Checking your IBM HTTP Server version

 

Overview

At times, you might need to determine the version of your IBM HTTP Server installation.

  1. Change directory to the installation root of the Web server. For example, this is /opt/IBMHTTPD on a Solaris machine.

  2. Find the subdirectory that contains apache.exe (on a Windows platforms) or apachectl (on a UNIX-based platforms, such as z/OS, Solaris, Linux, and HP-UX)

  3. On a Windows platform, issue: 

    apache.exe -V

  4. On a UNIX-based platforms issue: 

    ./apachectl -V 4

  5. On a z/OS system, start the HTTP Server for z/OS as a started task using a JCL procedure or by issuing a command from the OMVS command line.

 

Results

The version is shown in the "Server version:" field and will looks something like the following on a distributed platform: 

Server version: IBM_HTTP_Server/2.0.47 Apache/2.0.47 
Server built: Oct 2 2003 20:38:36 
Server's Module Magic Number: 20020903:4.

On a z/OS system, if you use a JCL procedure to start he HTTP Server for z/OS, the following banner will appear in the Job Log. If you issued a command from the OMVS command line to start the server, this banner will follow the command on the OMVS screen:

............ This is IBM HTTP Server - North American Edition V5R1M0 
............ Built on Apr 15 2004 at 11:45:42.           
............ Started at Sat Apr 24 08:16:55 2004      
............ Running as "WEBSRV", UID:0, GID:205.    
............ Using _CEE_ENVFILE /etc/httpd.envvars.        
............ Using configuration file /etc/httpd.conf.
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