Configure Cognos BI Server to use HTTP

Configure the Cognos BI Server to use the IBM HTTP Server that operates with the Connections deployment.

Use the Cognos Configuration tool to specify settings that enable Cognos BI Server to operate with IBM HTTP Server.

The Cognos Configuration tool provides a graphical user interface. If the IBM AIX or Linux server does not support a graphical user interface, see the topic Configure HTTP manually for Cognos BI Server for instructions on configuring these settings manually.

1. Start the Cognos Configuration Tool:

   1. Navigate to the /bin64 directory of the Cognos BI server install directory.

      For example:

      • IBM AIX, Linux: /opt/IBM/CognosBI/bin64/

      • Windows: C:\IBM\CognosBI\bin64

   2. Start the Cognos Configuration tool ...

      • AIX, Linux: ./cogconfig.sh

      • Windows: cogconfigw.exe

2. Expand Local Configuration > Environment and edit the URLs for the following properties by removing any reference to ports 908x and replacing them with port 80:

   Attention: The URLs must be updated to point to the HTTP server's host name and port number. The port number must be included even if it's the standard port 80.

   • Gateway Settings

     In this section, change only the "Dispatch URIs for gateway" attribute.

   • Other URI Settings

     In this section, change only the "Dispatcher URI for external applications" attribute.

   There might be a need to update the Gateway settings Gateway URI and Controller URI to point to the HTTP server instead of 'localhost' if the problem described in this technote occurs.

3. Save the changes.

4. Exit the Cognos Configuration tool, making sure to select No at the following prompt: The service 'IBM Cognos' is not running on the local computer. Before we can use it the computer must start the service. Do to start this service before exiting?

5. Restart the Cognos server:

   1. Stop the IBM WebSphere Application Server hosting the Cognos server.

   2. Wait at least 1 full minute to ensure that all Cognos processes have stopped:

      • AIX or Linux: cgsServer.sh and CAM_LPSvr processes

      • Windows: cgsLauncher.exe and CAM_LPSvr processes

   3. Start WebSphere Application Server.

   4. Start the Cognos server.

• Configure HTTP manually for Cognos BI Server
  If the IBM Cognos Business Intelligence server runs on IBM AIX or Linux and does not provide a graphical user interface, we can configure HTTP settings manually.

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Configure Cognos Business Intelligence to use IBM HTTP Server

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