Re: HTTP Server test environment for RPG

I would have a separate http instance for the test vs. production.  Easy to do, but test would need to listen on a different port or TCP interface.   Can you use NAT to point the test instance to a different IP external and internal?

Jim Oberholtzer
Agile Technology Architects



> On Oct 8, 2021, at 3:56 AM, Dave <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I need to configure the server so that that the external party can commence
> testing.
> I've seen examples where a ScriptAlias is simply added to the server
> configuration in order to simply call the test program (change library
> lists, etc).
> It's also been suggested to use activation groups but that would need a lot
> more work to make sure everything is running only in that activation group.
> I don't like the fact that the calls to the production program and the test
> program would therefore use the same CGI job, if I understand correctly.
> I've seen that sometimes there are several CGI jobs running with the same
> name instead of one, I don't know how that works.
> Is there any reason I shouldn't just duplicate my server instance and use
> this only for testing purposes?
> 
> Thanks
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