Configuring a namespace to use with Apache or IBM HTTP server

You can configure a specific Cognos® Analytics namespace to use with Apache HTTP Server or IBM HTTP Server.

About this task

This option can be used with namespaces that are or aren’t configured for single sign-on.

Procedure

  1. Follow the steps in the Configuring Apache HTTP Server or IBM HTTP Server with Cognos Analytics topic to configure Apache HTTP Server or IBM HTTP Server with IBM® Cognos Analytics.
  2. Add an HTTP header named CAM-Namespace by using the following steps:
    1. Open the cognos.conf file that you configured in step 1 in a text editor.
    2. For the Location parameter, add the RequestHeader parameter named CAM-Namespace, and set it to the Namespace ID, as specified in IBM Cognos Configuration, of the namespace that you want to use. 
      # Define cognos location
<Location /ibmcognos>
	RequestHeader set X-BI-PATH /ibmcognos/bi/v1
	RequestHeader set CAM-Namespace your_namespace_id
</Location>
    3. Save the cognos.conf file, and restart the web server.