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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.

[This information only applies to Version 6.1.0.9 and later running on the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system.] [Fix Pack 9 or later] Guidelines for installing the Microsoft® Internet Information Server (IIS) 7 plug-in on Microsoft Windows Vista™ and Windows 2008 operating systems: WebSphere® Application Server Version 6.1.0.9 and later support IIS 7 in IIS 6 compatibility mode. If you want to install the IIS 7 Web server plug-in on the Microsoft® Windows® Vista operating system, you must perform the following actions.
  1. Install the IIS 6 Management Compatibility component into IIS 7.
    Note: This component is not automatically installed by default because it is not normally used by IIS 7. It is there for backward compatibility.
    Use the following procedure to install the IIS 6 Management Compatibility component into IIS 7:
    1. To open the Windows Vista Control Panel, go to one of the following (depending on your personal settings for the Start menu):
      • Start > Control Panel
      • Start > Settings > Control Panel
    2. Go to Programs and Features.
      • In Classic View, this is located in the main Control Panel folder.
      • In Control Panel Home, it is located at Programs > Programs and Features.
    3. In the left-hand navigation frame, click Turn Windows features on or off.
    4. If the User Account Control dialog appears, click Continue.
    5. When the Windows Features dialog appears, make sure that the following options are selected:
      • Internet Information Services
        • Web Management Tools
          All default options, plus the following options:
          • IIS 6 Management Compatibility
            • IIS 6 Management Compatibility
            • IIS 6 Management Console
            • IIS 6 Scripting Tools
            • IIS 6 WMI Compatibility
            • IIS Metabase and IIS 6 configuration compatibility
          • IIS Management Console

            All default options

        • World Wide Web Services
          All default options, plus the following options:
          • Application Deployment Features
            • ISAPI Extensions
            • ISAPI Filters
    6. Click OK to enable the selected options.
  2. Take the following actions when you install the IIS 7 Web server plug-in using the Windows installer provided with WebSphere Application Server:
    1. To start the Web server plug-in installer, right click its shortcut and select Run as Administrator.
    2. Accept all of the security dialogs that are presented.
    3. Select Microsoft Internet Information Services V6.
  3. If necessary, configure a Web server definition as described in Plug-ins configuration.
  4. Make sure that you have installed a service pack containing Websphere Application Server Version 6.1.0.9 or later.
  5. Perform the following actions:
    1. Open a command window.
    2. Change to the plugins_root/bin directory.
    3. Run the postConfigureIIS7.bat script.
      For example:
      c:\plugins_root\bin>  postConfigureIIS7.bat  
                            -plugin.home c:\WebSphere\Plugins 
                            -webserver.name webserver2 
                            -webserver.site "Plugin Web Site"

To install and configure the IIS 7 plug-in on Windows 2008, see Configuring Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS).

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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