Configuring an External HTTP Server for WebSphere Portal v8.5 (IBM i HTTP Server only)

By default, the installation configures the WebSphere Portal v8.5 to use the internal HTTP transport within the WebSphere Application Server to handle requests (i.e port 10039). Portal also supports the use of an external Web server which is the recommended configuration for production Portals. For Portal Server v8.5 on IBM i only the native IBM i HTTP Server is supported.

This section explains how you can configure an external web server port to communicate with the WebSphere Portal, which includes these tasks:

• Creating a webserver definition for the wp_profile

• Remapping the WebSphere portal to the external web server

• Adding the external port

• Generating the webserver plugin for the wp_profile

• Propagating webserver plugin