Generating a plugin-cfg.xml
In an environment with an IBM HTTP server routing requests to an on demand router (ODR), the plugin-cfg.xml configuration file ensures that requests are forwarded to the appropriate target servers.
Each ODR can generate a plugin-cfg.xml file, which includes all the handled URIs.
(v8550) If we enable Intelligent Management for a web server, do not use the option to dynamically generate the plugin-cfg.xml file for that web server. Dynamically generating the plugin-cfg.xml file overwrites the Intelligent Management settings in the plugin-cfg.xml file.
- Generate the plugin-cfg.xml file using the ODR. We can override the default attributes. For details, read about configuring an ODR to dynamically update the web server plug-in configuration. Generate plugin-cfg.xml in a high availability environment. This ensures that, despite the other processes available, the configuration is always generated by one process in the cell. For more information, read about this task.
- In a multi-cell environment, ODRs in different cells generate cell-specific plugin-cfg.xml files. We can merge plugin-cfg.xml files for different cells into a single plugin-cfg.xml file by using pluginmerge.bat or pluginmerge.sh, depending on the operating system.
- Install the new plugin-cfg.xml file on the IBM HTTP server. For details, read about configuring custom HTTP servers.
Related concepts
Cell affinity function
Related tasks
Create ODRs Configure ODRs Generating the plug-in configuration in a high availability environment Configure an ODR to dynamically update the web server plug-in configuration Enable cell affinity Configure cell affinity in a multi-tiered environment Configure custom HTTP servers
pluginMerge script