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Answers to questions about our LightWave products, LightWave Client and LightWave Server.

  • Using LightWave Client with a Web Proxy

    Many organizations use a Web Proxy to secure outbound internet access. A Web Proxy acts as an intermediary between internal (intranet) HTTP clients and the internet. A Web Proxy may be used to: Provid...

  • Can I use LightWave Client with an API using OAuth 2.0 authentication?

    It depends. A REST API using OAuth 2.0 for authentication works by requiring a bearer token to be supplied as an HTTP header in the API request sent to the service endpoint (the web service). LightWav...

  • Managing LightWave Server Filesystem Disk Space Usage

    The disk space used by the LightWave Server filesystem may increase over time and must be periodically maintained. The use of diagnostic logging over long periods may also result in excessive disk spa...

  • Using Server Certificates with LightWave Solutions

    Both LightWave Server and LightWave Client support network connections protected by Transport Layer Security (TLS).  Both products support TLS connections when connecting to the product Consoles. Ligh...

  • Scaling LightWave Server with SWORKER processes

    A LightWave Server (LWS) instance consists of the SERVER process pair and zero (yes zero) or more SWORKER processes. The SERVER process receives all new client connection requests and delegates them t...

  • Resiliency Considerations for LightWave Solutions

    The LightWave Client & LightWave Server products allow NonStop systems to expose and consume REST web services. REST web services use the HTTP protocol over TCP/IP network connections to transport mes...

  • LightWave Server and Pathway Link Management

    Introduction Pathway application programming is prevalent in most NonStop customer environments.  The requester/server model (known today as “client/server”) is fundamental to the NonStop in general a...