Install IBM HTTP Server

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Procedure

  1. Prepare the operating system for product installation

  2. Insert the WAS product disc and mount the disc if necessary.

  3. Start the installation using the command:

    launchpad.sh|bat

    We can also start the installation using the command...

    /IHS/install

    After launching the Installation wizard from the launchpad or from the command line, the ISMP wizard initializes and then presents the Welcome panel.

  4. Click Next to display the License agreement panel.

  5. Accept the license agreement and click Next to display the operating system prerequisites check panel.

  6. Click Next to display the installation root directory panel.

  7. Specify the root directory information and click Next to display the port specification panel.

    The port specification panel enables us to modify the ports to use for IBM HTTP Server and the IBM HTTP Server administration server. The default port values are 80 for IBM HTTP Server and 8008 for the IBM HTTP administration module. Specify unique port values if the default ports are already in use by another application.

    Issue netstat -an from the command prompt to display a list of active ports.

  8. [Windows] Click Next to display the Windows Service Definition panel.

    To create a Windows service for IBM HTTP Server and the IBM HTTP Server administration, configure the following rights...

      Act as part of the operating system
      Log on as a service.

    To administer IBM HTTP Server using the WAS console, select...

    Log on as Local System account

    A user name and password is not required for this selection.

  9. If we will not administer IBM HTTP Server using the WAS console, select Run IBM HTTP Server Administration Server as a Windows Service with Log on as a specified user account. Specify your user ID and password information.

  10. [AIX Solaris HP-UX Linux Windows] Click Next to display the IBM HTTP Server Administration Server Authentication panel.

    If selected, this panel creates a user ID and password to authenticate to the IBM HTTP Server administration server using the WAS console. This user ID and password can optionally be created after installation using the htpasswd utility.

  11. [AIX] [HP-UX] [Linux] [Solaris]

    Click Next to display the IBM HTTP Server Administration Server setup panel.

    This panel collects information to enable the installation to grant a user ID write access to the necessary IBM HTTP Server and plug-in configuration files. The IBM HTTP Server administration server runs as the specified user ID.

  12. Click Next to display the IBM HTTP Server Plug-in for WAS panel. This panel collects information to install the WAS Plug-in into a directory that is relative to the IBM HTTP Server installation location, using the remote setup type.

    If the plugin directory does not exist at the same level as the IBM HTTP Server directory, the prompt panel for selecting the plug-ins installer does not display.

  13. Click Next to review the confirmation panel to verify our selections. Click Back to change any of our specifications.

  14. Click Next to begin installing IBM HTTP Server.

 

Results

After displaying installation status, the wizard displays the completion status panel that indicates a successful installation.

Restrict the characters that we use in installation directory names to printable US ASCII characters.

[AIX] [HP-UX] [Linux] [Solaris]

The {}`!&*()|:^;<>?"\,=+ characters and spaces are not allowed.

[Windows]

The {}:;*??<>|%,=+&?#^!`$[] characters are not allowed, but spaces are allowed. For information on problems when using non-US-ASCII directory names, search for Technote 1237598 from the WAS support page.

 

What to do next

Set up IBM HTTP Server administration authentication, using the htpasswd utility.

We can get started using SSL connections by making only a few configuration changes, as described in Securing with SSL communications .

[AIX]

[Windows] You can configure the Fast Response Cache Accelerator to boost performance.

You can also make many other configuration changes with Apache directives.

 

Sub-topics


Mounting CD-ROMS on AIX, HP-UX, Linux and Solaris systems

Installing IBM HTTP Server with a non-administrator user ID

[Windows] Creating multiple instances of IBM HTTP Server on Windows operating systems