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Add Web Engines or Web Directors

Web engines connect to an object manager for processing all requests to CA SDM objects. Web directors are optional, and are used when two or more web engines are installed on a single server. You can configure web directors on any server. Depending on the CA SDM configuration, CA SDM installs a default web engine on the following servers:

• Conventional: Primary server.
• Advanced Availability: All servers.

Follow these steps:

1. Select Systems, Configurations on the Administration tab.

   The Configurations List page opens.

2. Select the configuration to which you want to add the web engine or web director.

   The Configuration Detail page opens.

   Note: If you are changing the configuration for the first time, then create a configuration first. When you want to make a configuration change, always create or copy an existing one. This process allows you to revert to the previous configuration, if needed.

3. Select the Web Engines/Web Directors tab.

   The Web Engine/Web Directors List page opens displays the web engines and web directors that are configured for the server.

   • Conventional: A web engine exists by default on the primary server. You can add web directors to any server.
   • Advanced availability: A web engine exists by default on all servers. You can add more web directors on any CA SDM server.
4. Click Add Web Engine/Web Director.

   The Create New Web Engine/Web Director page opens.

5. Complete the following fields:

   Host Name

   Specifies the host name for the web engine or web director. You can click Search to look up for the servers.

   For an advanced availability configuration type, the host name is read-only and is automatically populated based on the host name you specified while creating the configuration.

   Type

   Specifies if you are configuring a web engine or web director. Based on the option that is selected, the relevant fields are automatically populated.

   • Select Web Engine if you want to configure a web engine.
   • Select Web Director if you want to configure a web director.

   Note: Ensure that you have selected the appropriate option. You cannot edit the process type after you have saved the configuration.

   Web Director

   Specifies the web director that is assigned to the web engine. You can click Search to look up for the web directors added to the server.

   Note: When implementing any web engine load-balancing scheme, SSL-Login, or both, at least two web engines must be assigned to the same web director.

   CGI Name

   Specifies the unique CGI name for the web engine. It is the name of an actual CGI executable when IIS or Apache is used as the HTTP server; it is a servlet parameter when Tomcat is used as the HTTP server.

   Examples: (web engines) pdmweb1, pdmweb2, (web directors) pdmweb_d1, and pdmweb_d2.

   Default: pdmweb.exe (The CGI name must be unique).

   CGI Port Number

   Specifies the port on which CA SDM web clients can connect. The CGI port number is the same port on which the tomcat server is running.

   Default: 8080

   Protocol

   Specifies the protocol for accessing the web engine.

   • Select HTTPS if the web engine is configured to handle all CA SDM web-client user authentication requests.
   • Select HTTP if the web engine is configured to handle all web client non-user authentication requests (after user is authenticated through the secure login web engine).

   Record Status

   Specifies whether the web engine or web director is active or inactive.

   Note: Before setting the record status of a web director to inactive, remove the link between the web director and the associated web engines.

   Object Manager

   Specifies the object manager that you want to assign to the web engine.

   Default

   Specifies that the default object manager is assigned to the web engine.

   ANY

   Specifies that the web engine can connect to any available object manager with more willingness value. Willingness value is the availability of the server to accept new clients. A willingness value of zero means that the web engine does not accept any sessions.

   Choose

   Allows you to specify an object manager for the web engine. Selecting this option provides you the option to add multiple object managers or aliases to the configuration.

6. Click Save.

   The web engine or web director that you added appears in the Web Engines/Web Directors List.