# Web Server Reference

Setting Up PxPlus Web Server |

## Environment

The PxPlus Web Server can be installed on either Windows or UNIX/Linux/AIX systems.

## Installing as a Service on Windows

The PxPlus Web Server can be installed as a Windows Service using one of the following methods:

Method 1: From the PxPlus IDE Main Launcher

Expand the Installation and Setup category and select Install Windows Services to launch the Install Windows Services interface. From the Type of Service drop box, select PxPlus Web Server. After entering the service settings in the grid, select the Install button.

Method 2: By entering "*plus/web/service"

This utility can be run to install/uninstall the Web Server. See Setting Up Web Server as a Windows Service.

## Running the Web Server on UNIX/Linux/AIX

In UNIX, Linux or AIX, the standard PxPlus installation comes complete with three shell scripts:

| runconfig | Runs the Web Server Configuration
| runserver | Starts the Web Server in the background
| stopserver | Stops the Web Server

Use these scripts to start, stop and configure your Web Server, or if using WindX to connect to the server, use the PxPlus IDE to access them.

## Running the Web Server on Windows

For Windows installations, you will need the following two shortcuts:

Shortcut 1:
Name: | PxPlus Web Server
Command Line: | Your path\PxPlus VX.X\pxplus.exe webhide.ini *web\webserv -arg server_name
Start In: | Your path\PxPlus VX.X\lib\_web
Run: | Minimized
Description: | This application is the basic PxPlus Web Server launcher or engine. It is responsible for reading the configuration and launching the individual port monitors.

Shortcut 2:
Name: | PxPlus Web Server Configuration
Command Line: | Your path\PxPlus VX.X\pxplus.exe webcfg.ini *web\webcfg
Start In: | Your path\PxPlus VX.X\lib\_web
Run: | Minimized
Description: | This application allows you to create or change port monitors and their configurations dynamically.

If you used the standard PxPlus installer, these shortcuts will already have been created in the Windows START menu. You can copy from there to the desktop as desired.

In addition, the Web Server and its configuration utility can be run from the PxPlus IDE.