You can configure an on demand router (ODR) to determine how it
handles failure scenarios and tunes certain work requests. You can configure
the connections and requests to the application server, configure the requests
that must be rejected, define how error responses are handled, and specify
the location of the proxy logs. The configuration of the ODR in the DMZ is
not supported.
Before you begin
You must first create an ODR, a proxy with advanced capabilities
that WebSphere® Virtual
Enterprise uses to route work
to application server nodes. See Creating ODRs
for
more details.
About this task
You can define the configuration of the ODR by editing its proxy
configuration. Define the configuration further by clicking
Servers > On
Demand Routers >odr_name> On demand router properties > On demand
router settings. Note that the configuration of the ODR in the DMZ is
not supported.
To configure ODRs to perform a SSL offload,
see Configuring SSL offload for all HTTPS traffic
. For
information on other custom properties, see On demand router system and custom properties
.
Procedure
- Follow the WebSphere Network Deployment instructions in the Proxy server settings topic for instructions to configure
ODRs, and the Overview of custom error page policy topic for additional
information. The WebSphere Virtual
Enterprise-specific
field for Compression Policy information follows.
- Compression Policy. Check Enable to enables the
compression of the HTTP response message body before sending it to the client.
Choices include:
Option |
Description |
gzip-only |
Compress the response using the
gzip compression mechanism. The response is compressed only if it is acceptable
to the client, based on the Accept-Encoding request header. |
deflate-only |
Compress the response using
the deflate compression mechanism. The response is compressed only if it is
acceptable to the client, based on the Accept-Encoding request header. |
auto-only |
Use either gzip, deflate, or
no compression as determined by the client preference. |
What to do next
After you create and configure the ODR and apply any configuration
parameters, you can define the ability to route work to nodes that are not
a part of your WebSphere Virtual
Enterprise environment.