Configuring Oracle Application Server 9.0.3 for ArcIMS

After installing ArcIMS, you must configure your Web server for ArcIMS. If your Web server and servlet engine are not operational, contact your system administrator before you proceed. See www.oracle.com for information on problems with OAS. Follow these steps to configure Oracle Application Server 9.0.3 for ArcIMS:

 

  1. Verify that the following items are at \Oracle\iSuites\Apache\Jserv\servlets:

 

If you can not verify the above:

 

  1. In a text editor (such as Notepad), open the file <Oracle Installation Directory>\j2ee\home\applications\servlet\servlet\WEB-INF\classes\Esrimap_prop and edit the APPSMACHINE variable to correspond to the ArcIMS Host name.

 

  1. Save and close the file.

 

  1. In a text editor (such as Notepad), open \Oracle\iSuites\Apache\Apache\conf\httpd.conf

 

  1. Find the line: DirectoryIndex index.html

 

  1. Add default.htm to the end of the line. The line should now read: DirectoryIndex index.htm default.htm

 

  1. Save and close the file.

 

  1. Restart Oracle HTTP Server and OC4J_home

 

Creating virtual directories

After installing ArcIMS, you must create virtual directories for Manager, Output, and Website. A virtual directory is a mapped location on the Web server to a physical path.

Tip

    • If you browsed to the location of your Web server root directory to create directories for Output and Website (the Web Site Working Directories) during the ArcIMS post installation setup, you don’t need to create virtual directories for Output and Website.

 

  1. On Windows NT, click Start > Settings > Control Panel > Services; on Windows 2000, click Start > Settings > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Component Services and click Services on the Tree tab.

 

  1. Stop your Oracle HTTPS Server.

 

  1. In a text editor (such as Notepad), open <ArcIMS Installation Directory>\ArcIMS\Common\ApacheAlias.txt and copy the contents of the file to the clipboard.

 

  1. In a text editor (such as Notepad), open \Oracle\iSuites\Apache\Apache\conf\httpd.conf.

Under the line

Alias /icons/"<drive>:\Oracle\iSuites\Apache\Apache\icons/"

paste the lines from the ApacheAlias.txt file that follow this pattern. Replace the paths in these lines with the appropriate paths where necessary.

 

  1. Save and close the file.

 

  1. Start your Oracle HTTPS Server and close the services window.

 

Using the Diagnostics tool to test your ArcIMS installation

  1. Verify that your ArcIMS installation was successful.

a. Click Start > Programs > ArcGIS > ArcIMS > ArcIMS Diagnostics. The ArcIMS Diagnostics tool displays.

b. Select your Web server protocol, type your Web server name including domain, and type your port number. The default is 80.

c. Click 1 to test the ArcIMS Servlet Connector and 2 to test the ArcIMS Application Server.

 

If these tests are successful, your ArcIMS Application Server and ArcIMS Servlet Connector are configured correctly.

 

If you receive an error message, select the error number in the dropdown list and click View. The error number and a  are displayed. Follow the instructions in the description to fix the problem and try the Diagnostics tool again.

 

See the topic Configuring Oracle Application Server 9.0.3 for Service Administrator for manual steps on configuring for Service Administrator.

 

See the topic Configuring Oracle Application Server 9.0.3 for Metadata Explorer for manual steps on configuring for Metadata Explorer.

 

See Step 5:Configure ArcIMS for the final step required to get ArcIMS running.