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Installing and configuring the plug-in for V5.3 HTTP Server for z/OS
The HTTP Server plug-in for z/OS® is part of the web server plug-ins component of WebSphere® Application Server for z/OS. To use this plug-in, you must have a Version 5.3 HTTP Server for z/OS configured as part of a z/OS system.
About this task
Note: In WebSphere Application
Server for z/OS Version 7 and
earlier, the web server plug-in for IBM® HTTP
Server (IHS/390) was located in the bin directory
of the WebSphere Application
Server for z/OS base product.
In Version 8.0 and later, this plug-in is located in the bin directory
of the web Server Plug-ins product file system, and the plugin-in
has been renamed from ihs390WAS70Plugin_http.so to ihs390WASPlugin_http.so.
Version 5.3 HTTP Server for z/OS is provided with the z/OS base operating system. HTTP Server for z/OS is not an Apache-based server. HTTP Server for z/OS does not support 64-bit architecture and does not support IPv6.
This procedure outlines how to install and configure the plug-in for HTTP Server for z/OS.
Procedure
Results
If the HTTP Server plug-in for z/OS comes up successfully when the HTTP Server
starts again, you receive the following messages:
WebSphere HTTP plug-in for z/OS Version 6.00 Service Level 0 is starting WebSphere HTTP plug-in for z/OS initializing with configuration file : fully_qualified_path_to_the_plugin-cfg.xml_file WebSphere HTTP plug-in for z/OS initialization went OK :-)
What to do next
After the application server, the HTTP Server and the
plug-in are properly configured:
- The product can use this plug-in to perform regular plug-in functions.
- Requests can be routed from a browser, through the HTTP Server and plug-in, to an application server on which the requested application is deployed. (New requests are sent to randomly selected application servers on which this application is deployed. After a session is established, requests get routed back to the application server assigned to the original request.)
- Private headers can be used as a mechanism for forwarding proxy information from the web server plug-in to an application server on a z/OS system. (This information is not otherwise included with HTTP requests.)