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 http://www-4.ibm.com/software/webservers for information on problems with WebSphere. Follow these steps to configure WebSphere for ArcIMS:
Verify that the following items are at <WebSphere Installation directory>\AppServer\installedApps\<servername>\arcimsservletconnector.war.ear\arcimsservletconnector.war\WEB-INF\classes\:
com directory
Esrimap_prop
ServletConnector_Res.properties
ServletConnector_Res_en_US.properties
WMSEsrimap_prop
If you can not verify the above:
Open a Web browser and navigate to http://localhost:9090/admin and login.
In the left panel expand the “Applications” directory and click “Install New Application”
In the right panel, for the local path, browse to <ArcIMS Installation directory>\ArcIMS\Connectors\Servlet\arcimsservletconnector.war.
Under the context root, type “/servlet/*” and click “next”
At the Generate Default Bindings screen click “next”
At the AppDeployment Options screen click “next”
At the Map Virtual Hosts for Web Modules screen, check the box next to arcimsservletconnector.war and click “next”
At the Map Modules to Application Servers screen, again check the box next to arcimsservletconnector.war and click “next”
At the Summary screen, click “Finish”
At the Installing screen, click the link labeled “Save to Master Configuration” and when the next screen loads, click “Save”
In the left panel, click “Enterprise Applications”
In the right panel, check the box next to aimsservletconnector.war and click “Start”
Logout of the Administrative Console. Save to Master Configuration when asked and exit.
In a text editor (such as Notepad), open <WebSphere Installation directory>\AppServer\installedApps\<servername>\arcimsservletconnector.war.ear\arcimsservletconnector.war\WEB-INF\classes\Esrimap_prop. Edit APPSMACHINE to reflect your ArcIMS host name. Save and close the file.
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.
Note: 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 ArcIMS installation, you don't need to create virtual directories for output and website.
Go to the <IBMHttpServer Installation directory>\conf directory and open httpd.conf.
Look at the very first line of the file- it should say, “ServerName <yourname>”. If not, edit this line to reflect the Web server host name.
Find the line for DirectoryIndex and add “default.htm default.html index.htm” if it is not already listed.
Find the Alias section and add the following:
Alias /output <path to output dir>
Alias /website <path to website dir>
<Directory “path to website dir”>
Options Indexes MultiViews
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
Alias /manager <path to Manager dir>
<Directory “path to manager dir”>
Options Indexes MultiViews
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
Find “UseCanonicalName on” and comment this out as you might have some server errors due to this.
Save and close the file.
Stop and start IBM HTTP Server
Stop and start WebSphere
Verify 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 description display. Follow the instructions in the description to fix the problem and try the Diagnostics tool again.
See Configuring WebSphere for Service Administrator for information on configuring ArcIMS Service Administrator.
See Configuring WebSphere for Metadata Explorer for information on configuring Metadata Explorer.
See Step 5: Configure ArcIMS for the final step required to get ArcIMS running.