Configuring Cognos® Transformer to use HTTP

Configure the Cognos® Transformer 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® Transformer 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® Transformer for instructions on configuring these settings manually.

Procedure

  1. Set the JAVA_HOME variable:
    1. Navigate to the WAS_install_root/bin directory.
      For example:
      • IBM® AIX® or Linux™: /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/bin
      • Microsoft™ Windows™: C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\bin
    2. Run the following command:
      • AIX® or Linux™: setupCmdLine.sh
      • Windows™: setupCmdLine.bat
  2. (AIX® or Linux™) Set environment variables to point to the Cognos® BI Server’s /bin directory by running the following command:

    By default, the Transformer’s environment variables point to its own directory, so you must change them to point to the BI Server’s directory.

    • AIX®: export LIBPATH=/opt/IBM/Cognos/CognosBI/bin64/
    • Linux™: export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/IBM/Cognos/CognosBI/bin64/
  3. Start the Cognos® Configuration Tool:
    1. Navigate to the /bin64 directory of the Cognos® Transformer installation directory.
      For example:
      • AIX®, Linux™: /opt/IBM/Cognos/Transformer/bin64/
      • Windows™: C:\IBM\Cognos\Transformer\bin64\
    2. Start the Cognos® Configuration tool by running the following command:
      • AIX®, Linux™: ./cogconfig.sh
      • Windows™: cogconfigw.exe
  4. Expand Local Configuration > Environment 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 Gateway URI attribute.

    • Other URI Settings

      In this section, change only the Dispatcher URI for external applications attribute.

  5. Save your changes.
  6. Exit the Cognos® Configuration tool.

    You do not need to restart the Transformer component.

What to do next

Verify that Cognos is mapped to the IBM HTTP Server URLs in LotusConnections-config.xml. For more information, see Updating IBM Connections to use the HTTP server.