Installing IBM HTTP Server

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

  1. 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.

  2. 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.
  3. Start the installation with the launchpad command.
    • [AIX] [HP-UX] [Linux] [Solaris] ./launchpad.sh
    • [Windows] launchpad.bat
    You can also start the installation using the /IHS/install command, where IHS is the installable component directory on the product disc:
    • [AIX] [HP-UX] [Linux] [Solaris] /IHS/install
    • [Windows] \IHS\install

    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.

  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 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.

  7. Click Custom to select features and click Next to display the Features selection panel.
  8. [Windows] Select features to install and click Next to display the Windows service authorization panel, when installing IBM HTTP Server on a Windows platform.
  9. [Windows] 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.
  10. Review the confirmation panel to verify your selections. Click Back to change any of your specifications. Click Next to begin installing IBM HTTP Server.
  11. Click Next to display the Web server plug-ins prompt panel.
  12. 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.

  13. [Solaris] [Version 6.0.2] 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.

[Solaris] Avoid trouble: If you encounter a problem while installing the GSKIT file in a Solaris 10 local zone, see the Considerations for installing GSKit with IBM HTTP Server V6.0 and V6.1 and WebSphere Application Server plugin V6.0 and V6.1 in Solaris Zones technote for a possible solution to your problem.gotcha



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