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 WebSphere Application Server.
Before you begin
Before configuring a web server plug-in, the following software must be installed.
- 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,
V8.0,
V8.5.
About this task
Configuring a web server plug-in before installing Rational ClearCase or ClearQuest 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
URLs.
- CCRC WAN Server:
http://server/ccrc
- ClearQuest Web
Server:http://server/cqweb
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 built-in Administrator or as a local
user in the Administrator group. For details, see
APAR PM46369.
Note: When ClearCase with ClearCase 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
- Open the WebSphere Customization Toolbox (WCT).
Click
Run the script at /opt/IBM/WebSphere/Toolbox/WCT/wct.sh
- 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.
- Click Add.
- 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.
WASplugin, C:\ProgramFiles\IBM\WebSphere\Plugins.
WASplugin, /opt/IBM/WebSphere/Plugins
- Create the web server plug-in configuration file.
- In the second list box on the Web Server Plug-in
Configurations tab, click Create .
- On the Web Server Selection panel,
click IBM HTTP Server. Then, click Next. If prompted, select architecture of your installed target web
server (64 bit or 32 bit).
- On the Web Server Configuration File Selection panel,
select the existing IBM HTTP Server httpd.conf file.
C:\IBM\HTTPServer\conf\httpd.conf.
/opt/IBM/HTTPServer/conf/httpd.conf
- Verify that the web server port is correct. You
must use Port 80 to enable automatic configuration of Rational web
servers during the product installation process.
- Click Next.
- On the Setup IBM HTTP Server Administration Server,
remove the selection from the Setup IBM HTTP Server Administration
Server check box. Then, click Next.
- On the Web Server Definition Name panel,
specify a unique name for the web server definition. Click Next.
- 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
Rational product can be configured in a new WebSphere profile that
doesn't exist yet.
- 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 ClearCase or ClearQuest web server components. After
the components are installed, users can access the servers by using
the following URLs.
- CCRC WAN Server: http://server/ccrc
- ClearQuest Web Server:http://server/cqweb