This topic provides information to create and configure
a proxy server.
About this task
The proxy server routes requests to application server nodes.
The proxy server can dynamically route requests to all on-demand configuration
(ODC) enabled application servers without additional configuration.
When you
install WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment, two profiles
are created: a stand-alone application server profile, which is the
default profile, and a deployment manager profile, which is dmgr.
When creating a proxy server, do not choose the deployment manager
profile; only the application server profile can be used as the target
node.
Results
You now have a functional proxy server
that automatically routes HTTP requests to the WebSphere Application
Server cell that the proxy server belongs to or SIP requests to and
from a SIP container. To enable routing to another WebSphere Application Server
cell, configure your cell to communicate with other WebSphere Application
Server cells.
Tip: If the proxy server
fails to start when attempting to start it as a non-privileged user
on UNIX systems, change the ports of the PROXY_HTTP_ADDRESS and PROXY_HTTPS_ADDRESS
transport chains to values greater than
1024.