Install query_contents on Windows-based Web servers

The following steps describe the installation of query_contents on back-end Windows-based Web servers.

Steps

1. Locate the executable program named query_contents.exe and the configuration file named query_contents.cfg in the LMI. Go to Web > Tools > Query Site Contents.
2. Ensure the back-end Web server has a CGI directory correctly configured.
3. For testing purposes, ensure that a valid document exists in the document root of the back-end Web server.
4. Copy query_contents.exe into the cgi-bin directory of the back-end Web server. Consult the appropriate documentation for the Web server to identify the location of this directory.
5. Copy query_contents.cfg into the "Windows" directory. Default values for this directory are shown in the table below:

   Operating System	Windows Directory
   Windows	c:\windows

6. Edit the query_contents.cfg file to correctly specify the document root directory for the back-end Web server. The file contains a default value for the IBM HTTP Server (version 6.0):

   [server]
   docroot="C:/Program Files/IBM HTTP Server/htdocs/en_US"

7. Specify query_contents.exe as the correct file name for WebSEAL to use using the -q location option when creating a junction to the back-end Web server.

   The -q location option and argument provides WebSEAL with the correct name of the file and where to find the file. For example, assuming other options are additionally selected:

   pdadmin> server task default-webseald-www.example.com create -t tcp -h host-name <...> -q /cgi-bin/query_contents.exe \junction-name

   The location argument value is used in the actual URL string that calls the query_contents program. For example:

   http://windows-machine-name/cgi-bin/query_contents.exe?dirlist=/

• Test the configuration (Windows)
  

Parent topic: How to generate a back-end server Web space (query_contents)