Configuring a web plug-in for IBM® HTTP Server

After installing IBM® WebSphere® components, use the WebSphere® Customization Toolbox to configure a web server plug-in. Configuring the web server plug-in enables HTTP request routing for web servers managed by IBM® WebSphere® Application Server.

Before you begin

Before configuring a web server plug-in, the following software must be installed.
  • IBM® WebSphere® Application Server
  • IBM® HTTP Server
  • WebSphere® Customization Toolbox
  • Web Server Plug-ins for IBM® WebSphere®
For more information, search for web server plug-ins in the WebSphere® Application Server documentation, V8.5.

About this task

Configuring a web server plug-in before installing HCL VersionVault web servers, enables automatic configuration of IBM® HTTP Server during the web server installation process. After the web server is installed, users can access the servers by using the following URL.
  • VersionVault WAN server: http://server/ccrc
Complete this task before you install the web server components. During the configuration process, you must provide the IP address or host name of the WebSphere® Application Server host. On Windows™, you must run the WebSphere® Customization Toolbox as a built-in Administrator or as a local user in the Administrator group.
Note: When HCL VersionVault with HCL VersionVault Remote ClientServer is upgraded to a new fix pack, the file "plugin-cfg.xml" is preserved during the upgrade process and any custom configurations are not lost.

Procedure

  1. Open the WebSphere® Customization Toolbox (WCT).
    • Windows Click Start > All Programs > IBM WebSphere > WebSphere Customization Toolbox V8.5 > Tools > WebSphere Plug-ins Configuration Tool
    • UNIX Linux Run the script at /opt/IBM/WebSphere/Toolbox/WCT/wct.sh
  2. If the location of a previously installed web server plug-in that you want to use is not in the list or the list is blank, add a plugin location.
    1. Click Add.
    2. Enter a name for the WebSphere® Application Server plug-in location, WASPlugin for example. Then, click Browse to select the directory where the plug-in is located.
      • Windows WASplugin, C:\ProgramFiles\IBM\WebSphere\Plugins.
      • UNIX Linux WASplugin, /opt/ibm/WebSphere/Plugins
  3. Create the web server plug-in configuration file.
    1. In the second list box on the Web Server Plug-in Configurations tab, click Create.
    2. On the Web Server Selection panel, click IBM® HTTP Server. Then, click Next.
      If prompted, select the architecture of your installed target web server (64 bit).
    3. On the Web Server Configuration File Selection panel, select the existing IBM® HTTP Server httpd.conf file.

      To learn how to set X-Content-Type-Options HTTP header for HCL Compass, see technote 3518811.

      • Windows C:\IBM\HTTPServer\conf\httpd.conf.
      • UNIX Linux/opt/ibm/HTTPServer/conf/httpd.conf
    4. Verify that the web server port is correct.
      You must use Port 80 to enable the automatic configuration of HCL web servers during the product installation process.
    5. Click Next.
  4. On the Setup IBM HTTP Server Administration Server, remove the selection from the Setup IBM® HTTP Server Administration Server check box. Then, click Next.
  5. On the Web Server Definition Name panel, specify a unique name for the web server definition. Click Next.
  6. On the Configuration Scenario Selection panel, select (Remote) Host name or IP address of application server, then enter the host name or IP address of the current system.
    Choose the remote scenario so that the HCL product can be configured in a new WebSphere® profile that does not exist yet.
  7. Remove the selection from Launch the plug-in configuration roadmap. Then, click Finish.

Results

After you complete the web server plug-in configuration, the IBM® HTTP Server is prepared to route HTTP client requests from the IBM® HTTP Server to the web applications deployed on the WebSphere® Application Server.

What to do next

Install HCL VersionVault web server components. After the components are installed, users can access the servers by using the following URL.
  • VersionVault WAN server: http://server/ccrc