You can install a Web server plug-in on your i5/OS system to route requests to a WebSphere Application Server installation.
If you are running the application server on the same i5/OS server or logical partition as your Web server, you do not need to install a Web server plug-in. The Web server plug-in code and an HTTP profile template are included in the WebSphere Application Server installation.
If you are running your application server on a different i5/OS system or logical partition as the Web server, complete the steps in this topic to install a Web server plug-in for your i5/OS Web server.
If you are running your Web server on a platform other than i5/OS, read the documentation on installing Web server plug-ins for the platform that you are using.
This topic describes installing Web server plug-ins for i5/OS. WebSphere Application Server products supply a unique binary plug-in module for each supported Web server. The plug-in configuration file, which the products create and maintain, interacts with the binary module to provide information about the application server configuration to the Web server. The Web server uses the information to determine how to communicate with the application server, and to locate specific applications on the application server.
On platforms other than i5/OS, the plug-ins installation wizard installs the plug-in module, configures the Web server for communicating with the application server, and creates a Web server configuration definition in the application server if possible.
On i5/OS, the Web server plug-ins installation does not configure the Web server or create a Web server configuration definition. After installing the Web server plug-ins on i5/OS, use the IBM Web Administration for i5/OS wizards to configure your Web server instance.
You can install a Web server plug-in on your i5/OS system using the installation wizard in remote graphical interface or silent mode.
See Installing Web server plug-ins using a Windows workstation graphical interface.
You can run the silent installation on a local i5/OS system or remotely. See Installing Web server plug-ins silently on i5/OS
You install a Web server plug-in on your i5/OS system. A default profile is created to act as the location for putting key, certificate, or log files. The profile name is http and the profile path is plugins_user_data_root/profiles/http.
After installing a Web server plug-in on i5/OS, use the IBM Web Administration for i5/OS wizards to configure your Web server instance. See Configuring an HTTP server instance for more information. The IBM Web Administration for i5/OS wizards perform the same the function as the Web server plug-ins installation on other platforms.
You can
create additional profiles to use with additional Web server instances.
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