Install IBM HTTP Server

This topic describes how to install IBM HTTP Server V6.x.

IBM HTTP Server for iSeries. The IBM HTTP Server V6.x product is included in the media package when you order any of the WebSphere Application Server V6.x for i5/OS products. It is not a required product. To install IBM HTTP Server V6.x on a non-iSeries server, use the following instructions.

Before using this topic to install the IBM HTTP Server, see the Information Center for IBM HTTP Server.

To use a Web server other than IBM HTTP Server V6.x, install and configure the Web server before or after installing the WebSphere Application Server product, but before installing the Web server plug-ins for WebSphere Application Server.

The Plug-ins installation wizard configures supported Web servers. You can also manually configure supported Web servers for WebSphere Application Server, V6.x, as described in Editing Web server configuration files.

Overview

See the information center for IBM HTTP Server V6.x for more information.

After installing the Web server and the Application Server, install the appropriate Web server plug-in for a supported, installed Web server. No further configuration is required for most Web servers.

This topic describes installing IBM HTTP Server.

Procedure

1. Prepare your operating platform for installing IBM HTTP Server as you would for installing any of the installable components on the product disc.

2. Insert the product disc and mount the disc if necessary. See Packaging for information about identifying the product disc.

3. Start the installation with the launchpad command.

   • launchpad.bat

   You can also start the installation using the /IHS/install command, where IHS is the installable component directory on the product disc:

   • /IHS/install

   When using the launchpad, launch the installation wizard for IBM HTTP Server:

   After launching the installation wizard from the launchpad or from the command line, the ISMP wizard initializes and then displays the Welcome panel.

   Separate installation procedures for the WebSphere Application Server product, the IBM HTTP Server product, and the Web server plug-ins let you install only what you need on a particular machine.

4. Click Next to display the License agreement panel.

5. Accept the license agreement and click Next to display the installation root directory panel.

6. Specify the root directory information and click Next.

7. Click Next to display the Web server plug-ins prompt panel.

8. Click Next to launch the Plug-ins installation wizard.

   To continue the installation, refer to the file for your platform:

   • Installing Web server plug-ins on i5/OS

   If the plugin directory does not exist at the same level as the IHS directory, the prompt panel for selecting the plug-ins installer does not display and the installation is finished. In that case, launch the Plug-ins installation wizard using the launchpad.

9. Review the confirmation panel to verify your selections. Click Back to change any of your specifications. Click Next to begin installing IBM HTTP Server.

Results

What to do next

Refer to the Information center for IBM HTTP Server, for a description of configuring the Web server for SSL, the Fast Response Cache Accelerator, or Apache directives.