Virtual hosts for Web application bundles [Settings]

Each WAB contained within a deployed asset must be mapped to a virtual host. WABs can be installed on the same virtual host, or dispersed among several virtual hosts.

To view this panel in the administrative console, click the following path:

Applications > Application Types > Business-level applications > bla_name > [Deployed assets] Add > Add Asset > asset_name > Wizard step: Map modules to virtual hosts

You use a virtual host to associate a unique port with a module or application. The aliases of a virtual host identify the port numbers defined for that virtual host. A port number specified in a virtual host alias is used in the URL that is used to access artifacts such as servlets and JavaServer Page (JSP) files in a Web module. For example, the alias myhost:8080 is the host_name:port_number portion of the URL http://myhost:8080/sample.

To check existing virtual hosts by using the administrative console, click Environment > Virtual hosts.

If you specify an existing virtual host in the ibm-web-bnd.xml or .xmi file for a given WAB, the specified virtual host is set by default. Otherwise, the default virtual host setting is default_host, which provides several port numbers through its aliases:
80
An internal, insecure port used when no port number is specified
9080
An internal port
9443
An external, secure port

Unless you want to isolate your WAB from other WABs or resources on the same node (physical machine), default_host is a suitable virtual host. In addition to default_host, WebSphere® Application Server provides admin_host, which is the virtual host for the administrative console system application. admin_host is on port 9060. Its secure port is 9043. Do not select admin_host unless the WAB relates to system administration.


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General Properties

Bundle symbolic name

The non-localizable name for this bundle.

Bundle version

The version of this bundle.

The bundle symbolic name, together with the bundle version, identifies a unique bundle.

Web module

The human-readable name for this Web module.

Virtual host

The name of the virtual host to which the Web application bundle is currently mapped.

To change a mapping, select a different virtual host from the drop-down list.




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