16.9.2. Configure the NSAPI Connector on Oracle Solaris

Summary

The NSAPI connector is a module that runs within Oracle iPlanet Web Server.

Prerequisites

  • Your server is running Oracle Solaris 10 or greater, on either a 32-bit or 64-bit architecture.
  • Oracle iPlanet Web Server 7.0.15 or later for Intel architectures, or or 7.0.14 or later for SPARC architectures, is installed and configured, aside from the NSAPI connector.
  • JBoss EAP 6 is installed and configured on each server which will serve as a worker node. Refer to Section 16.3.6, “Configure JBoss EAP 6 to Accept Requests From an External HTTPD”.
  • The JBoss Native Components ZIP package is downloaded from the Customer Service Portal at https://access.redhat.com.

Procedure 16.17. Extract and Setup the NSAPI Connector

  1. Extract the JBoss Native Components package.

    The rest of this procedure assumes that directory lib/ or lib64/ from the Native Components package is extracted to a directory called connectors/ in /opt/oracle/webserver7/config/. For the rest of this procedure, this directory will be referred to as IPLANET_CONFIG. If your Oracle iPlanet configuration directory is different, or you are running Oracle iPlanet Web Server 6, modify the procedure accordingly.
  2. Disable servlet mappings.

    Open the IPLANET_CONFIG/default.web.xml file and locate the section with the heading Built In Server Mappings. Disable the mappings to the following three servlets, by wrapping them in XML comment characters (<!-- and -->).
    • default
    • invoker
    • jsp
    The following example configuration shows the disabled mappings.
    <!-- ============== Built In Servlet Mappings =============== -->
    <!-- The servlet mappings for the built in servlets defined above. -->
    <!-- The mapping for the default servlet -->
    <!--servlet-mapping>
     <servlet-name>default</servlet-name>
     <url-pattern>/</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping-->
    <!-- The mapping for the invoker servlet -->
    <!--servlet-mapping>
     <servlet-name>invoker</servlet-name>
     <url-pattern>/servlet/*</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping-->
    <!-- The mapping for the JSP servlet -->
    <!--servlet-mapping>
     <servlet-name>jsp</servlet-name>
     <url-pattern>*.jsp</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping-->
    
    Save and exit the file.
  3. Configure the iPlanet Web Server to load the NSAPI connector module.

    Add the following lines to the end of the IPLANET_CONFIG/magnus.conf file, modifying file paths to suit your configuration. These lines define the location of the nsapi_redirector.so module, as well as the workers.properties file, which lists the worker nodes and their properties.
    Init fn="load-modules" funcs="jk_init,jk_service" shlib="IPLANET_CONFIG/connectors/lib/nsapi_redirector.so" shlib_flags="(global|now)"
    Init fn="jk_init" worker_file="IPLANET_CONFIG/connectors/workers.properties" log_level="debug" log_file="IPLANET_CONFIG/config/connectors/nsapi.log" shm_file="IPLANET_CONFIG/conf/connectors/jk_shm"
    
    The configuration above is for a 32-bit architecture. If you use 64-bit Solaris, change the string lib/nsapi_redirector.so to lib64/nsapi_redirector.so.
    Save and exit the file.
  4. Configure the NSAPI connector.

    You can configure the NSAPI connector for a basic configuration, with no load balancing, or a load-balancing configuration. Choose one of the following options, after which your configuration will be complete.