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<!DOCTYPE html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8" /> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1" /> <title>LiteSpeed Web Server Users' Manual - Context</title> <meta name="description" content="LiteSpeed Web Server Users' Manual - Context." /> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" /> <meta name="robots" content="noindex"> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="img/favicon.ico" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/hdoc.css"> </head> <body> <div class="pagewrapper clearfix"><aside class="sidetree ls-col-1-5"> <figure> <img src="img/lsws_logo.svg" alt="lightspeed web server logo" width="100px"/> </figure> <h2 class="ls-text-thin"> LiteSpeed Web Server <br /> <span class="current"><a href="index.html">Users' Manual</a></span> </h2> <h3 class="ls-text-muted">Version 6.2 — Rev. 0</h3> <hr/> <div> <ul> <li><a href="license.html">License Enterprise</a></li> <li><a href="intro.html">Introduction</a></li> <li><a href="install.html">Installation</a></li> <li> <a href="admin.html">Administration</a> <ul class=" menu level2"> <li><a href="ServerStat_Help.html">Service Manager</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="security.html">Security</a></li> <li> <a href="config.html">Configuration</a> <ul class="level2"> <li><a href="ServGeneral_Help.html">Server General</a></li> <li><a href="ServLog_Help.html">Server Log</a></li> <li><a href="ServTuning_Help.html">Server Tuning</a></li> <li><a href="ServSecurity_Help.html">Server Security</a></li> <li><a href="Cache_Help.html">Page Cache</a></li> <li><a href="PageSpeed_Config.html">PageSpeed Config</a></li> <li><a href="ExtApp_Help.html">External Apps</a></li> <ul class="level3"> <li><a href="External_FCGI.html">Fast CGI App</a></li> <li><a href="External_FCGI_Auth.html">Fast CGI Authorizer</a></li> <li><a href="External_LSAPI.html">LSAPI App</a></li> <li><a href="External_Servlet.html">Servlet Engine</a></li> <li><a href="External_WS.html">Web Server</a></li> <li><a href="External_PL.html">Piped logger</a></li> <li><a href="External_LB.html">Load Balancer</a></li> </ul> <li><a href="ScriptHandler_Help.html">Script Handler</a></li> <li><a href="PHP_Help.html">PHP</a></li> <li><a href="App_Server_Help.html">App Server Settings</a></li> <li><a href="Listeners_General_Help.html">Listener General</a></li> <li><a href="Listeners_SSL_Help.html">Listener SSL</a></li> <li><a href="Templates_Help.html">Virtual Host Templates</a></li> <li><a href="VirtualHosts_Help.html">Virtual Host Basic</a></li> <li><a href="VHGeneral_Help.html">Virtual Host General</a></li> <li><a href="VHSecurity_Help.html">Virtual Host Security</a></li> <li><a href="VHSSL_Help.html">Virtual Host SSL</a></li> <li> <a href="VHPageSpeed_Config.html">Virtual Host PageSpeed Config</a> </li> <li><a href="Rewrite_Help.html">Rewrite</a></li> <li><span class="current"><a href="Context_Help.html">Context</a></span></li> <ul class="level3"> <li><a href="Static_Context.html">Static Context</a></li> <li> <a href="Java_Web_App_Context.html">Java Web App Context</a> </li> <li><a href="Servlet_Context.html">Servlet Context</a></li> <li><a href="FCGI_Context.html">Fast CGI Context</a></li> <li><a href="LSAPI_Context.html">LSAPI Context</a></li> <li><a href="Proxy_Context.html">Proxy Context</a></li> <li><a href="CGI_Context.html">CGI Context</a></li> <li><a href="LB_Context.html">Load Balancer Context</a></li> <li><a href="Redirect_Context.html">Redirect Context</a></li> <li><a href="App_Server_Context.html">App Server Context</a></li> <li><a href="Rails_Context.html">Rack/Rails Context</a></li> </ul> <li><a href="VHAddOns_Help.html">Add-ons</a></li> </ul> </li> <li> <a href="webconsole.html">Web Console</a> <ul class="level2"> <li><a href="AdminGeneral_Help.html">Admin Console General</a></li> <li><a href="AdminSecurity_Help.html">Admin Console Security</a></li> <li> <a href="AdminListeners_General_Help.html"> Admin Listener General </a> </li> <li> <a href="AdminListeners_SSL_Help.html">Admin Listener SSL</a> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </aside> <article class="contentwrapper ls-col-3-5 clearfix"><div class="nav-bar ls-spacer-micro-top"><div class="prev">« <a href="Rewrite_Help.html">Rewrite</a></div><div class="center"><a href="config.html">Configuration</a></div><div class="next"><a href="VHAddOns_Help.html">Add-ons</a> »</div></div> <h1>Context</h1><section class="ls-spacer-small-bottom">In LiteSpeed Web Server terminology, a "context" is a virtual location, a common parent URL, that identifies a group of resources. Contexts can be thought of as different directories in your website's directory tree. For example, "/" is the root context mapped to the document root of a website. "/cgi-bin/" is a context farther up on the tree, dedicated to the CGI applications for this site. A context can be explicitly defined in LiteSpeed's WebAdmin console for the following purposes: <ul> <li>To make a file system outside of the document root accessible.</li> <li>To block access to certain resources.</li> <li>To setup user-level authentication for certain resources.</li> <li>To create mount points for external applications.</li> <li>To redirect requests to another location.</li> </ul></section> <h2 id="top">Table of Contents</h2><section class="toc"><section class="toc-row"><header>Context Attributes</header><p> <a href="#ctxType">Context Type</a></p></section> </section> <section><div class="helpitem"><article class="ls-helpitem"><div><header id="ctxType"><h3>Context Type<span class="ls-permlink"><a href="#ctxType"></a></span><span class="top"><a href="#top">⇑</a></span></h3></header></div><h4>Description</h4><p>The type of context created determines it's usage.:<br><br><b>Static</b> context can be used to map a URI to a directory either outside document root or within it.<br> <b>Java Web App</b> context is used to automatically import a predefined Java Application in an AJPv13 compilant Java servlet engine.<br> <b>Servlet</b> context is used to import a specific servlet under a web application.<br> <b>Fast CGI</b> context is a mount point of Fast CGI application.<br> <b>LiteSpeed SAPI</b> context can be used to associate a URI with an LSAPI application.<br> <b>Proxy</b> context enables this virtual host to serve as a transparant reverse proxy server to an external web server or application server.<br> <b>CGI</b> context can be used to specify a directory only contains CGI scripts.<br> <b>Load Balancer</b> context can be used to assign a different cluster for that context.<br> <b>Redirect</b> context can set up an internal or external redirect URI.<br> <b>App Server</b> context is used for Rack/Rails, WSGI, or Node.js applications.<br> <b>Rack/Rails</b> context is specifically used for Rack/Rails applications. It is recommended to configure Rack/Rails applications as an <b>App Server</b> context instead.<br></p> </article> </div> </section> </article><div class="ls-col-1-1"><footer class="copyright">Copyright © 2003-2020. <a href="https://www.litespeedtech.com">LiteSpeed Technologies Inc.</a> All rights reserved.</footer> </div></div> </body> </html>