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User's Guide


Configuring the Microsoft Internet Information server

When you have installed the gateway files for your operating system, you need to configure your Web server to find and recognize the Gateway files. You need to perform the tasks which are described in detail below:

Mapping for the CGI and ISAPI interfaces

Use the Registry editor, to map files with an extension of '.mqf' to the MQSeries Internet program for either the CGI interface, or the ISAPI interface:

In the following entries gateway_dir is the path to your Gateway files directory for your installation.

  1. Start Regedt32.exe and expand each of the following directories in turn until you reach the ScriptMap file
  2. From the Edit menu, choose Add Value. The Data type is REG_SZ.
  3. Add your file extension information: .mqf
  4. Select OK
  5. In the String editor window, enter:
  6. Select OK
  7. Close the Registry editor

Configuring the path to your Gateway and documentation files

Use the Internet Service Manager to configure your Gateway and documentation paths:

In the following entries gateway_dir is the path to the Gateway files directory for your installation, and docs_dir is the path to the documentation files directory for your installation.

  1. Start the Internet Service Manager from the Microsoft Internet Information Server menu

  2. Select WWW from the displayed list of services

  3. Select Service Properties from the Properties menu to display a notebook of pages

  4. On the Service page:

  5. On the Directories page:

    For the CGI/ISAPI programs
    Select Add and enter the following data

    Field nameData
    Directorygateway_dir
    Virtual Directory checkboxcheck
    Alias/dmq-bin
    Read checkboxuncheck
    Execute checkboxcheck

    When you have completed all the fields, select OK.

    For the documentation
    Select Add and enter the following data

    Field nameData
    Directorydocs_dir
    Virtual Directory checkboxcheck
    Alias/dmq
    Read checkboxcheck
    Execute checkboxuncheck

    When you have completed all the fields, select OK.

  6. Select OK in the main window to complete the configuration

Where next?

When your Web server configuration is complete, the gateway is ready for use.

Configuring other Web servers

To Configure another Web server, click on the name of the server name in the following list:

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