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Disable Web Server Features

Disabling the web server features of Apache HTTP Server is an optional task when you set up load balancing. Because Apache HTTP Server is used as a load balancer, you can optionally perform these cleaning steps to disable the Apache web server features. Doing so improves performance and reduces potential security risks. If you use this version of Apache HTTP Server for other services or if you have other reasons, you can skip this procedure.

Follow these steps:

1. Delete the following folders under C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2:

   Note: In this step and other steps in this process, the "C:\Program Files\" portion of the path names reflect the typical location specified at installation time. This portion of your path names can vary, depending, for example, on the installation directory specified for the \Apache Software Foundation folder at installation time.

   • \cgi-bin
   • \error
   • \htdocs
   • \icons
   • \manual
2. Rename httpd.conf to _httpd.conf.bak in the C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\confdirectory.
3. Find the httpd.minimal.conf file.

   This minimal configuration file is included in the Utilities/Apache Webserver directory of the CA Service Catalog installation media.

4. Copy the httpd.minimal.conf file to C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\conf.
5. Rename the httpd.minimal.conf file to httpd.conf in that directory.
6. Delete all files in that directory except the following:
   • httpd.conf
   • _httpd.conf.bak
7. Change to the C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\modules directory.
8. Delete all files in that directory except the following:
   • mod_jk.so
   • mod_log_config.so
   • mod_setenvif.so

You have disabled web server features.