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How to secure the web.config from access via Dispatcher?

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Summary

This web.config file can be accessed via the Dispatcher URI if Cognos Analytics has been installed as a single instance with Dispatcher and Gateway. The configuration of Cognos via Gateway does not allow that access but via http://dispatcher:9300/web.config or http://dispatcher:9300/bi/samples/images/web.config where the Dispatcher itself does not secure these webserver files.

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Modified date:
13 January 2026

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ibm10966943