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 load balancing on Apache HTTP Server or IBM HTTP Server 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.