Re: HTTP Server test environment for RPG

[Dave <dfx1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks, I will definitely be using a different server for testing.
Although it seems to me there is only need for one CGI program for each
server instance. This would be able to set up the library list and call the
appropriate application program depending on the CGI environment variables.

On Fri, 8 Oct 2021 at 10:56, Dave <dfx1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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