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. See -xs dbeng12/dbsrv12 server option.

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

dbsrv12 -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.
• 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:

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