Manually installing the plug-in for IIS on Windows fails
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Problem(Abstract)
If instructions for manually installing the plug-in for IIS on Microsoft® Windows® fail, try a coexistence installation.
 
Cause
In most cases, the manual instructions described in Manually configuring Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) will work to install the plug-in. Sometimes, and almost always for unknown reasons, Windows IIS will not accept the settings. In these situations, barring a complete uninstall and reinstall for WebSphere® Application Server on the system, the following solution is the easiest way to get IIS to forward WebSphere Application Server requests.
 
Resolving the problem
If instructions for manually installing the plug-in for IIS on Windows fail, try a coexistence installation:
  1. Start a new installation, making it a plug-in only coexistence installation installing into a new directory.

  2. Make sure that IIS is selected as the target Web server.

  3. Once complete, go into the Windows Registry and edit the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > IBM > WebSphere Application Server > 5.x.0.0 key to the value to point to the full WebSphere Application Server installation. This will allow the changes in the plugin-cfg.xml file to be picked up dynamically.

This procedure adds a step to your maintenance on the system that will require that the plug-in directory in the new install_root/bin be updated with the latest cumulative plug-in updates. However, the new configuration should work to forward requests to IBM® WebSphere® Application Server.
 
 
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Document Information


Product categories: Software > Application Servers > Distributed Application & Web Servers > WebSphere Application Server > Install
Operating system(s): Windows
Software version: 5.1
Software edition:
Reference #: 1214752
IBM Group: Software Group
Modified date: Oct 19, 2007