Installing the Java Web Start console on a 3rd party HTTP server

If the console is installed as a Java Web Start (JWS) console, the default option is to install it with a link to the master. It is, however, possible to use an HTTP server other than the master server. To install the JWS console this way the Console Installation process must be run on the device of the respective HTTP server. But before you can install the console you must ensure that the HTTP server fulfills the following prerequisites:

  • An alias must exist for the location of the JWS console in the format http:<IP address or server name>:<port number>/<installation directory> (for example, *http://192.168.1.1:80/amp-jws)* . This alias is coded into a Java Web Start page (JNLP) and the virtual directory you create must map to the physical installation path which is defined during the console installation.
  • The *.jnlp extension must be added to the MIME types.
  • If the console should also be installable from outside of the company network, the directory containing the Java Web Start page (JNLP) must be duplicated to another directory and an alias must be created ( amp-jws-extern ) for this directory. Then the .jnlp file must be modified to use the public address of this server and the new alias (for example, *http://175.16.11.140:80/amp-jws-extern* ).

To install the JWS console, proceed as follows:

Note:

To be able to use this option the HTTP server must be active on the device.
To be able to connect to this server from outside the company network the JNLP files must be created with the IP address and the port number of the HTTP server's outside address (IP address and port number). When the console is then started on the device you must enter this outside address and port into the Server:Port box.

  1. If the console is to be installed in its default directory, leave the directory path unchanged. To select another installation directory, click the Change button to the right and select the target directory in the Change Current Destination Folder pop-up window that displays.
    • This is the physical path where you install the console (corresponding to the alias), for instance c:/Inetpub/wwwroot/amp-jws .
    • This directory must correspond to the alias to be defined in the URL box.
  2. Select Configure the console to be installed on the HTTP server of this device .
     The URL box becomes available.
  3. Enter the alias from where the JNLP is to be accessed, including the target installation directory for the console (for example, *http://192.168.1.1:80/amp-jws)* .This URL is coded into a Java Web Start page (JNLP) and the virtual directory you create must map to the physical installation path selected in step 1.
  4. Click Next and continue with step 9 of the main procedure.

 

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