Configuration of Network Protocol Options

Network protocol options are optional settings that provide control over a specified web service protocol. These settings are configured at the command line when you launch your database server with the -xs database server option.

For example, the following command line configures an HTTPS listener with the PORT, FIPS, Identity, and Identity_Password network protocol options specified:

iqsrv16 -xs https(PORT=544;FIPS=YES;
    IDENTITY=certificate.id;IDENTITY_PASSWORD=password) your-database-name.db

This command starts a database server that enables the HTTPS web service protocol for the your-database-name.db database. The network protocol options indicate that the web server should perform the following tasks:

Listen on port 544 instead of the default HTTPS port (443).
Enable FIPS-approved security algorithms to encrypt communications.
Locate the specified identity file, certificate.id, which contains a public certificate and its private key.
Validate the private key against the specified identity password, password.

The following list identifies the network protocol options that are commonly used for web service protocols:

Network protocol option	Available web service protocols	Description
DatabaseName (DBN) protocol option	HTTP, HTTPS	Specifies the name of a database to use when processing web requests, or uses the REQUIRED or AUTO keyword to specify whether database names are required as part of the URL.
FIPS protocol option	HTTPS	Enables FIPS-approved security algorithms to encrypt database files, communications for database client/server communication, and web services.
Identity protocol option	HTTPS	Specifies the name of an identity file to use for secure HTTPS connections.
Identity_Password protocol option	HTTPS	Specifies the password for the encryption certificate.
LocalOnly (LO) protocol option	HTTP, HTTPS	Allows a client to choose to connect only to a server on the local computer, if one exists.
LogFile (LOG) protocol option	HTTP, HTTPS	Specifies the name of the file where the database server writes information about web requests.
LogFormat (LF) protocol option	HTTP, HTTPS	Controls the format of messages written to the log file where the database server writes information about web requests, and specifies which fields appear in the messages.
LogOptions (LOPT) protocol option	HTTP, HTTPS	Specifies the types of messages that are recorded in the log where the database server writes information about web requests.
ServerPort (PORT) protocol option	HTTP, HTTPS	Specifies the port on which the database server is listening.