Welcome To Xitami
Welcome to the Xitami online documentation. These pages describe how to
install, use, and configure Xitami for your needs. You'll also find a large
FAQ section that provides answers to many frequently-asked
questions.
Xitami is a high-quality portable free web server. It is distributed with
source code according to a liberal License Agreement. Please
take a minute to read this. What's special about Xitami?
- It runs on all UNIX platforms, OS/2, OpenVMS, Windows 3.x, Windows 95,
and Windows NT. At iMatix, we make software portability a reality.
- You'll be surprised at how easily Xitami installs. Since the software
comes fully configured, you don't need to change a single option to run it.
- Xitami is small, fast, and robust: it's based on a solid software
engineering tools that we developed for multithreaded TCP/IP servers.
- Unlike any other web server, Xitami was designed as a set of portable
reusable components. It's easy to extend and reincorporate.
To download the latest version go to the Download Corner.
If you're a software developer, visit the iMatix home page and
take a look at our other products. Libero, SFL, and
SMT are the unique software tools that make Xitami fast and
portable. You can use them freely in any project; if you intend to extend
Xitami, you'll want these tools.
Summary of Xitami Features
- Server supports HTTP/1.0, FTP, CGI/1.1, SSI protocols, server-side image
maps, user-defined MIME types, multiple document roots, persistent
connections; on-the-fly server reconfiguration; customisable error messages;
- Security: basic authentication per directory; FTP access rights per user
and per directory; on-the-fly user and password management;
- Logging: NCSA-compatible log files; programmed log file cycling; fast
log file translation tool;
- Virtual hosts: by IP address or host name (HTTP/1.1 virtual hosts); full
independent configuration (log files, web spaces, access rights,...) per
virtual host;
- Configuration: editable config files, or through browser-based interface
that includes virtual host wizard, server control (restart, terminate),
active connection monitor, and full configuration of server options,
security, users, etc.;
- Applications: direct support for CGI scripts in Perl, Awk, Rexx, Python;
WSX protocol for plug-in extensions; SSI protocol for dynamic web pages;
filter protocol for arbitrary web page filters;
Some functions (FTP, CGI) are not included in the 16-bit Windows 3.x
version due to space and time limitations. Sorry.
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