Questions[ihs](server)

I have IHS 8.5.5.3 with WebSphere 8.5.5.3 installed on a Win Server 2012 VM as part of an installation of the IBM Maximo 7.6 system. I am trying to enable mod_status on IHS to enable me to collect metrics with Datadog from Apache / IHS. The Maximo system is configured on port 9080, I am trying to setup mod_status on port 80 to be available from http://localhost/server-status or similar.

The existing configuration of IHS appears to deny all by default all routes unless configured otherwise.

I added the following to httpd.conf on the server within the IHS installation:

LoadModule status_module modules/mod_status.so
<IfModule mod_status.c>
<Location /server-status>
SetHandler server-status
order allow, deny
#order deny,allow
#deny from all
#allow from localhost
allow from all
ExtendedStatus On
</Location>
</IfModule>

When I browse to http://localhost/server-status from the server I get "Not found - HTTP Error 404. The requested resource is not found." Is there something I've missed in the config or do I also need to enable a WebGroup / Virtual Host in WebSphere or something elsewhere?

I realise generally speaking it's probably not best-practise to allow anyone to view server-status from anywhere but it's a crash & burn server that I only I have access to. Thanks.

I'm trying to understand what port numbers i can use to access my application both through the web server (IBM Http Server) and directly to the app server (IBM Websphere v6.1).

What ports can i use to bypass IHS and hit server directly using HTTP and HTTPS? What ports can i use to pass through IHS server using HTTP and HTTPS? What are the default ports and are there other ports i should be aware of?

Is this information stored in a config file or is it dependent on how i configure host aliases?

Thanks

I am trying to set up a Websphere/IHS configuration for testing a project in my development machine.

I have Websphere 7 (developer version) and IHS 7 installed on a Windows 7 machine. I can reach my application on Websphere 7 entering the URL http://[my-host]:9080/myapp and that's how I have been testing it so far. Now I need to expose my application through the IHS so I can reach it by entering the URL http://[my-host]/myapp.

I have gone through the proccess of 1)Stopping Web Server, 2)Generate Plug-in, 3)Distribute Plugin, 4)Start Web Server with different variables with no luck.

I know the plugin file (plugin-cfg.xml) is in C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\HTTPServer\Plugins\config\[server-name]. The file actually includes myapp as Uri in the UriGroup.

I'm actually a Websphere and IHS newbie, so if you think I need to give more information or send actual files, please tell me and gladly help you help me.

Thanks in advance

I want to install 2 individual websphere server (AppServer option in the installer) and later install the deployment manager and federate those server under it to make then a cluster.

Any help is welcome.

I already figured how to use wasservice[1] to up nodeagent and my faulty server1 (which wasn't starting on machine startup), and installed IBM HTTP Server, yet it's not in cluster.

Thanks in advance.

[1]http://pastebin.com/peihzsHY

We have a IHS box that requires me to install mod perl.

I'm trying to work out if I should install mod_perl 1 or 2.

apachectl -v returns:

Server version: IBM_HTTP_Server/7.0.0.11 (Unix)
Server built:   Mar 23 2010 12:49:10

http://perl.apache.org/download/index.html suggests that:

mod_perl 1 is for use with Apache 1.3.x and mod_perl 2 is for use with Apache 2.0.x / 2.2.x

Any ideas about IHS?