IHS notes

basics

• IHS, Plugin, PCT installed via IIM
• wctcmd invoked (configType=remote in PCT properties and IHS admin options set) https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/was/9.0.5?topic=cwspi-configuring-web-server-plug-in-using-pct-tool
• on the dmgr, enable intelligent management with pluginIntelligentManagement.py: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/was-zos/9.0.5?topic=overview-pluginintelligentmanagementpy-script#rwve_implugin__Enable
  • Is KDB propagation included?

  def propagateKeyring(configRoot, cellName, nodeName, webServerName):
  objNameString = AdminControl.completeObjectName('WebSphere:name=PluginCfgGenerator,*')
  verb = 'propagateKeyring'
  args = '[' + configRoot + ' ' + cellName + ' ' + nodeName + ' ' + webServerName + ']'
  types = '[java.lang.String java.lang.String java.lang.String java.lang.String]' 
  print AdminControl.invoke(objNameString,verb,args,types)
  

  • is plugin-cfg.xml regenerated and propagated? bin/GenPluginCfg.sh -propagate yes -webserver.name webserver1
  • Is a IHS restart required (probably)
• setup JVM's to trust webserver internal IP address (a script is included that runs against the cell) https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/potential-websphere-application-server-problems-when-deployed-behind-websphere-aware-proxy-server
  • Note: Subsequent JVMs being added should re-run this

wishlist items

• If the IHS system has multiple interfaces, the IHS admin server should listen only on the internal one
  • this is just the Listen directive in conf/admin.conf. The syntax defaults to just listeing a port but can be IP:PORT