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Configuring custom HTTP servers

After you create a middleware server representation of a custom HTTP server in the administrative console, you must update a few configuration settings so that they are defined specifically for your custom HTTP server installation.

Before you begin

Federate the node that is running the custom HTTP server and create a representation of the server in the administrative console.

About this task

To perform server operations on your server from the administrative console, you must configure the server operations for the custom HTTP server middleware server representation.

Procedure

Configure server operations for the custom HTTP server to include the user name and password.
  1. In the administrative console, click Servers > Server types > Custom HTTP servers > custom_http_server > Server operations.
  2. Edit the start and stop server operations.
  3. Define the location of the process ID (PID) file on the server.
    Create the PID file name environment variable. The PID file name specifies the location of the PID file where the server operation runs. To define the PID file name variable, click Servers > All servers > custom_http_server > Variables > New or Environment > WebSphere variables > New. Enter the same name for the variable that you entered in the server operations panel, and for the value, enter the fully qualified or variable qualified location of the PID file.

What to do next

  • To use this configuration when you are configuring your other custom HTTP servers, create a server template of your current custom HTTP server.
  • Use the external log viewing service to view the log files for your custom HTTP server from the administrative console.
  • Use the external configuration service to edit the configuration files for your custom HTTP server from the administrative console.
  • After you create representations of all the custom HTTP servers, you can add the representations to a dynamic cluster.