This article describes how to do the following:
- Install iPlanet Web Server, Enterprise Edition on an AIX machine from files downloaded from the
iPlanet Downloads Web site at
www.iplanet.com/downloads/download/.
- Test the installation of iPlanet Web Server
.
These instructions assume the following:
- Your machine has enough memory and disk space for the installation. See the iPlanet Documentation Web site at
docs.iplanet.com for more information.
- You do not have a previous version of iPlanet Web Server already installed on your machine. If you do
have a previous version of iPlanet Web Server installed, you must remove it before installing
iPlanet Web Server, Enterprise Edition 4.1.
Note: It is recommended that you install iPlanet Web Server before installing WebSphere Application
Server. The WebSphere Application Server installation process changes a Web server's configuration
so that the Web server directs certain requests (such as servlet requests) to WebSphere
Application Server. If the Web server is not installed before WebSphere Application Server,
WebSphere Application Server could function incorrectly.
Perform the following steps to install iPlanet Web Server:
- Ensure that you are logged into the machine with superuser (root) privileges.
- Download the appropriate tar.gz file from the iPlanet Downloads Web site at
www.iplanet.com/downloads/download/.
- Uncompress the .tar.gz file you downloaded by using the gunzip utility, as follows:
# gzip -d file_name.tar.gz
In this command, file_name is the name of the compressed .tar.gz file you downloaded.
- Untar the compressed .tar file to extract the iPlanet Web Server filesets by using the
tar command, as follows:
# tar -xvf file_name.tar
In this command, file_name is the name of the uncompressed .tar file.
- Ensure that you are in the directory containing the uncompressed
and untarred iPlanet Web Server files.
- Start the iPlanet Web Server Installation/Uninstallation program by typing the following command:
# ./setup
The Welcome screen appears.
- Press Return to exit from the Welcome screen and continue installation.
- Type
Yes to accept the software licensing agreement and press Return.
- A warning screen can appear that alerts you to any potential installation problems.
If you want to resolve any problems, type
No and press Return to exit from the installation program. If you want to
proceed with the installation, type Yes and press Return to close the warning screen.
- Choose the type of installation you want to perform by typing the appropriate number and
pressing Return. For this example, type
2 for Typical installation.
- Type the full pathname of the directory where the server files
and directory structure are to be created, or accept the default location
/usr/netscape/server4 , and press Return.
- Choose the iPlanet Web Server, Enterprise Edition option and indicate that you want to
select from all of its components by typing
All and pressing Return.
- Choose the components you want to install by typing the number of each, separating each
entry from the next with a comma. Press Return. To accept the default components selected for
installation (all components except WAI Support), press Return.
Note: | See the iPlanet Web Server
documentation for descriptions of each component. If you do not install a component and later decide
that you want to install it, you can run the iPlanet Web Server Installation/Uninstallation program again
and install just the missing component. However, you cannot
uninstall individual components after they are installed. |
- If the default host_name (the name of the machine on which you are installing iPlanet)
shown in brackets ([]) is correct, press Return. If the host_name differs from the one shown
in brackets, type the correct host_name, and press Return.
- Type the UNIX user name to use when running the default instance of iPlanet Web Server.
For this example, accept the default user name
nobody and press Return.
- Type the UNIX group name to use when running the default instance of iPlanet Web Server.
For this example, accept the default group name
nobody and press Return.
- Type the UNIX user name to use when running the Administration Server.
In most cases, this is
root . Press Return.
- Type the Administration Server user name to use
for authentication. For this example, type the default name
admin
and press Return. This user is not a UNIX user, but a user name created in the
Netscape environment.
- Type the Administration Server password to use
for authentication. For this example, type the default name
admin and press
Return. This password is not a UNIX password, but a password created in the Netscape
environment.
- Confirm the Administration Server password by typing
admin again. Press Return to continue.
- Type a number between 1024 and 65535 for the port on which to run
the Administration Server, or accept the default of
8888 and
press Return. Note this number for later reference.
Note: | If you want to use a port number lower than 1024, you must be logged
in as root to start the server. |
- Type a number for the port on which to run the iPlanet Web Server and press Return. For
this example, accept the default of
80 . Note this number for later reference.
Note: | If you want to use a port number lower than 1024, you must be logged
in as root to start the server. If you choose
a port number other than 80, the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) used to gain access
to your home page different. For instance, if your host is called
www.host_name.com and you choose port 9753 , your server's
URL becomes http://www.host_name.com:9753/ . |
- Specify whether or not you are using a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)-based
directory server. For this example, accept the default
No and press Return.
- Type the path for the root directory where your server's content files are to reside or accept
the default of
server_root/docs , where
server_root refers to the directory path to the location of the
server files that you specified in Step 11. Press Return.
- Type
Yes to indicate that you want to use your own Java2 Software
Development Kit (SDK) and press Return.
- Type the full pathname of the directory in which the Java2 SDK is installed
and press Return.
- A screen can appear that prompts you specify the full pathname of the SDK libraries if
they are not found in the /jre/lib subdirectory of the SDK directory. For this example, press Return.
- A screen can appear that lets you specify a pathname to your SDK library classes if
they are not found in the /lib subdirectory of the SDK directory. For this example, press Return.
- After the installation program extracts and installs the iPlanet Web Server
components, a message opens, indicating that installation is complete. Press Return to exit from the
iPlanet Web Server Installation/Uninstallation program.
Perform the following steps to demonstrate that iPlanet Web Server is operating correctly:
- Ensure that you are the directory that stores the server files (the directory that you specified in
Step 11 in the section Installing iPlanet Web Server, Enterprise Edition 4.1).
In this example, the directory is /usr/netscape/server4.
- Start iPlanet Web Server by typing the following command:
# ./startconsole
- In the Netscape: Password dialog, type the Administration Server user
name and password that you specified in Step 18 and Step
19 in the section Installing iPlanet Web Server, Enterprise Edition 4.1 (in this example,
admin ). Click OK.
- On the iPlanet Web Server Administration Server Web page, select
the server to administer by clicking the server name button beside the Select a
Server field, then click Manage.
- On the iPlanet Web Server 4.1 Server Manager Web page, click Server On.
- The Netscape: Security Warning dialog informs you that the information you are about to
submit is insecure and could be observed by a third party while in transit. For this example,
click Continue Submission.
- The Netscape:Question dialog confirms that the server has started successfully.
Click OK to continue.
- Open a browser window and type the Web address
http://host_name/ , where host_name
is the host name you specified in Step 14 in the section Installing iPlanet Web Server, Enterprise Edition 4.1.
- The iPlanet Web Server, Enterprise Edition 4.1 Web page opens.
Type the Web address
http://host_name:administration_port_number/ , where administration_port_number is the port number
that you defined in Step 21 in the section Installing iPlanet Web Server, Enterprise Edition 4.1
(8888 , for this example).
- You can be prompted for the Administration Server user name and password. If so, type the Administration Server user
name and password that you specified in Step 18 and Step
19 in the section Installing iPlanet Web Server, Enterprise Edition 4.1 (in this example,
admin ). Click OK.
- The iPlanet Web Server Administration Server Web page opens; iPlanet Web Server is installed and operating correctly.
Note: You must stop the iPlanet Web Server before installing WebSphere Application Server.
Stopping iPlanet Web Server
Perform the following steps to stop the iPlanet Web Server:
- On the iPlanet Web Server 4.1 Server Manager Web page, click Server Off.
- The Netscape: Security Warning dialog informs you that the information you are about to
submit is insecure and could be observed by a third party while in transit. For this example,
click Continue Submission.
- The Netscape: Question dialog confirms that the server has stopped successfully.
Click OK to continue.
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