Setting up a virtual host on the Sametime Proxy Server

Configure a virtual host on the Sametime® Proxy Server.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the WebSphere® Integrated System Console as the administrator.
  2. In the navigation pane, click Environment > Virtual Hosts, and then click New.
  3. Give the new virtual host a name, such as stproxy_host for example, and then click Apply.
  4. Click Save in the "Messages" box that displays at the beginning of the page.
  5. In the Additional Properties section, click Host Aliases.
  6. Click New to create one or more new host alias entries.
  7. For each port you want the Sametime Proxy to be available on, enter the hostname and port, and then click OK. When you create the port entries, remember the following information
    • The default ports are 9080, 80, 443, and 9443, but if you use custom ports instead of 80 and 443, then enter the custom port number instead. You do not typically need to remove or modify ports 9080 and 9443.
    • Do not remove port numbers 9080 and 9443 from the Default_Host, as the Sametime System Console uses these ports by default. If you remove the * for ports 9080 and 9443, ensure that you add the Sametime System Console host name for those ports.
    • Create the port entries for each of the specific node host names as well as for the load balancer address.
  8. When you have added all host aliases, click Save in the "Messages" box that displays at the beginning of the page.
  9. Make sure there are no conflicting default_host entries for a port:
    1. In the navigation pane, click Environment > Virtual hosts.
    2. In the list of virtual hosts, click default_host.
    3. In the "Additional Properties" section, click Host Aliases.
    4. For each port that you assigned in Step 7, remove any host name or port duplicates. Do not remove any wildcard (*) entries from the default_host field.

    For more information on host alias settings, see Host alias settings in the WebSphere Application Server product documentation.

  10. Remap the virtual host for the Sametime Proxy applications. Return to the navigation pane, and click Applications > WebSphere Enterprise Applications > Sametime Proxy.
  11. On the Configuration page, click Virtual hosts in the Web Module Properties section.
  12. In the Virtual host column, change each of the available choices from default_host to the name you defined in Step 3 (stproxy_host in this example).
  13. Restart the WebSphere Proxy and Sametime Proxy node(s) for the changes to take effect.