Plugin configuration file

The plug-in configuration file (plugin-cfg.xml) contains routing information for all applications mapped to the Web server. This file is read by a binary plug-in module loaded in the Web server. An example of a binary plug-in module is the mod_ibm_app_server_http.dll file for IBM HTTP Server on the Windows platform. This is how the location of plugin-cfg.xml is defined in httpd.conf file


LoadModule was_ap20_module "C:\Cert\HTTPServer\Plugins\bin\32bits\mod_was_ap20_http.dll"
WebSpherePluginConfig "C:\Cert\HTTPServer\Plugins\config\webserver1\plugin-cfg.xml"



The binary plug-in module does not change. However, the plug-in configuration file for the binary module needs to be regenerated and propagated to the Web server whenever a change is made to the configuration of applications mapped to the Web server. The binary module reads the XML file to adjust settings and to locate deployed applications for the Web server.

This is how the sample plugin-cfg.xml file on my machine looks like

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!--HTTP server plugin config file for the webserver dmgrCell01.dmgrNode01.webserver1 generated on 2009.09.13 at 06:50:03 PM PDT-->
<Config ASDisableNagle="false" AcceptAllContent="false" AppServerPortPreference="HostHeader" ChunkedResponse="false" FIPSEnable="false" HTTPMaxHeaders="300" IISDisableNagle="false" IISPluginPriority="High" IgnoreDNSFailures="false" RefreshInterval="60" ResponseChunkSize="64" SSLConsolidate="false" TrustedProxyEnable="false" VHostMatchingCompat="false">
<Log LogLevel="Error" Name="C:\Cert\HTTPServer\Plugins/logs/webserver1/http_plugin.log"/>
<Property Name="ESIEnable" Value="true"/>
<Property Name="ESIMaxCacheSize" Value="1024"/>
<Property Name="ESIInvalidationMonitor" Value="false"/>
<Property Name="ESIEnableToPassCookies" Value="false"/>
<VirtualHostGroup Name="default_host">
<VirtualHost Name="*:9080"/>
<VirtualHost Name="*:80"/>
<VirtualHost Name="*:9443"/>
<VirtualHost Name="*:5060"/>
<VirtualHost Name="*:5061"/>
<VirtualHost Name="*:443"/>
<VirtualHost Name="*:9081"/>
<VirtualHost Name="*:9082"/>
</VirtualHostGroup>
<ServerCluster CloneSeparatorChange="false" GetDWLMTable="false" IgnoreAffinityRequests="true" LoadBalance="Round Robin" Name="cluster1" PostBufferSize="64" PostSizeLimit="-1" RemoveSpecialHeaders="true" RetryInterval="60">
<Server CloneID="14dtuu8g3" ConnectTimeout="0" ExtendedHandshake="false" LoadBalanceWeight="2" MaxConnections="-1" Name="dmgrNode01_server2" ServerIOTimeout="0" WaitForContinue="false">
<Transport Hostname="dmgr.webspherenotes.com" Port="9081" Protocol="http"/>
<Transport Hostname="dmgr.webspherenotes.com" Port="9444" Protocol="https">
<Property Name="keyring" Value="C:\Cert\HTTPServer\Plugins/config/webserver1/plugin-key.kdb"/>
<Property Name="stashfile" Value="C:\Cert\HTTPServer\Plugins/config/webserver1/plugin-key.sth"/>
</Transport>
</Server>
<Server CloneID="14dtuueci" ConnectTimeout="0" ExtendedHandshake="false" LoadBalanceWeight="2" MaxConnections="-1" Name="dmgrNode01_server4" ServerIOTimeout="0" WaitForContinue="false">
<Transport Hostname="dmgr.webspherenotes.com" Port="9082" Protocol="http"/>
<Transport Hostname="dmgr.webspherenotes.com" Port="9445" Protocol="https">
<Property Name="keyring" Value="C:\Cert\HTTPServer\Plugins/config/webserver1/plugin-key.kdb"/>
<Property Name="stashfile" Value="C:\Cert\HTTPServer\Plugins/config/webserver1/plugin-key.sth"/>
</Transport>
</Server>
<PrimaryServers>
<Server Name="dmgrNode01_server2"/>
<Server Name="dmgrNode01_server4"/>
</PrimaryServers>
</ServerCluster>
<UriGroup Name="default_host_cluster1_URIs">
<Uri AffinityCookie="JSESSIONID" AffinityURLIdentifier="jsessionid" Name="/dynasession/*"/>
<Uri AffinityCookie="JSESSIONID" AffinityURLIdentifier="jsessionid" Name="/dynacachereplication/*"/>
<Uri AffinityCookie="JSESSIONID" AffinityURLIdentifier="jsessionid" Name="/cachemonitor/*"/>
<Uri AffinityCookie="JSESSIONID" AffinityURLIdentifier="jsessionid" Name="/HelloWorldWeb/*"/>
<Uri AffinityCookie="JSESSIONID" AffinityURLIdentifier="jsessionid" Name="/helloworldportlet/HelloWorldPortlet/*"/>
<Uri AffinityCookie="JSESSIONID" AffinityURLIdentifier="jsessionid" Name="/helloworldportlet/HelloWorldPortlet2/*"/>
<Uri AffinityCookie="JSESSIONID" AffinityURLIdentifier="jsessionid" Name="/helloworldportlet/*"/>
<Uri AffinityCookie="JSESSIONID" AffinityURLIdentifier="jsessionid" Name="/NameSpaceWeb/*"/>
<Uri AffinityCookie="JSESSIONID" AffinityURLIdentifier="jsessionid" Name="/webappext/*"/>
<Uri AffinityCookie="JSESSIONID" AffinityURLIdentifier="jsessionid" Name="/sessionaffinity/*"/>
</UriGroup>
<Route ServerCluster="cluster1" UriGroup="default_host_cluster1_URIs" VirtualHostGroup="default_host"/>
<RequestMetrics armEnabled="false" loggingEnabled="true" rmEnabled="true" traceLevel="HOPS">
<filters enable="false" type="URI">
<filterValues enable="false" value="/snoop"/>
<filterValues enable="false" value="/hitcount"/>
</filters>
<filters enable="false" type="SOURCE_IP">
<filterValues enable="false" value="255.255.255.255"/>
<filterValues enable="false" value="254.254.254.254"/>
</filters>
<filters enable="false" type="JMS">
<filterValues enable="false" value="destination=aaa"/>
</filters>
<filters enable="false" type="WEB_SERVICES">
<filterValues enable="false" value="wsdlPort=aaa:op=bbb:nameSpace=ccc"/>
</filters>
</RequestMetrics>
</Config>


Important Note When the plug-in configuration file is generated, it does not include admin_host in the list of virtual hosts.