Installation guide

Installing the Agent
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Apache Binary Directory: Select the directory where the Apache binary, that
is, httpd binary is installed. This field appears only when you are installing the
agent for Apache Server.
Lotus Domino Data directory: Enter the full path to the directory where the
Domino data is located. The default data directory is
/local/notesdata. This
field is available only if you are installing the policy agent for Lotus Domino.
Web Server Port: Enter the port number for the web server that will be
protected by the agent.
Web Server Protocol: If the web server has been configured for SSL, choose
HTTPS; otherwise choose HTTP.
Agent Deployment URI: Enter a Universal Resource Identifier (URI), which
will be used to access the agent. The default value is /amagent.
SSL Ready: The installation program displays this option only when you are
installing the Apache web server agent. Select this option if the Apache web
server you are using has support for SSL. Your Apache web server is
considered SSL ready if it has support for mod_ssl and its sources have been
compiled using EAPI rule.
To find out if your Apache web server has been compiled with the EAPI flag,
go to the bin directory of the Apache web server and type the command:
# ./httpd -V
You can seevarious flagsthat the Apacheweb server wascompiled with.If the
flag -D EAPI is displayed in this list, it indicates that your Apache Web Server
is SSL ready. However, if you do not see this flag, it does not necessarily
indicate that the Web Server does not have support for mod_ssl.
The supported configuration for Apache web server are:
❍ Apache web server without mod_ssl support
NOTE
The agent uses the value of the
com.sun.am.policy.agents.agenturiprefix property to support
some essential functions such as notification and post-data preservation. Agent
URI prefix is a configurable subset of Agent Deployment URI. It is important to set
a valid URL for this property. Its value should be
http://host.domain:port/agent_deployment_uri where host, domain and port are
FQDN and port number of the web server where the agent is installed and
agent_deployment_uri is the URI where the web server will look for agent's related
HTML pages. Its default value is
amagent.