This topic provides information to create and configure a proxy
server.
About this task
The proxy server routes requests to application server nodes. The
proxy server can dynamically route requests to all on-demand configuration
(ODC) enabled application servers without additional configuration.
When you install WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment,
two profiles are created: a stand-alone application server profile, which
is the default profile, and a deployment manager profile, which is dmgr. When
creating a proxy server, do not choose the deployment manager profile; only
the application server profile can be used as the target node.
Results
You now have a functional proxy server that automatically
routes HTTP requests to the WebSphere Application Server cell that the proxy
server belongs to or SIP requests to and from a SIP container. To
enable routing to another WebSphere Application Server cell, configure your
cell to communicate with other WebSphere Application Server cells.
Tip: If the proxy server fails to start when attempting to start it
as a non-privileged user on UNIX systems, change the ports of the PROXY_HTTP_ADDRESS
and PROXY_HTTPS_ADDRESS transport chains to values greater than
1024.