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Chili!Soft ASP support

Chili!Soft ASP allows to run Microsoft ASP and VBScript/JScript applications on an Apache server.

As Chili!Soft ASP has its own web based control panel Plesk has no built-in support for it. However, Chili!Soft ASP can be easily used with Plesk. Follow the instructions below to install:

  1. Download the Sun Chili!Soft ASP package from the web server to the temporary directory.

  2. Extract the files of Sun Chili!Soft ASP using the command # tar xvf chiliasp-3.6.2L.1047a.tar

  3. Run the install.sh script: # ./install.sh

  4. Read the license agreement and confirm acceptance by entering "yes"

  5. Press Enter to install Sun Chili!Soft ASP by default to the directory /opt/casp

  6. Press "y" to confirm entering the serial number, then enter the serial number when prompted. If you do not have the serial number to supply, press "n".

  7. When the wizard promts to install the bundled Apache, press "n".

  8. Select the language. Press Enter for default.

  9. Select the first option (Use the bundled 1.3.1 JRE) to install the bundled JRE 1.3.1 and confirm installing, pressing the y button.

  10. At this step you are prompted to define how to search for the web server the Chili!Soft ASP will work with. Select the option 4 (Don't search) for the installer to skip search and go to the next step.

  11. Select option 3 (Do not configure a Web server)

  12. At this step you are suggested to set the administrator's shell configuration. Select the option 1 (Default configuration)

  13. The installation script work finishes at this step, however the installation is not yet finished as the web server needs to be properly configured, which will require several additional steps.

  14. Determine the Apache version installed:

    # rpm -q apache. Press Enter.

    apache-1.3.23-14
#

    So you can see that the Apache version is apache 1.3.23. After that you need to check whether there is an appropriate module in the Sun Chili!Soft ASP product installation.

    # ls -1 /opt/casp/module/linux2_optimized/ Press Enter.

    apache_1.3.11
apache_1.3.12
apache_1.3.14
apache_1.3.19
apache_1.3.20
apache_1.3.22
apache_1.3.6
apache_1.3.9
netscape
netscape_4.x
netscape_6.x
zeus
#

    As you can see there is no appropriate Apache version and the latest apache version that can be used is apache_1.3.22. That is why you can simply copy this directory recursively to the directory with number of your Apache:

    # cp -pR /opt/casp/module/linux2_optimized/apache_1.3.22 /opt/casp/module/linux2_optimized/apache_1.3.23 Press Enter.

  15. Now you need to configure the ASP server to work with the client Apache:

    1. Run the configuration script:# /opt/casp/configure-server

    2. Select the option 1 (Configure the ASP Server)

    3. Select the option 1 (Specify the Web server)

    4. Select the option 1 (Apache)

    5. Specify the path to the client Apache configuration file /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

    6. Specify the path to the apache binary /usr/sbin/httpd

    7. Select the option 1 (Apache Web server) to configure the web server that you specified at the previous steps.

    8. Enter "y" to confirm that all the entered information is correct.

    9. Select the option 1 (Default configuration)

    That's it. The Chili!Soft ASP is completely installed.

Now you can manage the ASP server via the control panel, which is accessible at URL http://yourservername.com:5100


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