This topic describes how to add the virtual host that servers the
administrative console to the plug-in configuration file so that you can access
the administrative console through a Web server.
Before you begin
Install your Version 6 WebSphere Application
Server product, a Web server, and the Web server plug-ins for WebSphere Application
Server.
The Plug-ins installation wizard creates a
Web server definition on the Application Server system, either directly when
they are on the same machine, or by a script for remote scenarios.
After creating
the Web server definition, the plug-in configuration file exists within the
Web server definition.
About this task
This task gives you the option of configuring the admin_host so
that Web servers can access the administrative console. When the Web server
plug-in configuration file is generated, it does not include admin_host on
the list of virtual hosts.
Procedure
- Use the administrative console to change the admin_host virtual
host group to include the Web server port (80 by default).
- Click Environment > Virtual Host > admin_host > Host
Aliases > New.
The default port that displays is
80, unless you specify a different port during installation
or profile creation.
- Specify the IP address, or the name of the machine that is hosting
the HTTP server.
For example, if you installed a WebSphere Application
Server product on a machine that is named waslwaj.rtp.ibm.com, specify the
name in this field.
- Click Apply > Save.
- Stop and restart the application server.
For example,
to access the administrative console of a stand-alone application server,
stop and restart the server1 process.
To stop server1,
open a command window and navigate to the
profile_root/bin directory.
Then issue the following command:
./stopServer.sh server1
After
receiving the following message, you can restart the application server:
Server server1 stop completed.
To
start the application server, issue the following command:
When
you receive a message that is similar to the following message, the server1
process is running:
Server server1 open for e-business; process id is 1719
- Edit the plugin-cfg.xml file to include the
following entries:
<VirtualHostGroup Name="admin_host">
<VirtualHost Name="*:9060"/>
<VirtualHost Name="*:80"/>
<VirtualHost Name="*:9043"/>
</VirtualHostGroup>
...
...
...
<ServerCluster Name="server1_SERVER1HOSTserver1_Cluster">
<Server LoadBalanceWeight="1" Name="SERVER1HOSTserver1_dmgr">
<Transport Hostname="SERVER1HOST" Port="9060" Protocol="http"/>
</Server>
<PrimaryServers>
<Server Name="SERVER1HOSTserver1_dmgr"/>
</PrimaryServers>
</ServerCluster>
...
...
...
<UriGroup Name="admin_host_server1_SERVER1HOSTserver1_Cluster_URIs">
<Uri AffinityCookie="JSESSIONID"
AffinityURLIdentifier="jsessionid" Name="/ibm/console/*"/>
</UriGroup>
<Route ServerCluster="server1_SERVER1HOSTserver1_Cluster"
UriGroup="admin_host_server1_SERVER1HOSTserver1_Cluster_URIs" VirtualHostGroup="admin_host"/>
If
your HTTP server has an HTTP port other than 80, add an entry to the VirtualHostGroup:
<VirtualHost Name="*:port"/>
The port variable is your HTTP server
port.
Results
You
can configure your supported Web servers to access the administrative console
application of a stand-alone application server.