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Getting Started

This documentation contains the information you require to successfully install the MQSeries Internet Gateway. The following topics are covered:


What is the MQSeries Internet Gateway?

MQSeries Internet Gateway provides a bridge between the synchronous World Wide Web and asynchronous MQSeries applications. With the gateway, Web server software and MQSeries together provide an Internet-connected Web browser with access to MQSeries applications.

For more details of the Gateway, see Overview of MQSeries Internet Gateway


Prerequesites for MQSeries Internet Gateway

MQSeries Internet Gateway must be installed on the same machine as your Web server, but as it is a client application, it does not need to be on the same machine as your MQSeries queue manager.

To run MQSeries Internet Gateway you need the following software installed on your host machine. The versions quoted are those on which the Gateway has been tested, later versions may also be compatible.

AIX
  • AIX Version 4.1.4
  • One of the following Web servers:
    • Lotus Domino Web Server
    • IBM Internet Connection Server Version 4.1
    • Netscape FastTrack server Version 2.0
    • Netscape Enterprise server Version 2.0
    • Apache Web server Version 1.1.1
  • MQSeries Version 5 or 5.1
HP-UX
  • HP-UX 10.20
  • One of the following Web servers:
    • Lotus Domino Web Server
    • IBM Internet Connection Server Version 4.1 (CGI only)
    • Netscape FastTrack server Version 2.0
    • Netscape Enterprise server Version 2.0
    • Apache Web server Version 1.1.1
  • MQSeries Version 5 or 5.1
OS/2
  • OS/2 Warp Version 4.0
  • One of the following Web servers:
    • Lotus Domino Web Server
    • IBM Internet Connection Server Version 4.1
    • Apache Web server Version 1.1.1
  • MQSeries Version 5 or 5.1
Solaris
  • Sun Solaris 2.5
  • One of the following Web servers:
    • Lotus Domino Web Server
    • IBM Internet Connection Server Version 4.1
    • Netscape FastTrack server Version 2.0
    • Netscape Enterprise server Version 2.0
    • Apache Web server Version 1.1.1
  • MQSeries Version 5 or 5.1
Windows/NT
  • Microsoft Windows/NT Version 4.0
  • One of the following Web servers:
    • Lotus Domino Web Server
    • IBM Internet Connection Server Version 4.1.1
    • Netscape FastTrack server Version 2.0
    • Netscape Enterprise server Version 2.0
    • Microsoft Internet Information server Version 2.0
  • MQSeries Version 5 or 5.1

Installing the gateway

The MQSeries Internet Gateway is contained on the MQSeries Version 5.1 Software Client CD, and on the MQSeries Version 5.1 Software Server CD. On your Web server machine, follow the installation instructions provided with the CD and choose to install the MQSeries Internet Gateway.

Note:On an OS/2 system, the MQSeries Internet Gateway must be installed in an HPFS partition.

The Gateway files and documentation are installed in the following directories:

PlatformFilesDirectory
AIX Gateway dir
Documentation
Samples
usr/mqm/lib or (for CGI)/usr/mqm/bin
usr/mqm/html/dmqgate/lang_dir
usr/mqm/samp/dmqgate
HP-UX, Solaris Gateway dir
Documentation
Samples
opt/mqm/lib or (for CGI)/opt/mqm/bin
opt/mqm/html/dmqgate/lang_dir
opt/mqm/samp/dmqgate
OS/2 Gateway dir
Documentation
Samples
install_dir\bin and install_dir\dll
install_dir\books\html\dmqgate\lang_dir
install_dir\tools\dmqgate\samples
Windows/NT Gateway dir
Documentation
Samples
install_dir\bin
install_dir\html\dmqgate\lang_dir
install_dir\tools\dmqgate\samples

where


Where to go next

To get more information on the MQSeries Internet Gateway and how to configure and use it, see 'MQSeries Internet Gateway User's Guide'

The Documentation is in html format and can be read directly from the IBM server. The documentation files are also installed with the MQSeries Internet Gateway and can be viewed on your local system once the Gateway files have been installed. The start page for the documentation is index.htm.


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