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Configuring the ISAPI Plug-In

Operating System: Windows only.

This topic is part of the process Configuring Oracle BI Presentation Services.

If the Oracle BI Presentation Services and Microsoft IIS servers are to run on different machines, thus separating the HTTP Server components from the Oracle BI infrastructure components, this topic becomes a task in the process Configuring HTTP Web Servers.

The ability to separate the Web ISAPI plug-in and the Web service onto different machines provides control over network and resource allocation and partitioning when firewalls are used. The Presentation Services ISAPI Plug-in ties the IIS web server to Oracle BI Presentation Services. All of the settings can be configured through the isapiconfig.xml file, located in OracleBIData_HOME/web/config/. The isapiconfig.xml file contains the following default entries:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<WebConfig>
   <ServerInstance>
      <ServerConnectInfo address="localhost" port="9710"/>
      
   </ServerInstance>
</WebConfig>

NOTE:  Port 9710 is the default port on which the Oracle BI Presentation Services listens to remote procedure calls from one or more plug-ins.

To configure an ISAPI plug-in for Oracle BI Presentation Services

1. On the machine hosting the Oracle BI Presentation Services, open the isapiconfig.xml file.
2. Replace the following default values:

   Default Value	Replace With
   ServerConnectInfo address	Fully-qualified domain name of the Oracle BI Presentation Services, set up as a host with its own IP address
   ServerConnectInfo port	Oracle BI Presentation Services listening port

   For example:

   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
   <WebConfig>
      <ServerInstance>
         <ServerConnectInfo address="sastest" port="9710"/>
      </ServerInstance>
   </WebConfig>

   NOTE:  Make sure that the fully-qualified domain name of the Oracle BI Presentation Services is set up as a host with its own IP address.

3. Save the file when you are done.