options. You
+ means of Z39.50, SRW o SRU, &yaz; basically offers your two options. You
can use the APIs provided by the &asn;, &odr;, and &comstack;
modules to
create and decode PDUs, and exchange them with a client.
Result-Set Sort (optional).
</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Return Explain for SRW/SRU (optional).
+ </para></listitem>
+
</itemizedlist>
<para>
<varlistentry><term>
<literal>int idle_timeout;</literal></term>
<listitem><para>Maximum session idle-time, in minutes. Zero indicates
- no (infinite) timeout. Default is 120 minutes.
+ no (infinite) timeout. Default is 15 minutes.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term>
/* character set and language negotiation - see include/yaz/z-charneg.h */
Z_CharSetandLanguageNegotiation *charneg_request;
Z_External *charneg_response;
+ int (*bend_srw_explain)(void *handle, bend_explain_rr *rr);
+ int (*bend_srw_scan)(void *handle, bend_scan_rr *rr);
} bend_initrequest;
typedef struct bend_initresult
int hits; /* number of hits */
int errcode; /* 0==OK */
char *errstring; /* system error string or NULL */
+ Z_OtherInformation *search_info;
} bend_search_rr;
</synopsis>
that holds the reference to the desired record.
The <literal>number</literal> is the offset into the set (with 1
being the first record in the set). The <literal>format</literal> field
- is the record format requested by the client (See section
- <link linkend="oid">Object Identifiers</link>). The value
- <literal>VAL_NONE</literal> indicates that the client did not
- request a specific format. The <literal>stream</literal> argument
+ is the record format requested by the client (See
+ <xref linkend="asn.oid"/>).
+ The value <literal>VAL_NONE</literal> indicates that the client did
+ not request a specific format. The <literal>stream</literal> argument
is an &odr; stream which should be used for
allocating space for structured data records.
The stream will be reset when all records have been assembled, and
bend_scan_status status;
int errcode;
char *errstring;
+ char *scanClause; /* CQL scan clause */
} bend_scan_rr;
</synopsis>
+ <para>
+ This backend server handles both Z39.50 scan
+ and SRW/SRU scan. In order for a
+ handler to distinguish between SRW/SRU (CQL) scan
+ Z39.50 Scan , it must check for a non-NULL value of
+ <literal>scanClause</literal>.
+ </para>
+ <note>
+ <para>
+ if designed today, it would be a choice using a union or similar,
+ but that would break binary compatibility with existing servers.
+ </para>
+ </note>
</sect2>
</sect1>
The finished application has the following
invocation syntax (by way of <function>statserv_main()</function>):
</para>
-
- <cmdsynopsis>
- <command>appname</command>
- <arg choice="opt"><option>-a <replaceable>file</replaceable></option></arg>
- <arg choice="opt"><option>-v <replaceable>level</replaceable></option></arg>
- <arg choice="opt"><option>-l <replaceable>file</replaceable></option></arg>
- <arg choice="opt"><option>-u <replaceable>uid</replaceable></option></arg>
- <arg choice="opt"><option>-c <replaceable>config</replaceable></option></arg>
- <arg choice="opt"><option>-t <replaceable>minutes</replaceable></option></arg>
- <sbr/>
- <arg choice="opt"><option>-k <replaceable>kilobytes</replaceable></option></arg>
- <arg choice="opt"><option>-d <replaceable>daemon</replaceable></option></arg>
- <arg choice="opt"><option>-w <replaceable>dir</replaceable></option></arg>
- <arg choice="opt"><option>-ziST1</option></arg>
- <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">listener-spec</arg>
- </cmdsynopsis>
+
+ &gfs-synopsis;
<para>
The options are:
- &ztest-options;
+ &gfs-options;
</para>
<synopsis>
hostname | IP-number [: portnumber]
</synopsis>
-
+
<para>
The port number defaults to 210 (standard Z39.50 port).
</para>
</para>
<para>
- For TCP/IP and SSL, the special hostname "@" is mapped to
- the address <literal>INADDR_ANY</literal>, which causes the
- server to listen on any local interface.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- Examples:
- <screen>
- tcp:@:210
-
- ssl:@:3000
-
- unix:/tmp/yaz
- </screen>
+ For TCP/IP and SSL, the special hostname <literal>@</literal>
+ (at sign) is mapped to the address <literal>INADDR_ANY</literal>,
+ which causes the server to listen on any local interface.
</para>
+ <example><title>Running the GFS on Unix</title>
+ <para>
+ Assuming the server application <replaceable>appname</replaceable> is
+ started as root, the following will make it listen on port 210.
+ The server will change identity to <literal>nobody</literal>
+ and write its log to <filename>/var/log/app.log</filename>.
+ <screen>
+ <replaceable>appname</replaceable> -l /var/log/app.log -u nobody tcp:@:210
+ </screen>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The server will accept Z39.50 requests and offer SRW/SRU service
+ on port 210.
+ </para>
+ </example>
+ <example><title>Setting up Apache as SRW/SRU Frontend</title>
+ <para>
+ If you use <ulink url="&url.apache;">Apache</ulink>
+ as your public web server and want to offer HTTP port 80
+ access to the YAZ server on 210, you can use the
+ <ulink url="&url.apache.directive.proxypass;">
+ <literal>ProxyPass</literal></ulink>
+ directive.
+ If you have virtual host
+ <literal>srw.mydomain</literal> you can use the following directives
+ in Apache's httpd.conf:
+ <screen>
+ <VirtualHost *>
+ ErrorLog /home/srw/logs/error_log
+ TransferLog /home/srw/logs/access_log
+ ProxyPass / http://srw.mydomain:210/
+ </VirtualHost>
+ </screen>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The above for the Apache 1.3 series.
+ </para>
+ </example>
+ <example><title>Running a server with local access only</title>
+ <para>
+ Servers that is only being accessed from the local host should listen
+ on UNIX file socket rather than a Internet socket. To listen on
+ <filename>/tmp/mysocket</filename> start the server as follows:
+ <screen>
+ <replaceable>appname</replaceable> tcp:/tmp/mysocket
+ </screen>
+ </para>
+ </example>
+ </sect1>
+ <sect1 id="server.vhosts"><title>Virtual Hosts</title>
+ &gfs-virtual;
</sect1>
</chapter>