Web Server Configuration Information

Configure Administration Instance as Server

WS_ADMIN_IS_SERVER_MODE

The Administration Server is a specially configured Web Server instance used only for administration purposes.  

In a server farm situation, this is the master administration instance that sends instance-management orders to nodes. Administration applications are deployed on this server.

In a standalone installation of Web Server, always select Configure Administration Instance as Server. 

Configuration information for this setting will be requested on a subsequent page. 

The default value is selected. 

Configure Administration Instance as Node

WS_ADMIN_IS_NODE_MODE

An administration node is a specially configured Web Server instance that receives commands from the registered Administration Server and performs limited actions on that particular node, such as creating, deleting, starting, and stopping Web Server instances. 

information for this setting will be requested on a subsequent page. 

The default value is unselected. 

Automatically start server when system starts

WS_START_ON_BOOT

Configures Web Server so that Web Server starts automatically when the system restarts. If you deploy Access Manager on Web Server, this value is ignored, because the Access Manager startup scripts will start Web Server at system restart. 

In a state file, the permitted values are T or F, True or False. The default value is F.

Administrator User ID

WS_LOGIN_USER

User ID of the Web Server administrator.  

The default value is admin or the value you provided under Common Server Settings.

Note: If you chose to use a single administrator account, this field is not present. 

Administrator Password

WS_LOGIN_PASSWORD

The password of the Web Server administrator. 

The default value is the value you provided under Common Server Settings. 

Note: If you chose to use a single administrator account, this field is not present. 

Note: In the Java ES installer, white space cannot be used in admin passwords, nor can the following symbols:  ; & ( ) ! | < > ' “ $ ^ \ # / , @ %

Server Host

WS_ADMIN_HOST

A host and domain value that resolves to the local host. This value is used to create a directory under server root for the first Web Server instance. 

The default value is automatically created by joining the values that you provided for Host Name and DNS Domain Name under Common Server Settings. The value has the format hostname.domainname.

SSL Port

WS_ADMIN_SSL_PORT

Port that is used to run the Administration Server in secure mode. Must be a valid SSL port. if this port is selected, you must specify HTTPS when invoking a URL. 

The default value is 8989.

HTTP Port

WS_ADMIN_HTTP_PORT

Port on which Web Server listens for HTTP connections. 

The default value is 8800.

Runtime User ID

WS_ADMIN_SERVER_USER

The default value is root or the value you provided under Common Server Settings.

Note: If you chose to use a single administrator account, this field is not present. 

Node Host

WS_NODE_HOST

Fully qualified name of host, including domain name. 

SSL Port

WS_NODE_SSL_PORT

Port on which Web Server as agent listens for HTTPS connections. Must be a valid SSL port.  

The default value is 8989.

Runtime User ID

WS_INSTANCE_USER

User ID that the default instance of Web Server uses to run on the system. 

If you are installing Access Manager or Portal Server, set this value to root and set the Runtime Group to other. You can change these values after installation. For other servers, the Runtime User ID should be a non-root user.

The default value is root.

Register Node with Remote Administration Server

WS_REGISTER_NODE

The default value is selected. If you choose to register node with remote administration server, the following four fields must be filled. 

Remote Server Host

WS_ADMIN_HOST

Fully qualified domain name of the remote host on which the Administration Server is installed. 

Remote Server SSL Port

WS_ADMIN_SSL_PORT

The SSL port on which the remote Administration Server is listening. The default value is 8989.

Remote Server User Name

WS_ADMIN_LOGIN_USER

Administrator user name used to log in to the remote Administration Server. 

Remote Server Password

WS_ADMIN_LOGIN_PASSWORD

Password used to log in to the remote Administration Server. 

Server Name

WS_SERVER_NAME

A host and domain value that resolves to the local host. This value is used to create a directory under server root for the first Web Server instance. 

The default value is automatically created by joining the values that you provided for Host Name and DNS Domain Name under Common Server Settings. The value has the format hostname.domainname.

HTTP Port

WS_HTTP_PORT

Port on which Web Server instance listens for HTTP connections. 

The default value is 80.

Runtime UNIX User ID 

WS_SERVER_USER

An existing non–root user. If you are installing Access Manager or Portal Server, set this value to root and set the Runtime Group to other . You can change these values after installation. For other servers, the Runtime User ID should be a non-root user.

Note: If you are using Web Server as the web container, the Web Server runtime instance value must be set to root.

The default value is webservd

Document Root Directory

WS_DOCROOT

Location where Web Server stores content documents. 

To use a non-default value, ensure that the directory that you specify is already present in the file system. The installer does not create the directory for you.  

The default value is: 

Solaris OS: /var/opt/SUNWwbsvr7/https-hostname.domain/docs

Linux : /var/opt/sun/webserver7/https-hostname.domain/docs