iPlanet Server NOT Resolving WO URL

[Michael T. Van Orman]

I've never had a problem using iPlanet, with NT4, Win2000, WO4.0, WO4.5.  So
I know it works.  So, first things first:

If it resolves <hostname>:81, then you have two web servers running.
Disable IIS, then change your configuration of iPlanet to port 80.  That's
the first step.  (in the web-based config panel, click "manage" next to the
server name, click "View Server Settings" on the left menu, click "Port" in
the settings list, next to where it says '81'.  Change the port and click
"OK".)

Now, you have to make sure the server is configured to handle the WO
requests.  Add the following 2 lines to the end of the "Init" list in your
\Netscape\iPlanet\https-servername\config\obj.conf files:
- Init fn="load-modules"
funcs="WebObjects_init,WebObjectsNameTrans,WebObjectsRequest"
shlib="C:/Apple/Library/WebObjects/Adaptors/NSAPI/WebObjects.dll"
- Init fn="WebObjects_init" root="c:/www/default"
config="C:/Temp/WebObjects.conf"

Then, after the line that says:
<Object name=default>
add the following line:
NameTrans fn="WebObjectsNameTrans" from="/cgi-bin/WebObjects"
name="webobjects"

If you have a /cgi-bin/ directory defined for your server, the above line
MUST be before that.

Next, add the following to the end of the file:

<Object name="webobjects">
Service fn="WebObjectsRequest"
</Object>

The config panel has a hard time restarting the server on Win2000
(sometimes), so now just go into your Control Panel/Administrative
Programs/Services, and restart the netscape service.

If everything is correct, the server will start up.  You shouldn't have to
restart your computer to disable IIS, but it's been a long time since I've
dealt with that, so I won't make any guarrantees...

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Nancy Craighill" <nancy@bluecomet.com>
To: "Multiple recipients of list" <webobjects@omnigroup.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2000 2:17 PM
Subject: iPlanet Server NOT Resolving WO URL


> All,
>
> I'm still having trouble getting WO 4.5 working on Windows 2000 with ANY
> web server. (I'm just trying to get a combination of WO, 2000, and web
> server on the same laptop so that we can run standalone demos.)
> Unfortunately, Apache doesn't have a version for 2000, and IIS has
> trouble with WOQuicktime which I haven't been able to fix. So, I
> downloaded iPlanet thinking it would be a snap but it's not. Please
> note, I have never used the Netscape server so this is probably a NEWBIE
> question!
>
> I'm having trouble with the URL. The first problem with iPlanet is that
> "http://localhost/" or "http://<hostname>" doesn't work, but
> "http://<hostname>:81/" gets you to the default server page (the server
> IS running). So, when running a WO app from PB it generates this URL,
> which of course doesn't work:
>
> http://localhost/C:1089/C/<AppName>
>
> I've tried replacing "localhost" with "<hostname>:81" or just
> "<hostname>" with no success. No surprise, double-clicking on
> Monitor.exe fails in the same way, and WO Info Center doesn't launch
> either.
>
> So what's the easy fix for launching WO apps under iPlanet? NOTE: when
> installing WO 4.5 it did recognize  that the Netscape iPlanet server was
> installed, so I'm assumng the correct WO adaptor was installed. I did
> not find additional install steps for this configuration. Thanks.
>
> - Nancy
>