Configuring the Middle Tier

Configuring the Oracle HTTP Server

Additional iSQL*Plus configuration information must be included in the Oracle HTTP Server configuration file, httpd.conf, for the iSQL*Plus Server.

There are two levels of include:

■httpd.conf includes the Oracle9i configuration file, oracle_apache.conf

■oracle_apache.conf includes the iSQL*Plus configuration file, isqlplus.conf. Changes are usually only made to:

■oracle_apache.conf to enable Oracle HTTP Server authentication at the User privilege level

■isqlplus.conf to disable iSQL*Plus

After making changes to isqlplus.conf, the top level Oracle HTTP Server configuration file, httpd.conf, should be checked, and then the Oracle HTTP Server stopped and started to implement the configuration file changes.

Testing the Oracle HTTP Server Configuration File

To check the Oracle HTTP Server configuration file, httpd.conf, and any included configuration files for errors

1.Open a Windows Command Prompt.

2.Change directory to the Oracle HTTP Server home directory by entering: cd %ORACLE_HOME%\Apache\Apache

3.Parse the Oracle HTTP Server httpd.conf configuration file by entering: apache -t

Any errors in the configuration file are displayed. If there are any errors, edit the included configuration files, oracle_apache.conf or isqlplus.conf, again to correct them and then test again. If there are no errors, the message "Syntax OK" is displayed.

Starting and Stopping the Oracle HTTP Server

For changes to the Oracle HTTP Server configuration file, httpd.conf, and any included configuration files to take affect, you must stop and restart the Oracle HTTP Server if it is running. There is no convenient way to know how many users are currently accessing the server, so it is important to have the server down for the

Configuring iSQL*Plus 2-7