Web server Plug-in configuration properties

Web server plug-in configuration properties are set on various panels of the administrative console. You can learn about the various properties that are set for a particular panel.

The following tables group the properties. The grouping is based on the path that you follow to arrive at the console panel that you must use to configure a web server plug-in property.

Web server plug-in configuration properties

The following table contains web server plug-in configuration properties. To access these properties, click Servers > Server Types > Web servers > web_server_name > Plug-in properties.

Table 1. Web server plug-in configuration properties. To access these properties, click Servers > Server Types > Web servers > web_server_name > Plug-in properties.
Field name Configuration element and property name
Ignore DNS failures during web server startup
  • Config element
  • IgnoreDNSFailures
Refresh configuration interval
  • Config elements
  • RefreshInterval
Keyring Location
  • Property element
  • Keyring
Stashfile Location
  • Property element
  • Stashfile
Plug-in log file name
  • Log element
  • Name
Plug-in log level
  • Log element
  • LogLevel

Web server plug-in request and response properties

The following table contains the web server plug-in request and response properties. To access these properties, click Servers > Server Types > Web servers > web_server_name > Plug-in properties > Request and Response.

Table 2. Web server plug-in request and response properties. To access these properties, click Servers > Server Types > Web servers > web_server_name > Plug-in properties > Request and Response.
Field name Configuration element and property name
Maximum chunk size used when reading the response body
  • Config element
  • ResponseChunkSize
Enable Nagle algorithm for connections to the Application Server
  • Config element
  • ASDisableNagle
Enable Nagle Algorithm for the IIS Web Server (Present only if IIS web server)
  • Config element
  • IISDisableNagle
Chunk HTTP response to the client
  • Config element
  • ChunkedResponse
Accept content for all requests
  • Config element
  • AcceptAllContent
Virtual host matching
  • Config element
  • VHostMatchingCompat
Application server port preference (HostHeader or WebserverPort)
  • Config element
  • AppServerPortPreference
Priority used by the IIS Web Server when loading the plug-in configuration file
  • Config element
  • IISPluginPriority

Web server plug-in caching properties

The following table contains web server plug-in caching properties. To access these properties, click Servers > Server Types > Web servers > web_server_name > Plug-in properties > Caching.

Table 3. Web server plug-in caching properties. To access these properties, click Servers > Server Types > Web servers > web_server_name > Plug-in properties > Caching.
Field name Configuration element and property name
Enable Edge Side Include (ESI) processing to cache the responses
  • Property element
  • ESIEnable
Enable invalidation monitor to receive notifications
  • Property element
  • ESIInvalidationMonitor
Maximum cache size
  • Property element
  • ESIMaxCacheSize

Web server plug-in request routing properties

The following table contains the web server plug-in request routing properties. To access these properties, click Servers > Server Types > Web servers > web_server_name > Plug-in properties > Request Routing.

Table 4. Web server plug-in request routing properties. To access these properties, click Servers > Server Types > Web servers > web_server_name > Plug-in properties > Request Routing.
Field name Configuration element and property name
Load balancing option (Round-Robin or Random)
  • ServerCluster element
  • LoadBalance
Retry interval
  • ServerCluster element
  • RetryInterval
Maximum size of request content
  • ServerCluster element
  • PostSizeLimit
Maximum buffer size used when reading the HTTP request content
  • ServerCluster element
  • PostBufferSize
Remove special headers
  • ServerCluster element
  • RemoveSpecialHeaders
Clone separator change
  • ServerCluster element
  • CloneSeparatorChange

Web server plug-in custom properties

The following table contains web server plug-in custom properties. To access these properties, click Servers > Server Types > Web servers > web_server_name > Plug-in properties > Custom properties > New.

Table 5. Web server plug-in custom properties. To access these properties, click Servers > Server Types > Web servers > web_server_name > Plug-in properties > Custom properties > New.
Custom property name Configuration element and property name
AutoSecurity: Enable best encryption practices
  • Config element
  • AutoSecurity
certificate_validation_strict_rfc5280: Enable or disable strict RFC5280 certificate validation.

[9.0.5.6 or later] Default value is false, which is disabled.
  • Config element
  • certificate_validation_strict_rfc5280
CertLabel
  • Property element
  • CertLabel
ESICacheidFull: Plug-in uses both virtual host and URI to calculate cache ID.
  • Property element
  • ESICacheidFull
ESIEnableToPassCookies: Forwarding of session cookies to WebSphere® Application Server.
  • Property element
  • ESIEnableToPassCookies
HTTPMaxHeaders
  • Config element
  • HTTPMaxHeaders
IgnoreAffinityRequests
  • ServerCluster element
  • IgnoreAffinityRequests
IISDisableFlushFlag
  • Config element
  • IISDisableFlushFlag
KeyringLocation
  • Property element
  • Keyfile
KillWebServerStartUpOnParseErr
  • Config element
  • KillWebServerStartUpOnParseErr
MarkBusyDown
  • Config element
  • MarkBusyDown
SSLConsolidate
  • Config element
  • SSLConsolidate
SSLMapMode: onload, offload, default
  • Config element
  • SSLMapMode

[AIX Solaris HP-UX Linux Windows]SSLPKCSDriver

 [AIX Solaris HP-UX Linux Windows]
  • Config element
  • SSLPKCSDriver

[AIX Solaris HP-UX Linux Windows]SSLPKCSPassword

 [AIX Solaris HP-UX Linux Windows]
  • Config element
  • SSLPKCSPassword
StrictSecurity
  • Config element
  • StrictSecurity
TrustedProxyEnable
  • Config element
  • TrustedProxyEnable
TrustedProxyList
  • TrustedProxyGroup element
  • TrustedProxy
StashfileLocation
  • Property element
  • Stashfile
UseInsecure
  • Config element
  • UseInsecure

WebSphere Application Server web server plug-in properties

The following table contains WebSphere Application Server web server plug-in properties. To access these properties, click Servers > Server Types > WebSphere application servers > server_name > Web server plug-in properties.

Table 6. WebSphere Application Server web server plug-in properties. To access these properties, click Servers > Server Types > WebSphere application servers > server_name > Web server plug-in properties.
Field name Configuration element and property name
Server role
  • PrimaryServers element
  • BackupServers element
Connect timeout
  • PrimaryServers element
  • ConnectTimeout
The read and write timeouts for all the connections to the application server
  • Server element
  • ServerIOTimeout
Maximum number of connections that can be handled by the Application Server
  • Server element
  • MaxConnections
Use extended handshake to check whether Application Server is running
  • Server element
  • ExtendedHandshake
Send the header "100 Continue" before sending the request content
  • Server element
  • WaitForContinue

WebSphere Application Server cluster web server plug-in properties

The following table contains WebSphere Application Server cluster web server plug-in properties. To access these properties, click Servers > Clusters > WebSphere application servers cluster > cluster_name, and then in the Additional Properties section, click Web server plug-in cluster properties.

Table 7. WebSphere Application Server cluster web server plug-in properties. To access these properties, click Servers > Clusters > WebSphere application servers cluster > cluster_name, and then in the Additional Properties section, click Web server plug-in cluster properties.
Field name Configuration element and property name
Server read/write timeout retry count
  • ServerCluster element
  • ServerIOTimeoutRetry
Fetch partition table (getDWLMTable)
  • ServerCluster element
  • GetDWLMTable
Use cluster address
  • ClusterAddress element
  • ClusterAddress

WebSphere Application Server intelligent management plug-in properties

The following table contains WebSphere Application Server intelligent management plug-in properties. To access these properties, click Servers > Web servers > web_server_name > Intelligent Management > Intelligent Management plug-in properties.

Table 8. WebSphere Application Server intelligent management plug-in properties. To access these properties, click Servers > Web servers > web_server_name > Intelligent Management > Intelligent Management plug-in properties.
Field name Configuration element and property name
General Properties > Enable
  • IntelligentManagement element
  • enableRoutingToAdminConsole
Intelligent Management service: Maximum retry interval
  • IntelligentManagement element
  • retryInterval
Intelligent Management service: Maximum retries
  • IntelligentManagement element
  • maxRetries
Intelligent Management service: Alternate location for ODR daemon process id file
  • IntelligentManagement element
  • OdrPortPathPrefix
Additional Properties > Trace specification
  • TraceSpecification element
Intelligent management plug-in properties RoutingRulesConnectorClusterName property
  • Property element
  • RoutingRulesConnectorClusterName

Other settings

The following table contains other settings. The first column contains the field name and its location. The second column lists the corresponding configuration element and property name.

Table 9. Other settings. The first column contains the field name and its location. The second column lists the corresponding configuration element and property name.
Field location and name Configuration element and property name
  • Servers > Application Servers > server_name > Session management > Cookies
  • Cookie name
  • URI element
  • AffinityCookie
  • Security > Global security > Custom properties
  • com.ibm.security.useFIPS
  • Config element
  • FIPSEnable
  • Servers > Server types > WebSphere Application Servers > server_name > Server infrastructure > Administration > Custom properties
  • Plugin_PersistTimeOut_Reduction
  • Transport element
  • ConnectionTTL
  • All applications > application > Session Management > Enable cookies
  • URI element
  • AffinityURLIdentifier
  • WebSphere Application server clusters > mycluster > Cluster members >
  • ConfiguredWeight value
  • Server element
  • LoadBalanceWeight
  • Servers > Server types > WebSphere application servers > server_name > Session management > Custom properties
  • HttpSessionCloneId
  • Server element
  • CloneID