Planning to install Web server plug-ins

This topic describes common installation scenarios and links to component installation procedures for each scenario.

Before you begin

The primary production configuration is an application server on one machine and a Web server on a separate machine. This configuration is referred to as a remote configuration. Contrast the remote configuration to the local configuration, where the application server and the Web server are on the same machine.

About this task

The Plug-ins installation wizard has four main tasks:
  • Installs the binary plug-in module on the Web server machine.
  • Configures the Web server configuration file on the Web server machine to point to the binary plug-in module and to the XML configuration file for the binary module.
  • Installs a temporary XML configuration file for the binary module (plugin-cfg.xml) on the Web server machine in remote scenarios.
  • Creates the configuration for a Web server definition on the application server machine. The wizard processes the creation of the Web server definition differently depending on the scenario:

    Web server plug-in installation for stand-alone application server environments

    • Recommended remote stand-alone Application Server installation:

      Creates a configuration script that you run on the application server machine. Install the Web server and its plug-in on a different machine than the application server. This configuration is recommended for a production environment.

    • Local stand-alone Application Server installation:

      Detects the default profile on a local application server machine and creates the Web server definition for it directly. Install the Web server and its plug-in on the same machine with the application server. When multiple profiles exist, the plug-ins installer allows the user to select the profile to configure. If there is only one profile (default), then it is used during configuration. In this case, the profile selection panel will not be displayed to the user. This configuration is for development and test environments.

    Web server plug-in installation for distributed environments (cells)

    • Recommended remote distributed installation:

      Creates a configuration script that you run on the application server machine. Install the Web server and its plug-in on a different machine than the deployment manager or managed node. This configuration is recommended for a production environment.

    • Local distributed installation:

      Creates a configuration script that you run when the deployment manager is running. Install the Web server and its plug-in on the same machine with the deployment manager or a managed node. This configuration is for development and test environments.

Select a link to go to the appropriate steps in the following procedure.

Procedure

Results

You can set up a remote or local Web server by installing Application Server, the Web server, and then the Web server plug-ins.

What to do next

See Web server configuration for more information about the files involved in configuring a Web server.

See Plug-ins configuration for information about the logic behind the processing scenarios for the Plug-ins installation wizard.

See Editing Web server configuration files for information about how the Plug-ins installation wizard configures supported Web servers.

See Installing Web server plug-ins for information about other installation scenarios for installing Web server plug-ins.




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