Configuring a WebSphere proxy server
Configure an IBM® WebSphere® proxy server to perform routing and caching tasks for a cluster of IBM Sametime® servers running on WebSphere Application Server.
Before you begin
Create a cluster of Sametime servers running on WebSphere Application Server; start the deployment manager (the Sametime System Console) as well as all node agents and application servers in the cluster.
Use these instructions to configure a WebSphere proxy server that operates with the following Sametime server clusters:
- Meeting Server
- Conference Manager
- SIP Proxy/Registrar
- SIP Edge Proxy
About this task
A cluster of Sametime servers that run
on WebSphere Application
Server can use a WebSphere proxy
server to manage routing and caching tasks. To ensure redundancy in
the case of a proxy server failure, you may want to configure multiple
proxy servers for the cluster. Use a Load Balancer in that case to
divide the incoming load between the proxy servers. You can host a WebSphere proxy server on
any node in the cluster (except the Sametime System Console)
but because it uses a lot of system resources, you may want to host
it on its own computer.
Note: If you install multiple WebSphere proxy servers, you will need
a Load Balancer to divide the incoming load among the proxy servers.
Installing IBM Load Balancer
is discussed later in this section.
Procedure
- Log in to the deployment manager's (the Sametime System Console) Integrated Solutions Console as the WebSphere administrator.
- In the navigation tree, click .
- In the proxy servers table, click the New button at the beginning of the table.
- In the "Create a new proxy server entry" dialog box, do
the following:
- Save the changes by clicking the Save link in the "Messages" box at the beginning of the page.
- Resynchronize the nodes:
- On the deployment manager, log in to the Integrated Solutions Console as the WebSphere administrator.
- Click .
- Select all of the nodes in the cluster.
- Click Full Resynchronize.
- (Conference Manager cluster, SIP Proxy/Registrar cluster,
SIP Edge Proxy cluster) Assign the new proxy server to the cluster:
- Click .
- In the Default cluster field, select the cluster that you are configuring this WebSphere proxy server to work with.
- Click Apply.
- Save the changes by clicking the Save link in the "Messages" box at the beginning of the page.
- Now start the new WebSphere proxy
server:
- Again in the Integrated Solutions Console's navigation tree, click .
- In the "WebSphere proxy servers" page, select the new proxy server from the list.
- Click the Start button.