Choose Whether to Automatically Configure Your Web Application Server :: SAS(R) 9.3 Intelligence Platform: Installation and Configuration Guide

The SAS Deployment Wizard gives you the option of automatically building and configuring the SAS Web applications as well as configuring a Web application server for use with SAS 9.3. (To use this wizard feature, make sure that your Web application server is not running before you start the wizard. For WebSphere, it is necessary to stop all deployment manager servers, all node agent servers, and all application servers before running the wizard. The one exception is on z/OS, where the WebSphere Web application server should be running.)

When the SAS Deployment Wizard configures the SAS 9.3 middle tier, by default, it automatically creates and configures an instance of a Web application server to host the SAS Web applications. The wizard creates a series of configuration files that enable you to run an instance of your Web application server with the SAS Web applications. The automatic configuration feature and the automatic deployment feature (described later) provide the opportunity to enable the automatic configuration of your Web application server, but not deploy the applications if you prefer to review the configuration to ensure it meets your site's needs. You can then deploy the SAS Web applications afterward.

Some of the configuration tasks performed by the SAS Deployment Wizard include setting options such as the following:

HTTP ports
optimized JVM options
a mail session
JAAS login modules for SAS services
JMS queues
a JDBC data source

Depending on the Web application server that you are using, the SAS Deployment Wizard modifies your Web application server configuration differently:

WebLogic

makes no changes to the WebLogic installation directory. The deployment wizard creates a sample domain in the SAS configuration directory.

WebSphere

creates deployment manager and application server profiles in the WebSphere installation directory.

Note: On z/OS systems, the SAS Deployment Wizard cannot automatically create a server profile. You must do this manually. For more information, go to http://support.sas.com/resources/thirdpartysupport/v93/appservers/index.html and select “IBM WebSphere”.

Note: When installing SAS Enterprise BI server to use a WebSphere Base Server, make sure that you choose not to have the SAS Deployment Wizard automatically configure your Web application server.

JBoss

creates a Web application server instance in the JBoss installation directory. The deployment wizard adds a start-stop script to the JBoss bin directory. JAR files for the SAS Drivers for JDBC are copied to the JBoss lib directory.

If you choose to disable this feature during SAS Deployment Wizard execution, the wizard generates instructions that describe how to perform these configuration steps manually after you finish running the wizard.

To disable the auto configuration feature, run the wizard using either the Typical or Custom prompting levels. For more information, see Overview of Configuration Options by Prompt Level.

For samples of the instructions that describe how to manually configure your Web application server for SAS Web applications, go to the Third-Party Software Web site at http://support.sas.com/resources/thirdpartysupport/v93/appservers/index.html and select the product name of your Web application server.