Installation guide

Overview

EAServer

iPlanet 6.0 requires Red Hat 4.0 To use the redirector plug-in for either the

iPlanet 6.0, you must be running on Red Hat Advanced server 4.0. These Web

servers do not support either Red Hat Advanced server 3.0 or the SUSE Linux

Enterprise server.

Commonly used terms

Table 4-1 lists terms, which are used throughout this chapter.

Table 4-1: Local variables and expressions

How the plug-in works

As Figure 4-1 illustrates, the redirector plug-in forwards HTTP requests to

EAServer. For Web servers to forward requests, you must:

1 Install the redirector plug-in on the Web server.

2 Edit the Web server configuration file to:

• Locate and load the redirector plug-in.

• Configure context paths that define which requests (application server

hosted Web applications, JSPs, servlets, and so on) are forwarded to

EAServer.

3 Create and edit the redirector configuration file to define the application

servers to which the redirector sends requests.

Note Absolute path names containing spaces should be quoted. Use

forward slashes in path names, not backslashes.

4 Configure EAServer so it accepts requests from the redirector.

Configuration differs by Web server Although the procedure for installing

and configuring the redirector plug-in is similar for each Web server, the names

of the redirector plug-in file, the Web server configuration file, and the

redirector configuration file (which you create) vary. See the section for your

particular Web server when installing and configuring the redirector plug-in.

Term Description

Application server Refers to a single installation of EAServer

WEB_SERVER_HOME Represents the installation directory of your Web

server