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<header class="doc-page-header"><h1>Context</h1><div class="doc-page-intro">In LiteSpeed Web Server terminology, a "context" is a virtual location, a common parent URL, that identifies a group of resources. Contexts can be thought of as different directories in your website's directory tree. For example, "/" is the root context mapped to the document root of a website. "/cgi-bin/" is a context farther up on the tree, dedicated to the CGI applications for this site. A context can be explicitly defined in LiteSpeed's WebAdmin console for the following purposes:<br/> <ul> <li>To make a file system outside of the document root accessible.</li> <li>To block access to certain resources.</li> <li>To set up user-level authentication for certain resources.</li> <li>To create mount points for external applications.</li> <li>To redirect requests to another location.</li> </ul></div>
</header><section class="doc-toc" aria-labelledby="top"><header class="doc-toc__header"><h2 id="top">Table of Contents</h2></header><section class="doc-toc__row"><h3 class="doc-toc__heading">Context Attributes</h3><ul class="doc-toc__links"><li><a href="#ctxType">Context Type</a></li></ul></section>
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<section class="doc-content-flow"><div class="helpitem"><article class="ls-helpitem"><header class="ls-helpitem__header" id="ctxType"><h3>Context Type<span class="ls-permlink"><a href="#ctxType"></a></span></h3></header><h4>Description</h4><p>The type of context created determines it's usage. <br/><br/> <b>Static</b> context can be used to map a URI to a directory either outside document root or within it. <br/> <b>LiteSpeed SAPI</b> context can be used to associate a URI with an LSAPI application. <br/> <b>Proxy</b> context enables this virtual host to serve as a transparent reverse proxy server to an external web server or application server. <br/> <b>Fast CGI</b> context is a mount point of Fast CGI application. <br/> <b>SCGI</b> context can be used to associate a URI with an SCGI application. <br/> <b>CGI</b> context can be used to specify a directory only contains CGI scripts. <br/> <b>Redirect</b> context can set up an internal or external redirect URI. <br/> <b>Load Balancer</b> context can be used to assign a different cluster for that context. <br/> <b>Java Web App</b> context is used to automatically import a predefined Java Application in an AJPv13 compliant Java servlet engine. <br/> <b>Servlet</b> context is used to import a specific servlet under a web application. <br/> <b>App Server</b> context is specifically used for Rack/Rails, WSGI, and Node.js applications. <br/> <b>uWSGI</b> context can be used to associate a URI with a uWSGI application. <br/> <b>Module handler</b> context is a mount point of handler type modules.</p> </article> </div>
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