Configure Cognos Transformer to use HTTP

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

Use the Cognos Configuration tool to specify settings that enable Cognos Transformer 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 Transformer for instructions on configuring these settings manually.

1. Set the JAVA_HOME variable:

   1. Navigate to the WAS_install_root/bin directory.

      For example:

      • IBM AIX or Linux: /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/bin

      • Windows: C:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\bin

   2. Run:

      • AIX or Linux: setupCmdLine.sh

      • Windows: setupCmdLine.bat

2. (AIX or Linux) Set environment variables to point to the Cognos BI Server’s /bin directory ...

   By default, the Transformer’s environment variables point to its own directory, so change them to point to the BI Server’s directory.

   • AIX: export LIBPATH=/opt/IBM/CognosBI/bin64/

   • Linux: export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/IBM/CognosBI/bin64/

3. Start the Cognos Configuration Tool:

   1. Navigate to the /bin directory of the Cognos Transformer install directory.

      For example:

      • AIX, Linux: /opt/IBM/CognosTF/bin/

      • Windows: C:\IBM\CognosTF\bin

   2. Start the Cognos Configuration tool ...

      • AIX, Linux: ./cogconfig.sh

      • Windows: cogconfigw.exe

4. 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

   • Other URI Settings

5. Save the changes.

6. Exit the Cognos Configuration tool.

   We do not need to restart the Transformer component.

• Configure HTTP manually for Cognos Transformer
  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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