Installing IBM HTTP Server

This topic describes how to install IBM HTTP Server Version 6.x.

Before you begin

IBM HTTP Server for iSeries. The IBM HTTP Server Version 6.x product is included in the media package when you order any of the WebSphere Application Server Version 6.x for i5/OS products. It is not a required product. To install IBM HTTP Server Version 6.x on a non-iSeries server, use the following instructions.

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

  1. Prepare your operating platform for installing IBM HTTP Server as you would for installing any of the installable components on the product disc.
  2. Insert the product disc and mount the disc if necessary.
  3. Start the installation with the launchpad command.
    • launchpad.exe
    You can also start the installation using the /IHS/install command, where IHS is the installable component directory on the product disc:
    • /IHS/install

    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.

  4. Click Next to display the License agreement panel.
  5. Accept the license agreement and click Next to display the installation root directory panel.
  6. Specify the root directory information and click Next.
  7. Click Next to display the Web server plug-ins prompt panel.
  8. 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.

  9. Review the confirmation panel to verify your selections. Click Back to change any of your specifications. Click Next to begin installing IBM HTTP Server.

Results

The IBM HTTP Server is installed.

What to do next

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.

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.




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