This procedure describes how to configure an instance of the Oracle iPlanet Web Server to be highly available. Use a browser to interact with this procedure.
Consider the following points before you perform this procedure.
Before you start, ensure that you have installed the browser on a machine that can access the network on which the cluster resides. You can install the browser on a cluster node or on the administrative workstation for the cluster.
HA for Oracle iPlanet Web Server supports HA for Oracle iPlanet Web Proxy Server. For Oracle iPlanet Web Proxy Server installation and configuration information, see your Oracle iPlanet Web Proxy Server installation documentation.
Your configuration files can reside on either a local file system or on the cluster file system.
Any certificates that are installed for SSL–based instances must be installed from all cluster nodes. This installation involves running the admin console on each node. Thus, if a cluster has nodes n1, n2, n3, and n4, the installation steps are as follows.
Run the admin server on node n1.
From your Web browser, connect to the admin server as http://n1.domain:port. For example, http://n1.example.com:8888, or whatever you specified as the admin server port. The port is typically 8888.
Install the certificate.
Stop the admin server on node n1 and run the admin server from node n2.
From the Web browser, connect to the new admin server as http://n2.domain:port, for example, http://n2.example.com:8888.
Repeat these steps for nodes n3 and n4.
After you have considered the preceding points, complete the following steps.
For the scalable configuration to work correctly, these files must be located on each node of the cluster, not on the cluster file system. Use shared storage only if you will configure Oracle iPlanet Web Server as a failover data service.
Choose a location on the local disk that is the same for all the nodes in the cluster. Use the mkdir -p command to create the directory. Make nobody the owner of this directory.
The following example shows how to complete this step.
phys-schost-1# mkdir -p /var/pathname/http-instance/logs/
# cd admin-server # ./startserv
The URL consists of the logical hostname and port number that the Oracle iPlanet installation script established in Step 4 of the server installation procedure, for example, n1.example.com:8888. When you perform Step 2 of this procedure, the ./start command displays the admin URL.
When prompted, use the user ID and password you specified in Step 6 of the server installation procedure to log in to the Oracle iPlanet administration server interface.
Verify that the server name is correct.
Verify that the server user is set as the root role.
Change the bind address field to one of the following addresses.
A logical hostname or shared address if you use DNS as your name service
The IP address associated with the logical hostname or shared address if you use NIS as your name service
Update the Error Log and Access Log entries to reflect the directory created in Step 1 of this procedure.
Save your changes.
Choose one of the following methods.
<pkcs11> <enabled>true</enabled> <token> <name>internal</name> <pin>admin123</pin> </token> </pkcs11>