Installing Rational DOORS Web Access on Linux systems
To run IBM
Rational
DOORS Web Access on Linux operating systems, you must install the database server,
the interoperation server, the web access server, and the web access broker.
Silently installing the Rational DOORS Web Access server
Use silent installation to install the Rational DOORS Web
Access server. Silent installation does not support the configuration
options that are available during a standard installation.
The Rational DOORS redirector service
If you want Rational DOORS Web Access users to be able
to use DOORS URLs in the same
way as Rational DOORS users, configure the redirector
service and the Rational DOORS database server. Users can
then specify whether to open DOORS URLs
in a standard client or in the web client. The redirector service
automatically opens the URL in the chosen client.
Configuring IBM HTTP Server as a reverse proxy for Rational DOORS Web Access
You can configure IBM HTTP Server as a reverse proxy for Rational DOORS Web Access. A
reverse proxy server provides an extra layer of security, protects HTTP servers in the
network, and improves the performance of Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) requests. When you use a
reverse proxy, you can change your deployment topology later, as needed.
Configuring Apache HTTP Server as a reverse proxy for Rational DOORS Web Access
You can configure Apache HTTP Server as a reverse proxy for Rational DOORS Web
Access. A reverse proxy server provides an extra layer of security, protects HTTP servers in
the network, and improves the performance of Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) requests. When you
use a reverse proxy, you can change your deployment topology later, as needed.
Configuring load balancing for Rational DOORS Web Access by using Apache HTTP Server
You can improve performance and increase the availability of the system by using load
balancing. Load balancing distributes tasks across all available processors and enhances
processing capacity and scalability. You can configure load balancing for IBM Rational DOORS Web Access by using Apache HTTP Server.
Changing server and broker ports
Depending on the tasks that you want to carry out, you
can change the configuration of a number of components. You can configure
the Rational DOORS Web Access server port and the broker
port.
Configuring Rational DOORS Web Access to use SSL or TLS
You can configure your Rational
DOORS Web Access server to use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
or Transport Layer Security (TLS), which provide secure communications between servers and clients
or browsers. The configuration involves setting Rational
DOORS Web Access to use HTTPS and enabling the HTTPS
Connector in the Apache Tomcat server that comes with the product.
Configuring Rational DOORS Web Access to use smart cards
Rational DOORS Web Access uses public key
infrastructure (PKI) cards, common access cards (CAC), or Windows user authentication to verify that
users are allowed to run Rational DOORS Web Access.