Manidhar's Blog: May 11, 2007

Two Step Process:

- Generating a plugin-cfg.xml file

- Create a new virtual directory for the Web site instance to work with Web Sphere Application Server

Go to Web Sphere folder which is under C:\WebSphere Install and Patches\WAS6
Select Launchpad.bat file
Select launch the installation wizard for web server plug-ins
Check Installation roadmap. Click next
Select Microsoft Internet Information Services V6
Select Option Web Server machine(remote) - If the IIS web server is installed on same(local) machine or on remote machine, it works fine.
Location where plug-in has to be generated browse to C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\Plugins
Web server port address - 80
Type the Server definition Name Ex: webServer1
Give the name plugin-cfg.xml
Host system where we are generating the xml file.
Click Finish.

From Web Server point of view - Integrating iisWASPlugin_http.dll file with IIS

Go to IIS Console from Control Panel >Administrative Tools>Internet Information Services(IIS) Manager
Expand the tree on the left until you see Default Web Site.
Right-click Default Web Site and select New > Virtual Directory to create the directory with a default installation
Type sePlugins
Browse to the Web Sphere Application Server "C:\Program Files\ibm\WebSphere\Plugins directory "
Select the Allow Read and Execute Access check box

Add the Internet Services Application Programming Interface (ISAPI) filter into the IIS configuration

Right-click Default Web Site in the tree on the left and click Properties
Go to ISAPI Filters Tab
Click Add to open the Filter properties window
Click Browse in the Executable field.
Click the iisWASPlugin_http.dll file.
Click OK
Type iisWASPlugin in the "Filter Name" field.
Expand web sites folder under local computer and click on Web Service Extensions
Click on Add a new web service extension on the right pane
Browse to the iisWASPlugin_http.dll file location under the "C:\Program Files\ibm\WebSphere\Plugins\bin \IIS_webserver1"
Click on Allow