You install a front-end web server before you run the IBM®
InfoSphere® Information Server installation
program.
About this task
The following steps describe how to install the IBM
HTTP Server. Refer to the Apache HTTP Server documentation for information about how to install the
Apache HTTP Server.
Procedure
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Determine a web server topology diagram and road map. See the information about Selecting a web server topology diagram and roadmap.
- Choose whether to install the web server locally or remotely:
- For development and testing environments, you might prefer
to install the web server locally on a computer that hosts an IBM
WebSphere® Application Server Network Deployment managed
node. When you do so, the web server plug-in file, plugin-cfg.xml,
is automatically propagated to the web server by IBM
WebSphere Application Server.
- For production environments, install the web server remotely
on a dedicated server. Because the front-end web server is typically
outside the firewall in the DMZ, the front-end web server must be
installed remotely on a separate dedicated computer. You manually
copy the plugin-cfg.xml file to the computer
where the web server is installed. (For more information, see Propagating the plugin-cfg.xml file
to the front-end web server.)
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Install IBM HTTP Server. See the information about Installing IBM HTTP Server.
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Install the web server plug-in module. See the information about Installing web server plug-ins.
After you install the Workload Manager plug-in binary files, run the
configure<webserver_name> script to create a web server
definition in
WebSphere Application Server.
Operating system |
Script |
AIX®
Linux® |
configure<webserver_name>.sh |
Windows |
configure<webserver_name>.bat |
Note: For remote installations, running the script also creates an unmanaged
node.
- Configure the web server to accept encoded slashes.
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Configure SSL for the IBM HTTP Server, and configure SSL
between the front-end IBM HTTP Server and the application
server. See the information about Securing IBM HTTP Server and complete
the following tasks:
Securing with SSL communications
Configure SSL between the front-end IBM HTTP Server and
the deployment manager
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If you are using a port other than the default 80 or 443 for your front-end web server, add a
virtual host entry with the same port value as your front-end web server. For more information, see
Configuring virtual hosts.
What to do next
- Ensure there are no errors seen in the front end web server and
the WebSphere Application Server plugin
log files. If there are any, they need to fixed before you can install InfoSphere Information Server.
- You can install additional components such as backup load balancers,
backup web servers, firewalls, and cache proxies. Refer to the external
vendors' documentation.