Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Documentation Accessibility
• Conventions

1 Introduction and Roadmap

• 1.1 Document Scope and Audience
• 1.2 Guide to this Document
• 1.3 Related Documentation
• 1.4 New and Changed Features in This Release

2 Using Web Server 1.1 Plug-Ins with Oracle WebLogic Server

• 2.1 What Are Plug-Ins?
  • 2.1.1 Connection Pooling and Keep-Alive
  • 2.1.2 Proxying Requests
• 2.2 Version 1.1 Plug-Ins Available for Download
  • 2.2.1 Version 1.0 Plug-Ins Are Deprecated
• 2.3 Upgrading From the Version 1.0 Plug-Ins
• 2.4 Features of the Version 1.1 Plug-Ins
  • 2.4.1 Standard Encryption Strength Allows Simplified Naming
  • 2.4.2 Version 1.1 Plug-Ins Use Oracle Security Framework
  • 2.4.3 Version 1.1 Plug-Ins Support IPv6
  • 2.4.4 Version 1.1 Plug-Ins Support Two-Way SSL
• 2.5 Plug-In Supported Platforms
• 2.6 Downloading the Version 1.1 Plug-Ins

3 Installing and Configuring the Apache HTTP Server Plug-In

• 3.1 Install the Apache HTTP Server Plug-In
  • 3.1.1 Installation Prerequisites
  • 3.1.2 Installing the Apache HTTP Server Plug-In as a Dynamic Shared Object
• 3.2 Configure the Apache HTTP Server Plug-In
  • 3.2.1 Editing the httpd.conf File
    • 3.2.1.1 Placing WebLogic Properties Inside Location or VirtualHost Blocks
  • 3.2.2 Including a weblogic.conf File in the httpd.conf File
    • 3.2.2.1 Creating weblogic.conf Files
    • 3.2.2.2 Sample weblogic.conf Configuration Files
    • 3.2.2.3 Template for the Apache HTTP Server httpd.conf File

4 Configuring the Plug-In for Oracle HTTP Server

• 4.1 Configuring the Plug-In for Oracle HTTP Server

5 Installing and Configuring the Microsoft IIS Plug-In

• 5.1 Installing and Configuring the Microsoft Internet Information Server Plug-In
• 5.2 Installing and Configuring the Microsoft Internet Information Server Plug-In for IIs 7.0
• 5.3 Using Wildcard Application Mappings to Proxy by Path
  • 5.3.1 Installing Wildcard Application Mappings (IIS 6.0)
  • 5.3.2 Adding a Wildcard Script Map for IIS 7.0
• 5.4 Proxying Requests from Multiple Virtual Web Sites to WebLogic Server
  • 5.4.1 Sample iisproxy.ini File
• 5.5 Creating ACLs Through IIS
• 5.6 Proxying Servlets from IIS to WebLogic Server
• 5.7 Testing the Installation

6 Installing and Configuring the Oracle iPlanet Web Server Plug-In

• 6.1 Overview of the Oracle iPlanet Web Server Plug-In
• 6.2 Installing and Configuring the Oracle iPlanet Web Server Plug-In
  • 6.2.1 Installation Prerequisites
  • 6.2.2 Installing Oracle iPlanet Web Server Plug-In
  • 6.2.3 Configuring the Oracle iPlanet Web Server Plug-In
  • 6.2.4 Guidelines for Modifying the obj.conf File
  • 6.2.5 Sample obj.conf File (Not Using a WebLogic Cluster)
  • 6.2.6 Sample obj.conf File (Using a WebLogic Cluster)

7 Performing Common Tasks

• 7.1 Use SSL With Plug-Ins
  • 7.1.1 Configure Libraries for SSL
    • 7.1.1.1 Configure SSL Libraries for use with Apache HTTP Server
  • 7.1.2 Configuring a Plug-In for One-Way SSL
  • 7.1.3 Configure Two-Way SSL Between the Plug-In and WebLogic Server
• 7.2 Use IPv6 With Plug-Ins
• 7.3 Set Up Perimeter Authentication
• 7.4 Set the WebLogic Plug-in Enabled Control in WebLogic Server
• 7.5 Understanding Connection Errors and Clustering Failover
  • 7.5.1 Possible Causes of Connection Failures
  • 7.5.2 Tips for reducing Connection_Refused Errors
  • 7.5.3 Failover with a Single, Non-Clustered WebLogic Server
  • 7.5.4 The Dynamic Server List
  • 7.5.5 Failover, Cookies, and HTTP Sessions
  • 7.5.6 Using SSL with the Oracle iPlanet Web Server Plug-in
  • 7.5.7 Failover Behavior When Using Firewalls and Load Directors

8 Parameters for Web Server Plug-Ins

• 8.1 Entering Parameters in Web Server Plug-In Configuration Files
• 8.2 General Parameters for Web Server Plug-Ins
  • 8.2.1 Location of POST Data Files
• 8.3 SSL Parameters for Web Server Plug-Ins