Apache configuration in WebSphere

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My original question is now edited to avoid confusion:

I have configured a web server(Apache) and an application server profile on the same machine.

1) Generated plug-in, propagated it and verified the plugin-cfg.xml 2)Installed DefaultApplication.ear(snoop) to test the connectivity 3)Checked virtual hosts for application servers and installed app 4)made sure port numbers are not duplicated 5)Restarted application server and apache

When I try to hit the URL to test snoop, no luck. 

http://xx.xx.xx.xxx:9080/snoop --> This is now WORKING, bit not port 80

http://xx.xx.xx.xxx/snoop
Not Found
The requested URL /snoop was not found on this server
Apache/2.2.15 (Red Hat) Server at xx.xx.xx.xxx Port 80

Can you please let me know what is missing ?

Note: I have found that there is no /bin directory under /opt/IBM/WebSphere/plugIns Only Conf and Logs directory are availabale. WAS version is 8.5.5.7

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apachewebsphere
Is that the output of several different HTTP requests AND netstat? Start with basics. What complete URL did you test and what response did you get? - covener
That is a netstat output to show the ports 80 and 9080 are Listening. I tried xx.xx.xx.xxx/snoop and xx.xx.xx.xxx:9080/snoop. no luck and the outputs are in my questions above, Thanks Covener - suj
Well, you got an HTTP response, so the ports are definitely listening. Why are there multiple HTTP responses listed and what do they represent? - covener
That is just a list of netstat -tupln to show the actively listening ports - suj

2 Answers

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You need to map the DefaultApplication to both your applicaton server (or cluster) as well as the HTTP server, taking note of its context root for the included web module, before generating and propagating the plugin-cfg.xml.

If you can't get a response from WAS on port 9080, there's generally no sense in seeing what happens when you add an Apache server in-between.

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I managed to fix the problems.

Problem #1: to get the snoop launching as xx.xx.xx.xxx:9080/snoop 1) In WebSpher Console, Server Types -> WebSphere application servers -> Server1 -> Installed Applications -> DefaultApplication.ear -> Modules -> Manage Modules -> Default Web Application -> Should be mapped to both the App Server and Web Server

2) Regenerate plug-in, propagate, restart Apache and App Server(better off) and then xx.xx.xx.xxx:9080/snoop started to show up

Problem #2: to get the snoop launching as xx.xx.xx.xxx/snoop 1) In the default WAS install from our VM provisioning, Plug-in was not installed properly. Hence I installed the WebServer plugin as aal-imcl install com.ibm.websphere.PLG.v85_8.5.5006.20150529_0536 -acceptLicense -installationDirectory /opt/IBM/Plugins (Please note I created a new directory for Plug-in instead of /opt/IBM/WebSphere/Plugins 2) Added the below lines to httpd.conf

LoadModule was_ap22_module "/opt/IBM/Plugins/bin/64bits/mod_was_ap22_http.so"
   WebSpherePluginConfig /opt/IBM/WebSphere/Plugins/config/SAF2TEST/plugin-cfg.xml

3) Regenerate plug-in, propagate, restart Apache and App Server(better off) and then xx.xx.xx.xxx/snoop started to show up

Happy to share my experience to WAS newbees like myself.