This topic describes manual configuration settings for
Internet Information Services (IIS).
Before you begin
When you install the Web server plug-ins for WebSphere
Application Server, as described in Installing Web server plug-ins, the Plug-ins installation wizard configures the
Web server. This topic describes how to configure the Internet Information
Services (IIS) Web server. Other procedures in Editing Web server configuration files describe configuring
other supported Web servers.
You must have read/write access
to the plugins_root directory to perform this task.
About this task
Use the following procedure to manually reproduce how the
Installation wizard configures the Microsoft Internet Information
Services Web server.
Procedure
- Configure IIS Version 6.0.
- Start the IIS application and create a new virtual directory
for the Web site instance that you intend to work with WebSphere Application
Server. These instructions assume that you are using the Default Web
Site.
Click Programs > Administrative
Tools > Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager on
a Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition system, for example.
- Expand the tree on the left until you see Default
Web Site.
Right-click Default
Web Site > New > Virtual Directory to create the
directory with a default installation.
- Type sePlugins in the Alias field
in the Virtual Directory Alias panel of the Virtual Directory Creation
Wizard, then click Next.
- Browse to the plugins_root\bin\IIS_web_server_name directory
in the Path field of the Web Site Content Directory panel of the wizard,
then click Next.
For example,
select the C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\Plugins\bin\IIS_webserver1 directory.
- Select the appropriate permission check boxes in the
Virtual Directory Access Permissions panel of the wizard.
Select
the Read check box and the Execute
(such as ISAPI applications or CGI) check box, for example.
- Click Next to add the sePlugins virtual
directory to your default Web site.
- Click Finish when the success
message displays.
- Copy the plug-in binaries to the plugins_root \bin\IIS_Web_server_name directory.
For example. copy the plug-in binary files to the C:\Program
Files\IBM\WebSphere\Plugins\bin\IIS_webserver1 directory.
The plugin-cfg.loc file
resides in this directory. The first line of the plugin-cfg.loc file
identifies the location of the plugin-cfg.xml file.
- Expand the Web Sites folder in
the left pane navigation tree of the IIS Manager panel.
- Right-click Default Web Site in
the navigation tree and click Properties.
- Add the Internet Services Application Programming
Interface (ISAPI) filter into the IIS configuration.
In
the Default Web Site Properties panel, perform the following steps:
- Click the ISAPI Filters tab.
- Click Add to open the Add/Edit
Filter Properties dialog window.
- Type iisWASPlugin in the Filter
name field.
- Click Browse to select the C:\Program
Files\IBM\WebSphere\Plugins\bin\IIS_webserver1\iisWASPlugin_http.dll file
for the value of the Executable field.
Browse
to your plugins_root \bin\IIS_Web_server_name directory
to select the iisWASPlugin_http.dll file.
- Click OK to close the Add/Edit
Filter Properties dialog window.
- Click OK to close the Default
Web Site Properties window.
- Set the value in the plugin-cfg.loc file
to the location of the configuration file.
Set the location
to the plugins_root \config\ webserver_name \plugin-cfg.xml file,
which might be C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\Plugins\config\IIS_webserver1\plugin-cfg.xml file.
The
location varies depending on how you have configured your system.
If the Web server and the Application Server are on separate machines,
you have a remote installation.
If the two servers are on the
same machine, you have a local installation.
If the
two servers are on the same machine and the application server is
federated, you have a local distributed installation.
Local
distributed example:"C:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles\custom01\config\cells\
dmgrcell\nodes\managed_node\servers\webserver1\plugin-cfg.xml"
Example:"C:\IBM\WebSphere\Plugins\config\webserver1\plugin-cfg.xml"
- Configure the Web server to run WebSphere Application
Server extensions:
- Expand the left pane navigation tree and click on the Web
Service Extensions folder in the IIS Manager panel.
- Click Add a new Web service extension to
open the New Web Service Extension dialog window.
- In the Extension name field, type WASPlugin as
the name of the new Web service extension.
- Click Add to open the Add file dialog
window.
- In the Path to file field, type the path
or click Browse to navigate to the correct iisWASPlugin_http.dll file
that the new Web service extension requires, and click OK.
- Select the Set extension status to Allowed check
box to automatically set the status of the new Web service extension
to Allowed and click OK.
- Configure IIS Version 7.x.
Supported configurations: You can use IIS Version 7 with Windows Server 2008
and IIS Version 7.5 with Windows Server 2008 R2.
sptcfg
- Install IIS Version 7.x with the necessary IIS Version
6.0 Management Compatibility components.
IIS Version
6.0 Management Compatibility components are not automatically installed
by default. Complete the following steps to install IIS Version 7.x
with the necessary IIS Version 6.0 Management Compatibility components.
- Complete the following steps to bring up the Server Manager window
on Windows Server 2008:
- Click Start > Administrative Tools > Server Managers.
- Click Action > Add Roles, and then click Next.
- On the Select Server Roles page, select the Web Server (IIS) role,
and then click Next.
- If a prompt for the Windows Process Activation Service feature
displays, click Add Feature > Next, and
then click Next on the IIS introduction page
- When the Role Services window displays, verify that the following
options are selected in addition to the default options that are already
selected.
- Internet Information Services: Management Tools
- IIS Version 6.0 Management Compatibility: IIS Version 6.0 Management
Console, IIS Version 6.0 Scripting Tools, IIS Version 6.0 WMI Compatibility,
and IIS Metabase compatibility
- Application Development: ISAPI Extensions, ISAPI Filters
- Click Next to enable the selected options,
and then click Install on the next window to
perform the installation.
- When the installation finishes, click Close on
the Installation Results window.
- Use the Windows Installer to install the Web server
plug-ins.
If you are using an already installed Web
server plug-in, go to the next step, and reconfigure IIS Version 7.x
to use that Web server plug-in.
The Windows Installer is provided
with WebSphere Application Server. Complete the following steps to
install the Web server plug-ins:
- Right-click the install.exe shortcut in the plugin directory
to start the Web server plug-in installer, and then select Run
as Administrator. Alternatively, you can use the launchpad
utility to install the Web server plug-ins if you login using the
administrator account that is provided.
- Accept all of the settings on the security dialog, and system
prerequisite checking pages that display.
- Select Microsoft Internet Information Services Version 6.0 as
the Web server to configure.
- If necessary, configure a Web server definition as described in
the plug-ins configuration.
- Optional: Reconfigure IIS Version 7.x if
the Web Server plug-in is already installed:
The following
steps are completed automatically during Web server plug-in installation.
You only need to complete these steps are if you are reconfiguring
IIS Version 7.x to use an existing Web server plug-in.
Complete
the following steps to reconfigure IIS Version 7.x:
- Click Start > All Programs > Administrative Tools >
Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager on a Windows
Server 2008 operating system. This action starts the IIS application,
and creates a new virtual directory for the Web site instance that
you intend to use with WebSphere Application Server. These instructions
assume that you are using the Default Web site.
- Expand the tree on the left until you see Default Web Site.
- Right-click Default Web Site > Add Virtual Directory to
create the directory with a default installation.
- Type sePlugins in the Alias field on the
Virtual Directory Alias window of the Virtual Directory Creation Wizard.
- Browse to the plugins_root\bin\IIS_Web_server_name directory
in the Physical Path field of the Web Site
Content Directory window of the wizard, and then click OK.
For example, select the C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\Plugins\bin\IIS_webserver1 directory.
- Click the Test Settings button. If the settings test fails, then
either change the permissions of the physical directory, or select Connect
As, and let IIS connect as a Windows user account that
has authority to files in that physical path.
Attention: When
you click the Test Settings button, you might encounter the following
warning message if you use the default "Pass-thru authentication"
setting:
Cannot verify access to path
For more
information, refer to the Microsoft information on this subject.
- Click OK to add the sePlugins virtual directory
to your default Web site.
- In the navigation tree, select the sePlugins virtual directory
that you just created.
- On the Features panel, double-click Handler Mappings,
and then click Edit Feature Permissions on
the Actions panel.
- Select Script and Execute,
if they are not already selected.
- Click OK.
- Manually copy the plug-in binaries to the plugins_root\bin\IIS_Web_server_name directory.
For example, copy the plug-in binary files to the C:\Program
Files\IBM\WebSphere\Plugins\bin\IIS_webserver1 directory.
The
plugin-cfg.loc file resides in this directory. The first line of the
plugin-cfg.loc file identifies the location of the plugin-cfg.xml
file.
- Return to the IIS Manager window, and expand the Web Sites folder
in the left-hand navigation tree of that window.
- Select Default Web Sitein the navigation
tree.
- Add the Internet Services Application Programming Interface (ISAPI)
filter into the IIS configuration.
On the Default Web Site Properties
panel, complete the following steps:
- Double-click the ISAPI Filters tab.
- Click to open the Add/Edit Filter Properties dialog window.
- Type iisWASPlugin in the Filter name field.
- Click Browse to select the plug-in file located in the plugins_root\bin\IIS_web_server_name\iisWASPlugin_http.dll directory.
- Click OK to close the Add/Edit Filter Properties
dialog window.
- In the navigation tree, select the top level server node.
- On the Features panel, double-click ISAPI and CGI Restrictions,
and then, on the Actions panel, click Add.
To
determine the value to specify for the
ISAPI or CGI Path property,
browse to, and then select the same plug-in file that you selected
in the previous step. For example:
plugins_root\bin\IIS_web_server_name\iisWASPlugin_http.dll
Then
type WASPlugin in the Description field, select Allow
extension path to execute, and then click OK to
close the ISAPI and CGI Restrictions dialog
window.
- Set the value in the plugin-cfg.loc file to the location of the
configuration file at plugins_root \config\webserver_name\plugin-cfg.xml.
Following
is the default location:
C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\Plugins\config\IIS_webserver1\plugin-cfg.xml
The
location varies depending on how you have configured your system.
If the Web server, and WebSphere Application Server are on separate
machines, you have a remote installation. If the Web server, and WebSphere
Application Server are on the same machine, then you have a local
installation, and the correct location of the configuration file might
be set. If the two servers are on the same machine, and the application
server is federated, you have a local distributed installation.
Local
distributed example:
C:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles\custom01\config\cells\dmgrcell\nodes
\managed_node\servers\webserver1\plugin-cfg.xml
Local
example:
C:\IBM\WebSphere\Plugins\config\webserver1\
plugin-cfg.xml
- Restart IIS Version 7.x and your WebSphere Application Server
profile.
- Enable IIS Version 6.0 or IIS Version 7.x to communicate
with a Web server plug-in that is running in 32–bit mode.
The
Web server plug-in for IIS is available in both 32-bit, and 64-bit
versions. When using the 32-bit version plug-in on a Microsoft Windows
64-bit operating system, the following steps should be taken to enable
the native 64-bit IIS to run the plug-in under a 32-bit worker process.
The
Windows Server TechNet topic Running 32-bit Applications on 64-bit Windows describes
how to enable the native 64-bit IIS Version 6.0 to run the Web server
plug-in under a 32-bit worker process.
Complete
the following steps to enable the native 64-bit IIS Version 7.x to
run the Web server plug-in under a 32-bit worker process:
- Launch the IIS Version 7.x administrative console.
- On the connections page, expand the Sites node,
and select the Web site that is intended for the Web server plug-in.
- On the actions page, click Basic Settings,
and make a note of the Application Pool name.
- Click Cancel , and then select
the Application Pools node on the connections
page.
- On the features page, right-click the application pool
that you noted in the earlier step, and then choose Advanced
Settings.
- Set the Enable 32-bit Applications property
to True.
- Click OK to complete the configuration
change.
- Restart the corresponding application pool.
- Optional: Configure multiple Web sites.
Given:
- There are two Web sites defined: website1, website2.
- The DLL files are already created as bin/website1/iisWASPlugin_http.dll and bin/website2/iisWebsite2/iisWASPlugin_http.dll.
- The plugin-cfg.loc files are created in the
same folder as the DLL files.
- Run IIS in worker process isolation mode (default).
To enable worker process in isolation mode:
- Open the IIS Manager console and expand the local computer by
clicking the plus sign.
- Expand the Web Sites folder, then right-click
the Default Web Sites folder.
- Click Properties, then click the Service tab.
- Under Isolation mode, clear the Run Web service in IIS 5.0 isolation
mode check box to enable worker process isolation mode.
- Define two application pools; one for website1 and the
other for website2. Do not use the pre-defined application
pool DefaultAppPool.
- Define the two Web sites, including the filter setting,
virtual host setting, and extension settings.
- Assign an application pool for each Web site.
- Under each Web site folder, right click on the Web
site name.
- Click Property, and select the Home
Directory tab.
- At the bottom of the application settings, select the application
pool you defined for Web site 1 from the drop-down list of application
pools.
- Click OK.
- Repeat the previous steps for the second Web site and select the
application pool you defined for Web site 2.
- Start the IIS service and start each Web site.
Results
This procedure results in reconfiguring the Internet Information
Services (IIS) Web server.
Note: On some editions
of the Windows operating system, the
http_plugin.log file
is not created automatically when the plug-in is installed and the
IIS Web server is started. If the
http_plugin.log file
is not created after performing the procedure described above, take
the following steps:
- Open a Windows Explorer window.
- Browse to the plugins_root\logs\web_server_name directory.
- Share the folder and give full-control permission to everyone.
What to do next
You can now install applications on the configured Web
server. See the Applications section of the information center for
more information.