Installation guide

General Preparations for All Web Agents
Chapter 1: Preparation 19
General Preparations for All Web Agents
The following sections describe general preparations for all Web Agents.
Gather information Needed to Complete the Agent Installation
You must have the following information before installing the Web Agent:
■
Name of the SiteMinder Administrator allowed to install Agents
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Name of the Host Configuration Object. This defines the trusted host
configuration.
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Name of the Agent Configuration Object, which contains the Agent
configuration settings. A single Agent Configuration Object can be
referenced by many Agents.
Preservation of Any WebAgentTrace.conf File Changes
If you have modified the WebAgentTrace.conf file and you are installing a new
Web Agent over an existing Web Agent, the WebAgentTrace.conf file is
overwritten. Therefore, you should rename or back up the WebAgentTrace.conf
file before the installation.
Important! Once the installer starts, the existing file is overwritten without
warning. Your old settings will be lost if you do not copy or back up the original
file.
After the installation, you can integrate your changes into the new file.
Install the Correct Agent for a Web Server
Install the following Web Agents with the corresponding web servers:
Web Agent
Web Server
IIS
Microsoft IIS
Domino
IBM Lotus Domino
Sun Java System
Sun Java System
Apache
Apache, HP-based Apache, IBM HTTP, Oracle HTTP
Server.
Most of the information for the Apache web server
applies to these web servers.