Use
The aim of the Web Tools and Web Server software development was to provide the user with the most comfortable access to all Web Tools. The default values for the installation are based on the assumption that the Web Tools will be operated in a secure environment behind a firewall.
If you have installed the Web Tools, then the Web Server has also been installed and configured with default values. These values enable all Web Tools to run. When you start the Web Server, the system automatically starts the Web Tools; you can call up the Web Tools using the URL. If you stop the Web Server, the Web Tools are also stopped.
If you have particularly strict requirements for the security of your systems, then you must consider the notes below carefully and, if appropriate, change the default configuration as soon as you have installed the Web Server and Web Tools software.
Procedure
Check that the default configuration of the Web Server and the Web Tools is adequate for your security requirements.
Before you call up
the Web Tools for the first time, check your browser settings.
See: Adapting
Browser Settings for Web Tools
You can now start the Web Server.
See: Starting and
Stopping the Web Server
You can change the
configuration of the Web Server.
See: Changing
the Configuration of the Web Server
You can use Web
Tools also with the Apache Web Server.
See: Using Web
Tools with the Apache Web Server
See also:
· Starting Web SQL Studio [Extern]
General Notes on Security
Always use a firewall to protect the MaxDB Web Server.
Your security concept needs to take into account the fact that you can use the Web DBM, Web SQL Studio and WebDAV to access remote databases within the network.
For your SAP systems, only use Web Tools software provided to you through SAP MATS.
The MaxDB Web Server does not support the https protocol. If you want to work with the Web Tools over a secure connection, we recommend that you use the Apache Web Server as a proxy in front of the MaxDB Web Server (see: Using Web Tools with the Apache Web Server).
Once the Web Server has been installed, you can access the Web Server Manager as an administrator with the user name admin and the password init. You must change this system default for the Web Server administrator authorization immediately after installation; you use the Web Server Manager for this (see: Calling up the Web Server Manager).
All incoming http requests can in principle be logged in a file. As of Version 7.5.00.19, this function has been deactivated as a system default for security reasons. Only activate this function if it is permitted by your security concept (see: Changing the Configuration of the Web Server).
The system default setting is that all Web Tools are started when the Web Server is started. If you do not use all the Web Tools all the time, then we recommend removing the check marks used to register service entries for the tools that you do not require. This will ensure that these Web Tools are no longer started when the Web Server is started. You can register these services again at any time, if you need them (see: Configuring Web Tools).
Under Microsoft
Windows, once the software has been installed, the Web Server is registered as
a Windows service and can be started using the Start menu or called using a
script in the Command Prompt. If you only want to use the Web Tools and the
Web Server temporarily, we recommend that you delete the Web Server service
registration (option -u) and only start the Web Server specifically when
you want to use the Web Tools (option -d).
See: Starting
and Stopping the Web Server on Microsoft Windows