HP XP P9000 for Business Continuity Manager Software Installation Guide

1. To run IBM HTTP Server as a reverse proxy server, specify the settings described in Table 26
(page 60) in the httpd.conf file.
Table 26 Required settings for the httpd.conf file to set up a reverse proxy server
ValuesDirectives
Specify this directive to disable the cache function for
requests directed to the Business Continuity Manager
agent.
CacheDisable
Specify this directive to disable the KeepAlive function.KeepAlive
Add the following modules to the list:
proxy_module modules/mod_proxy.so
proxy_http_module
modules/mod_proxy_http.so
LoadModule
Specify a standby port for IBM HTTP Server. For
example, to set up port number 443 for a standby port,
specify the following:
Listen
• IPv4: Listen 443
• IPv6: Listen [::]:443
Specify the following options to make the Business
Continuity Manager agent the origin server for XP
P9000 Replication Manager:
ProxyPass and ProxyPassReverse
• The host name or IP address of the host on which the
Business Continuity Manager agent is running
• The port number in the PORT parameter, which was
specified when the Business Continuity Manager
agent was initially set up
ProxyPass / http://0.0.0.0:port-number/
ProxyPassReverse /
http://0.0.0.0:port-number/
Specify how long to wait before issuing a timeout.
Specify a value greater than XP P9000 Replication
Manager's timeout value (bcmif.socketTimeout).
Timeout
2. Create a server certificate.
3. Enable SSL/TLS.
60 Setting up the environment when linking with XP P9000 Replication Manager