WP 6.1 - A: 7.0 Configure the cluster to use an external Web server

Parent topic: WP 6.1 - A: Deploying WebSphere Portal with multiple LDAP servers

Bill configured the cluster to use an external Web server to take advantage of features such as workload management.  Bill installed the Web server and configured the Web server plugin.  He installed the Web server using the Web server documentation.

1. He installed and configured the Web server using the IBM HTTP Web server documentation.
   
2. Stop the Web server.
   
3. Install and configure the Web server plug-in on the system where the Web server is located using the Plug-ins installation wizard provided with WebSphere Application Server. . In the WebSphere Application Server Information Center, he selected the following option: Configuring a Web server and an application server on separate machines (remote). He started with the step about launching the Plug-ins installation wizard.
   
4. Start the Web server
   
   
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