--- a/NEWS	Thu Jan 30 16:58:03 2014 +0100
+++ b/NEWS	Fri Jan 31 17:45:27 2014 +0100
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 Pending changes in the mainline
 ===============================
 
+* Possibility to disable the HTTP server or the DICOM server
 * Recover pixel data for more transfer syntaxes (notably JPEG)
 * Maintenance tool to recover DICOM files compressed by Orthanc
 * The newline characters in the configuration file are fixed for Linux

--- a/OrthancServer/DicomProtocol/DicomServer.cpp	Thu Jan 30 16:58:03 2014 +0100
+++ b/OrthancServer/DicomProtocol/DicomServer.cpp	Fri Jan 31 17:45:27 2014 +0100
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
 #endif
 
 
-  void DicomServer::ServerThread(DicomServer* server)
+  void DicomServer::InitializeDictionary()
   {
     /* Disable "gethostbyaddr" (which results in memory leaks) and use raw IP addresses */
     dcmDisableGethostbyaddr.set(OFTrue);
@@ -148,7 +148,11 @@
         throw OrthancException(ErrorCode_InternalError);
       }
     }
+  }
 
+
+  void DicomServer::ServerThread(DicomServer* server)
+  {
     /* initialize network, i.e. create an instance of T_ASC_Network*. */
     T_ASC_Network *net;
     OFCondition cond = ASC_initializeNetwork

--- a/OrthancServer/DicomProtocol/DicomServer.h	Thu Jan 30 16:58:03 2014 +0100
+++ b/OrthancServer/DicomProtocol/DicomServer.h	Fri Jan 31 17:45:27 2014 +0100
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@
     static void ServerThread(DicomServer* server);
 
   public:
+    static void InitializeDictionary();
+
     DicomServer();
 
     ~DicomServer();

--- a/OrthancServer/OrthancInitialization.cpp	Thu Jan 30 16:58:03 2014 +0100
+++ b/OrthancServer/OrthancInitialization.cpp	Fri Jan 31 17:45:27 2014 +0100
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include "../Core/HttpClient.h"
 #include "../Core/OrthancException.h"
 #include "../Core/Toolbox.h"
+#include "DicomProtocol/DicomServer.h"
 #include "ServerEnumerations.h"
 
 #include <boost/lexical_cast.hpp>
@@ -142,6 +143,8 @@
     HttpClient::GlobalInitialize();
 
     RegisterUserMetadata();
+
+    DicomServer::InitializeDictionary();
   }
 
 

--- a/OrthancServer/main.cpp	Thu Jan 30 16:58:03 2014 +0100
+++ b/OrthancServer/main.cpp	Fri Jan 31 17:45:27 2014 +0100
@@ -402,9 +402,6 @@
         httpServer.SetSslEnabled(false);
       }
 
-      LOG(WARNING) << "DICOM server listening on port: " << dicomServer.GetPortNumber();
-      LOG(WARNING) << "HTTP server listening on port: " << httpServer.GetPortNumber();
-
 #if ORTHANC_STANDALONE == 1
       httpServer.RegisterHandler(new EmbeddedResourceHttpHandler("/app", EmbeddedResources::ORTHANC_EXPLORER));
 #else
@@ -413,14 +410,31 @@
 
       httpServer.RegisterHandler(new OrthancRestApi(context));
 
-      // GO !!!
-      httpServer.Start();
-      dicomServer.Start();
+      // GO !!! Start the requested servers
+      if (GetGlobalBoolParameter("HttpServerEnabled", true))
+      {
+        httpServer.Start();
+        LOG(WARNING) << "HTTP server listening on port: " << httpServer.GetPortNumber();
+      }
+      else
+      {
+        LOG(WARNING) << "The HTTP server is disabled";
+      }
+
+      if (GetGlobalBoolParameter("DicomServerEnabled", true))
+      {
+        dicomServer.Start();
+        LOG(WARNING) << "DICOM server listening on port: " << dicomServer.GetPortNumber();
+      }
+      else
+      {
+        LOG(WARNING) << "The DICOM server is disabled";
+      }
 
       LOG(WARNING) << "Orthanc has started";
       Toolbox::ServerBarrier();
 
-      // Stop
+      // We're done
       LOG(WARNING) << "Orthanc is stopping";
     }
 

--- a/Resources/Configuration.json	Thu Jan 30 16:58:03 2014 +0100
+++ b/Resources/Configuration.json	Fri Jan 31 17:45:27 2014 +0100
@@ -132,5 +132,15 @@
 
   // Number of seconds without receiving any instance before a
   // patient, a study or a series is considered as stable.
-  "StableAge" : 60
+  "StableAge" : 60,
+
+  // Enable the HTTP server. If this parameter is set to "false",
+  // Orthanc acts as a pure DICOM server. The REST API and Orthanc
+  // Explorer will not be available.
+  "HttpServerEnabled" : true,
+
+  // Enable the DICOM server. If this parameter is set to "false",
+  // Orthanc acts as a pure REST server. It will not be possible to
+  // receive files or to do query/retrieve through the DICOM protocol.
+  "DicomServerEnabled" : true
 }