WebSphere Application Server V8.5 Administration and Configuration Guide for the Full Profile

Chapter 12. Configuring and managing web servers 425

– Web Server Plug-ins for IBM WebSphere Application Server

Click Next.

6. Read and accept the license agreement. Click Next.

7. Select the installation directory for each package. You can keep the default paths or

update them to suit your environment. Click Next.

8. On the Features window, verify the selected packages, and click Next.

9. Configure a port number for the IBM HTTP Server to communicate. Keep the default port

80 or modify to a port number that is not in use. Click Next.

10.Review the settings on the Summary window, and click Install.

11.When the installation is complete, review the summary, and click Finish. It is also a best

practice to view the log file to verify that the installation was successful.

After installation of the web server and web server plug-in, you need to configure the web

server plug-in. To configure the plug-in, the stand-alone WebSphere Customization Toolbox

offering must be installed. You can find more information about the stand-alone WebSphere

Customization Toolbox offering in 2.6.1, “WebSphere Customization Toolbox” on page 52.

12.3 Web server configuration using the WebSphere

Customization Toolbox

After installing the web server plug-in, you must configure it. A new tool in WebSphere

Application Server V8.5 is the Web Server Plug-in Configuration Tool in the WebSphere

Customization Toolbox (WCT), which is used for configuring web server plug-ins. The Web

Server Plug-in Configuration Tool creates one or more configurations for the web server

plug-ins that can direct requests from a web client through the web server and then interact

with applications running on an application server. The Web Server Plug-in Configuration Tool

edits the configuration file or files for a web server by creating directives that point to the

location of the binary plug-in module and the plug-in configuration file.

Before configuring the plug-in, determine the topology set up. The options for defining and

managing web servers depend on your chosen web server topology and your WebSphere

Application Server package. Decisions to make include whether to collocate the web server

with other WebSphere Application Server processes and whether to make the web server

managed or unmanaged.

The following examples outline the process required to create each sample topology. Note

that each example assumes that only the WebSphere processes shown in the diagrams are

installed on each system and that the profile for the process is the default profile.

This section is not a substitute for using the product documentation but is intended to help

you understand the process. For detailed information about how to complete a local or remote

installation scenario, see the Web Server Plug-in Installation Roadmaps for WebSphere

Application Server Network Deployment Version 8.0 guide that comes with the plug-in. You

can also find this information at the following website:

http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v8r5/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.ibm.webspher

e.nd.multiplatform.doc%2Fae%2Ftins_road_plugins.html