How to couple Apache 2 and Websphere 6.1

[Ajay Kamble]

Hi All,

I am trying to integrate Apache (2.0.63) web server with WebSphere application server(6.1.0.17) [note that my app server is the one which is bundled in RAD 7].

1] I executed WebSphere plugin setup. It modified httpd.conf file adding below entries,

    
LoadModule was_ap20_module "C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\Plugins\bin\mod_was_ap20_http.dll"
WebSpherePluginConfig "C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\Plugins\config\Apache2\plugin-cfg.xml"

2] It also created plugin-cfg.xml file as follows,

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!--HTTP server plugin config file for the webserver AKAMBLE-LT-01Node04Cell.AKAMBLE-LT-01Node04.Apache2 generated on 2010.04.09 at 12:43:17 PM IST-->
<Config ASDisableNagle="false" AcceptAllContent="false" AppServerPortPreference="HostHeader" ChunkedResponse="false" FIPSEnable="false" IISDisableNagle="false" IISPluginPriority="High" IgnoreDNSFailures="false" RefreshInterval="60" ResponseChunkSize="64" VHostMatchingCompat="false">
   <Log LogLevel="Error" Name="C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\Plugins/logs/Apache2/http_plugin.log"/>
   <Property Name="ESIEnable" Value="true"/>
   <Property Name="ESIMaxCacheSize" Value="1024"/>
   <Property Name="ESIInvalidationMonitor" Value="false"/>
   <Property Name="ESIEnableToPassCookies" Value="false"/>
   <RequestMetrics armEnabled="false" loggingEnabled="false" rmEnabled="false" traceLevel="HOPS">
      <filters enable="false" type="URI">
         <filterValues enable="false" value="/snoop"/>
         <filterValues enable="false" value="/hitcount"/>
      </filters>
      <filters enable="false" type="SOURCE_IP">
         <filterValues enable="false" value="255.255.255.255"/>
         <filterValues enable="false" value="254.254.254.254"/>
      </filters>
      <filters enable="false" type="JMS">
         <filterValues enable="false" value="destination=aaa"/>
      </filters>
      <filters enable="false" type="WEB_SERVICES">
         <filterValues enable="false" value="wsdlPort=aaa:op=bbb:nameSpace=ccc"/>
      </filters>
   </RequestMetrics>
</Config>

3] My plug-in setup concluded without any errors. After setup finsihed, I copied configureApache2.bat from profile root directory to websphere root directory. And then I executed the script.

4] Finally I started both servers, but when I hit URL Apache is unable to identify it. I dont know what am I missing. I observer that in plugin-cfg.xml there is no URL mapping, so am I supposed to enter it manually?

Here is the document that I followed: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v6r1/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.websphere.base.doc/info/aes/ae/tins_road_plugins.html [Local Installation Scenario]

Please help me in making this work!

Regards,
Ajay

[Marcelo Sousa Ancelmo]

Ajay,

You need to distribute the applications to your web server, this is done at deployment time or configurig the application changing its target, then you regenerate the plugin-cfg.xml file and propagate it to your web server

Regards,

[Ajay Kamble]

Hello Marcelo,

Thanks for reply. Could you please give me detailed steps that I need to follow?

Regards,
Ajay