Configuring Cognos® BI Server to use HTTP
Configure the Cognos® BI Server to use the IBM® HTTP Server that operates with the IBM® Connections deployment.
About this task
Use the Cognos® Configuration tool to specify settings that enable Cognos® BI Server to operate with IBM® HTTP Server.
Note: The Cognos® Configuration
tool provides a graphical user interface. If your IBM® AIX® or Linux™ server does not support a
graphical user interface, see the topic Configuring HTTP manually
for Cognos® BI Server for
instructions on configuring these settings manually.
Procedure
- Start the Cognos® Configuration
Tool:
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and edit the URLs for the following properties to point to the HTTP server.
Attention: The URLs must be updated to point to the HTTP server's host name and port number. The port number must be included even if it's the standard port 80.
- Gateway Settings
In this section, change only the "Dispatch URIs for gateway" attribute.
- Other URI Settings
In this section, change only the "Dispatcher URI for external applications" attribute.
Note: There might be a need to update the Gateway settings Gateway URI and Controller URI to point to the HTTP server instead of 'localhost' if the problem described in this technote occurs. - Gateway Settings
- Save your changes.
- Exit the Cognos® Configuration
tool, making sure to select No at the following
prompt:The service 'IBM Cognos' is not running on the local computer. Before you can use it your computer must start the service. Do you want to start this service before exiting?
- Restart the Cognos® server: