This section contains topics on using third-party plug-in modules
with IBM HTTP Server.
About this task
You can build third-party plug-in modules (dynamic shared object
modules) for execution with IBM HTTP Server. IBM HTTP Server ships as an installation
image with executables that you cannot rebuild because the source does not
ship with the installation image. However, IBM HTTP Server does ship the header
files necessary to compile and build third-party plug-in modules that execute
as an IBM HTTP Server module.
Important: The use of third-party
plug-in modules does not prevent IBM HTTP Server from being supported, but
IBM cannot support the third-party plug-in module itself. If a problem occurs
when the third-party plug-in module is loaded, IBM support might ask for the
problem to be reproduced without the third-party plug-in module loaded, in
order to determine if the problem is specific to the configuration with the
third-party plug-in module. If a problem is specific to the configuration
with the third-party plug-in module, the provider of that module might need
to help determine the cause of the problem. IBM cannot resolve such problems
without the involvement of the provider of the module, as this requires understanding
of the implementation of the module, particularly with regard to its use of
the Apache APIs.