Define an HTTP or HTTPS Server

The SAS Model Manager installation process defines a default SAS Content Server. Use this process to add HTTP or HTTPS servers. A WebDAV-enabled HTTP or HTTPS content server must be defined in SAS Management Console before you can publish to channels from SAS Model Manager. The server is usually a third-party server such as Microsoft Internet Information server or an Apache server.

Note: You must have WriteMetadata permission for a repository in order to define an HTTP or HTTPS content server for that repository.

To define your HTTP or HTTPS content server, follow these steps:

Start SAS Management Console. Open your existing connection profile for your server. If your connection profile is not available in the list, see Configuring a SAS Model Manager Connection Profile for the SAS Metadata Repository.
From the Plug-ins tab, right-click Server Manager, and then select New Server. The New Server Wizard window appears.
Select Resource TemplatesServersContent ServersHttp Server, and then click Next.

Note: If the HTTP server template is not available, then you must add the resource template. For more information, see the SAS Management Console Help.
Enter the name and the description of your HTTP server. Click Next.
(Optional) On the server properties page, enter the software version and vendor information for the third-party HTTP or HTTPS server that you are defining.
Click New to create base path or paths on your server. The New Base Path dialog box appears.

Note: If you have not defined the base path for your HTTP server, see Define Publish Locations for the SAS Content Server.
In the Base Path field specify the location of the top-level directory where report content items such as report definitions or image files are stored. (This path must be set up as an alias on the Web server.) The Description field is optional.
Select the Supports WebDAV option and then click OK to save your settings. The new base path appears in the Base Path(s) field of the server properties page.
Click Next. The connection properties page opens.
Enter the connection properties for your HTTP server:
1. Select DefaultAuth from the list. When you click New to create a new domain, a dialog box appears. Enter the name and description of your domain.
2. Enter the fully qualified name or the IP address of your server.
3. Enter a port number (for example, 8080 for a Web application server).
Click Next. The New Server Wizard window displays a summary of the settings for the new server and indicates that you have successfully completed the definition of a new server.
Click Finish. Your new server is displayed under the Server Manager node in the SAS Management Console Navigation Tree.

For more information, see the following resources:

The SAS Management Console Help.
The SAS online documentation about administering HTTP Servers and WebDAV, available at http://support.sas.com. Search for Administering HTTP Servers and WebDAV.