This topic describes how to install IBM HTTP Server Version
6.x.
Before you begin
IBM HTTP Server on distributed platforms.
Install the IBM HTTP Server product and its plug-in, or install a
plug-in for another supported Web server to enable the Web server
to work with WebSphere Application Server.
To use a Web server other
than IBM HTTP Server Version 6.x, install and configure the Web server
before or after installing the WebSphere Application Server product,
but before installing the Web server plug-ins for WebSphere Application
Server.
The Plug-ins installation wizard configures supported
Web servers. You can also manually configure supported Web servers
for WebSphere Application Server, Version 6.x, as described in Editing Web server configuration files.
About this task
See the information center for IBM HTTP Server Version
6.x for more information.
After installing the Web server and
the Application Server, install the appropriate Web server plug-in
for a supported, installed Web server. No further configuration is
required for most Web servers.
This topic describes installing
IBM HTTP Server.
Procedure
- Prepare your operating platform for installing IBM HTTP
Server as you would for installing any of the installable components
on the product disc.
See Preparing the operating system for product installation.
- Insert the product disc and mount the disc if necessary.
See Mounting disc drives on operating systems such as AIX or Linux for
information about mounting the product disc, if you are installing
IBM HTTP Server on a platform such as AIX or Linux.
- Start the installation with the launchpad command.
If you have a
problem launching the launchpad, use the troubleshooting information
in Using the launchpad to start the installation to correct the problem.
When
using the launchpad, launch the installation wizard for IBM HTTP Server:
After
launching the installation wizard from the launchpad or from the command
line, the ISMP wizard initializes and then displays the Welcome panel.
Separate
installation procedures for the WebSphere Application Server product,
the IBM HTTP Server product, and the Web server plug-ins let you install
only what you need on a particular machine.
- Click Next to display the License
agreement panel.
- Accept the license agreement and click Next to
display the installation root directory panel.
- Specify the root directory information
and click Next to display the feature type
selection panel.
The panel lets you bypass features
selection by accepting typical features. Selecting Custom lets you
select features in the Features selection panel.
- Click Custom to
select features and click Next to display the
Features selection panel.
Select features
to install and click Next to display the Windows
service authorization panel, when installing IBM HTTP Server on a
Windows platform.
If you are planning to administer IBM
HTTP Server using the WebSphere Application Server Version 6.x administrative
console, select Run IBM HTTP Administration as a Windows
Service with Log on as local system account.
User name and password is not required for this selection. Click Next.
If you will not administer IBM HTTP Server using the WebSphere Application
Server Version 6.x administrative console, select Run IBM
HTTP Administration as a Windows Service with Log
on as a specified user account and specify your user ID
and password information. Click Next.
- Review the confirmation panel to
verify your selections. Click Back to change
any of your specifications. Click Next to begin
installing IBM HTTP Server.
- Click Next to display the Web server
plug-ins prompt panel.
- Click Next to launch the Plug-ins
installation wizard.
To continue the installation,
refer to the file for your platform:
If the plugin directory does not exist
at the same level as the IHS directory, the prompt
panel for selecting the plug-ins installer does not display and the
installation is finished. In that case, launch the Plug-ins installation
wizard using the launchpad.
If you are installing
IBM HTTP Server on Solaris x64 and you intend to configure the Web
server plug-in for Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), an additional step
is necessary to enable the plug-in to load the correct libraries for
SSL. Open the Command Prompt application and type the following command:
ln -s /opt/ibm/gsk7_64/lib64/libgsk7ssl_64.so ihs_install_root/lib/libgsk7ssl.so
where ihs_install_root is
the IBM HTTP Server install directory. If this command is not run,
the plug-in will fail to use SSL even when configured and error messages
similar to the following will appear in the http_plugin.log file
at plugin_install_root/logs/webserver_name/:[Mon Nov 13 14:47:01 2006] 00001cda 00000001 - ERROR: lib_security: loadSecurityLibrary: Failed to load gsk library
[Mon Nov 13 14:47:01 2006] 00001cda 00000001 - ERROR: ws_transport: transportInitializeSecurity: Unable to load security library
[Mon Nov 13 14:47:01 2006] 00001cda 00000001 - ERROR: ws_server: serverAddTransport: Failed to initialize security
[Mon Nov 13 14:47:01 2006] 00001cda 00000001 - ERROR: ws_server: serverAddTransport: HTTPS Transport is skipped
Results
The IBM HTTP Server is installed.
What to do next
You can get started easily with
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) connections, by making only a few configuration
changes, as described in Configuring
IBM HTTP Server for SSL mutual authentication. If you are using
the IBM HTTP Server on a Windows platform, you can configure the
Fast Response Cache Accelerator to boost performance. You can also
make many other configuration changes with Apache directives.
Refer to the Information center for IBM HTTP Server, for
a description of configuring the Web server for SSL, the Fast Response
Cache Accelerator, or Apache directives.
Go to Installing the product and additional software to continue.
The Global Security Kit (GSKit) installation image
files for the WebSphere® Web server plug-ins are packaged
on the CD with the Web server plug-in files. If you want to use GSKIT,
you can download the appropriate GSKIT file to the workstation on
which your Web server is running.