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Installing Web server plug-ins

It is possible to configure your Web server plug-in to route requests to WebSphere Application Server Version 4.x, Version 5.x, and Version 6.x releases. This topic describes configuring Web server plug-ins to route requests to WebSphere Application Server Version 6.x releases.

Before you begin

See Web server plug-in policy for WebSphere Application Server for information about how to verify what Version 4.0, Version 5.0, Version 5.1 and Version 6.0 plug-in versions are installed on local or remote Web servers, and how to determine if the installation complies with supported configurations.

You must install a supported Web server before you can install a plug-in for the Web server. If the Web server is not already installed, you cannot install the plug-in for it. If the WebSphere Application Server product is not installed, you can install the plug-in. To create a Web server configuration for unmanaged nodes, WebSphere Application Server must be installed on your system.

The Plug-ins installation wizard installs the plug-in module, configures the Web server for communicating with the application server, and creates a Web server configuration definition in the application server, if possible.

Some topologies, such as the Web server on one machine and the application server on another machine, prevent the Plug-ins installation wizard from creating the Web server definition in the application server configuration on the remote machine. In such a case, the Plug-ins installation wizard creates a script that you can copy to the application server machine. Run the script to create the Web server configuration definition within the application server configuration.

About this task

This topic describes installing a Web server plug-in for WebSphere Application Server. WebSphere Application Server products supply a unique binary plug-in module for each supported Web server. The plug-in configuration file, which the WebSphere Application Server products create and maintain, interacts with the binary module to provide information about the application server configuration to the Web server. The Web server uses the information to determine how to communicate with the application server, but to locate specific applications on the application server.

The Plug-ins installation wizard installs required files and configures the Web server and the application server to allow communication between the servers.

Select one of the following topology scenarios and follow the steps below the diagram to install the plug-in and configure both the Web server and the application server.

When multiple profiles exist, the plug-ins installer configures only the default profile. See Plug-ins configuration for a description of the flow of logic that determines how the installer selects the profile to configure.

Procedure

Results

You can install a Web server and the Web server plug-ins for various stand-alone application server topologies by following the procedures described in this topic.

What to do next

See Selecting a Web server topology diagram and roadmap for an overview of the installation procedure.

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

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




Sub-topics
Selecting a Web server topology diagram and roadmap
Plug-ins configuration
Web server configuration
Configuring a Web server and an application server on separate machines (remote)
Configuring multiple Web servers and remote stand-alone application servers
Configuring a Web server and an application server profile on the same machine
Configuring a Web server and a custom profile on the same machine
Configuring a Web server and a deployment manager profile on the same machine
Configuring a Web server for a non-default profile
responsefile.txt
Related information
Communicating with Web servers
Troubleshooting Web server plug-ins installation and removal
Mapping modules to servers
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