Microsoft IIS
WebHub has worked well with Microsoft IIS since 1997 when the runisa.dll ISAPI extension
came out. Usually this is the http server software of choice for production machines,
because it is included with most operating systems that one would use for a production
server, e.g. Windows 2003 Server.
Sambar
Sambar is a shareware product which provides an excellent option for
developers wanting to test an http server on a Windows operating system
that does not include IIS for free, e.g. Windows Home Edition, or when IIS restricts
the number of distinct websites to one (1) (as it does on Windows XP Pro).
Sambar is available from www.sambar.com. It has both a cgi-bin and an ISAPI interface;
of those two, the ISAPI interface is the faster one and recommended for use with WebHub.
Apache
Apache is the http server of choice for people who love Linux and open-source
solutions. It sports a cgi-bin interface for which one would use the runbin.exe runner with WebHub.
It also sports a fast-cgi interface which will be supported by a future edition of WebHub.
Please talk to tech support if this interface is of crucial importance to you.
General
In general, you may use WebHub with any http server software which supports
ISAPI or cgi-bin.
Importantly, if you decide tochange http server software at any point, you do not even need
to recompile your WebHub application to make it work with the changed platform.
The most you would have to do is add an http server definition, add a runner definition, and
update the associated server profiles. This means, edit WHNetworkInfo.xml with a text
editor or with ZMAdmin (roughly a five minute process).
Web Server: Recommendations and compatibility notes