This section does not apply to WebSphere
Commerce Studio.
Use the Web Server page of the Configuration Manager to configure WebSphere Commerce to use your Web server. Complete the fields as follows:
- Use Remote Web server
- Select this check box if you are installing your Web server on a separate
machine from your WebSphere Commerce machine.
Note: If you have installed your Web server on a different node than WebSphere Commerce (for example, if you are configuring a three-node environment), you must select this check box.
- Hostname
- Enter the fully qualified host name of your Web server or Web server instance. (hostname.domain.com is fully qualified). Ensure that you do not enter www in the Hostname field.
- Web Server Type
- Select the Web server to be used. The default is IBM HTTP Server.
Server Number
- This field is displayed when you select Internet Information Server
as the Web server type. The default server number is 1.
This field is disabled when you select Use Remote Web Server.
Enter the server number of the IIS Web server. For more information about server number, refer to the Microsoft Internet Information Services documentation.
- Primary Document Root
Enter the full path of the Web server document root directory.
The default paths for Web servers supported by WebSphere Commerce are as follows:
- IBM HTTP Server
- HTTPServer_installdir/htdocs
Microsoft Internet Information Services
- C:\WINNT\System32\inetsrv\iisadmin\htmldocs
SunONE Web server
- SunONEweb_installdir/docs
- Server port
- Enter the port number on which your Web server is running. The default value is 80.
- Authentication Mode
This field is not available if you selected IIS as your Web server.
Select the authentication mode that you would like to use for this WebSphere Commerce instance. The choices are as follows:- Basic
- Authentication will be performed using a custom certificate.
- X509
- Authentication will be performed using the X509 certificate standard. For more information, see the section on X.509 in WebSphere Commerce Security Guide.
Configuration File Directory
- The folder that contains the IBM HTTP Server configuration file, httpd.conf. For a remote Web server, this folder exists on the remote machine.
If you selected SunONE as the Web
server type, the following fields are enabled:
- Secure Server Config File Path
- Enter the full path (including the file name) to the obj.conf file for your secure Web server on port 443.
- Non-secure Server Config File Path
- Enter the full path (including the file name) to the obj.conf file for your non-secure Web server on port 80.
- Secure Tools Server Config File Path
- Enter the full path (including the file name) to the obj.conf file for the secure WebSphere Commerce tools Web server on port 8000.
- Secure Admin Server Config File Path
- Enter the full path (including the file name) to the obj.conf file for the secure WebSphere Commerce administration Web server on port 8002.
- Secure OrgAdmin Server Config File Path
- Enter the full path (including the file name) to the obj.conf file for the secure WebSphere Commerce organization administration Web server on port 8004.
The following fields display if you select the Use Remote Web Server check box.
- Remote Server Name
- Enter the fully qualified host name of the remote system.
Remote Server Port
- Enter the FTP port number for the remote system. The default FTP port is 21.
- Remote User Name
Enter the user ID with FTP access to the remote system.
Enter the user name who has access to the remote machine. The user should have sufficient authority to create files on the remote system.
- Remote User Password
- The password associated with the remote user name.
Remote Server Install Path
- Enter the full path of the installation directory for the Web server on the remote Web server node.
Configuration File Directory
- Enter the full path of the folder that will contain the IBM HTTP Server configuration file, httpd.conf on the remote Web server.
Remote Configuration
- This check box is displayed if you select Use Remote Web Server.
Select the Remote Configuration check box if the remote Web server is running on a UNIX or Linux system. This setting along with the remote user name and remote configuration information is used when sending files from the WebSphere Commerce node to the Web server node using FTP.
Selecting Remote Configuration clears Mapped Network Drive Configuration.
Mapped Network Drive Configuration
- This check box is displayed if you select Use Remote Web Server.
This setting along with the remote user name and password is used to send files from the WebSphere Commerce node to the Web server node using a mapped network drive.
Selecting Mapped Network Drive Configuration clears Remote Configuration.
Selecting this check box may display the following fields, depending on the Web server type chosen:
- Mapped Server Directory
Enter the full path of the mapped directory where the Web server is installed. Include the mapped drive letter in the path.