Chapter 4 Configuring Web Servers and Web sites

Configuring a Dynamo Web site

If you have a live Internet connection you do not need to use the Personal Web Server to access Dynamo Web content on a Web site. In this case, you use one of the application servers (or gateways) provided as part of PowerDynamo to serve Dynamo Web site content to the site Web server.

Figure 4-3: Web servers and application servers

Supported Web servers

PowerDynamo includes an Application Server for each of these interfaces:

CGI For integration with CGI-compatible Web servers.
WIN-CGI For integration with Windows CGI-compatible Web servers.
ISAPI For integration with Microsoft Internet Information Server or other ISAPI Web server.
NSAPI For integration with a Netscape Web server or other NSAPI Web server.

Configuring Web servers during installation

If you have a Web server installed on your machine, the installation program allows you to configure the server to work with PowerDynamo. The installation program will add the appropriate DLLs to your system path, and install the PowerDynamo Application Server software on the Web server machine. This eliminates the need for steps 1 and 2 listed below. You must still complete steps 3 through 5 for PowerDynamo to work properly.

If you install a Web server after installing PowerDynamo, you can use the setup -webserver command to reexecute the installation program.

Configuring Web Servers manually

The following procedure is an overview of the steps required to configure a Dynamo Web site. Detailed instructions specific to each of the supported server interfaces follow.

Ensure that PowerDynamo has been installed on the Web server machine before beginning configuration. For future administration use, it is recommended that all PowerDynamo components remain installed on the Web server machine. You must confirm that you are properly licensed to use PowerDynamo and Adaptive Server Anywhere or Adaptive Server Enterprise on your Web site before configuring your Web site.

To configure a Dynamo Web site:

Edit your computer's path to include the Application Server DLLs. If the Web server was detected and configured during the PowerDynamo installation, this step is not necessary.
Install the PowerDynamo Application Server software on the Web Server machine if it is not already.
For database-based Web sites, create an ODBC System Data Source Name (DSN). If you are using an Open Client connection, this step is not necessary.
For database-based Web sites, create a Sybase Central connection profile.
Configure the Application Server by defining mappings from a URL to a Dynamo site.

Important
The above steps rely on tools available from PowerDynamo.