Configure Apache HTTP Server or IBM HTTP Server

This section describes how to configure Apache HTTP Server or IBM HTTP Server as your web server in IBM® Cognos® Analytics.

Configuring IBM HTTP Server V9
You can use IBM HTTP Server (IHS) V9 web server to support load balancing and failover across multiple IBM Cognos Analytics application servers.
Configuring WebDAV on IBM HTTP Server or Apache HTTP Server
To view and browse images inReporting, configure Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) on your web server.
Configuring IBM HTTP Server with SSL
If you are using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) on IBM HTTP Server, you must change the Gateway URI values in IBM Cognos Configuration to be able to access the portal.
Configuring Apache HTTP Server or IBM HTTP Server with Cognos Analytics
After you complete this procedure, the server can handle requests for static files (such as .js, .html, .css), load balance requests to IBM Cognos Analytics, and route SSO requests through the IBM Cognos Analytics gateway code.
Configuring Cognos Analytics with either Apache HTTP Server or IBM HTTP Server
This topic explains how to configure either Apache HTTP Server or IBM HTTP Server to use the cognos.conf file. This configuration file contains all the settings required by IBM Cognos Analytics.
Apache web server load balancing
Load balancing allows you to scale your Apache web server.
Enabling HTTP/2 for a web server
HTTP/2 is a networking protocol for low-latency transport of content. This protocol is essential for load balancing of certain requests, and serving static content, such as icons and image files, efficiently.

Parent topic: Configuring the gateway