Manually configuring the IBM HTTP Server V7.0 plugin for routing client requests

Update the IBM HTTP Server plug-in configuration to enable routing of ClearCase and ClearQuest client requests through the IBM HTTP Server to the web application deployed on the WebSphere Application Server.
Note: These instructions apply to WebSphere Application Server and IBM HTTP Server, V7.0. For information about configuring the IBM HTTP Server for V8.0, see Configuring a web plug-in for IBM HTTP Server version 8.

Before you begin

These instructions apply to WebSphere Application Server and IBM HTTP Server, V7.0. For more information, see these topics:

About this task

To route Rational ClearCase and Rational ClearQuest client requests through IBM HTTP Server to the web applications deployed on the WebSphere Application Server, the IBM HTTP Server plugin file, httpd.conf must be configured with the information for each web application. Typically, this configuration file is updated automatically during the installation of the ClearCase and ClearQuest web server features. In some cases, it might be necessary to manually configure the routing service by using this procedure.

Procedure

  1. Stop all IBM HTTP Server processes.
  2. Generate the plugin-cfg.xml files for each profile created.
    On Windows :
    was_install_dir\bin\GenPluginCfg.bat –profileName profile_name
    UNIX/Linux :
    was_install_dir\bin\GenPluginCfg.sh –profileName profile_name
  3. If you generated more than one plugin-cfg.xml , use the pluginMerge tool to merge the configurations into one file:
    On Windows
    was_install_dir\bin\pluginMerge.bat pathname_of_plugin-cfg.xml_#1 pathname_of_plugin-cfg.xml_ #2 ……pathname_of_plugin-cfg.xml_#n pathname_of_combined_plugin-cfg.xml
    On UNIX/Linux:
    was_install_dir/bin/pluginMerge.sh pathname_of_plugin-cfg.xml_1 pathname_of_ plugin-cfg.xml_2pathname of plugin-cfg.xml_n pathname of combined plugin-cfg.xml
  4. Locate the path name for the plugin-cfg.xml file listed in ihs_install_dir/conf/httpd.conf
    Examples
    LoadModule was_ap22_module "C:\IHS7HOME\Plugins\bin\mod_was_ap22_http.dll"
    WebSpherePluginConfig "C:\IHS7HOME\Plugins\config\webserver1\plugin-cfg.xml"
  5. Copy the plugin-cfg.xml created in step 2 or step 3 to the location listed in the httpd.conf.
  6. Start IBM HTTP Server.
  7. To verify access to the server, open a browser and go to:
    • CCRC WAN Server: http://server/ccrc
    • ClearQuest Web Server:http://server/cqweb

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