ArcIMS configuration

Selecting the ArcIMS Configuration post installation setup option will configure any of the following, depending on what features you installed:

• Website and Output directories
• Working directory, Web server hostname and protocol
• Hostname, registry port, and client port for Application Server communication
• ArcIMS services

1. Set a location to store ArcIMS Web sites and temporary output files.

   Your ArcIMS Web sites are stored in the Website directory. Temporary runtime files are created in the Output directory. Provide a location to store your ArcIMS Web sites and output files, or accept the default location. The default location to create these directories is C:\ArcIMS. Website and Output directories are created in the location provided.

   Note:

   • It is recommended that you create the Output and Website directories on the machine where your Web server is installed. However, this is not a requirement; you may browse to any machine to create Output and Website directories. If you create a number of Output and Website directories, only one set of these is used by ArcIMS. ArcIMS uses the Output and Website directories that have virtual directories associated with them. Output and Website virtual directories are created in the Web Server - Servlet Engine configuration of the post installation setup.
   • Unless you browse to your Web server root directory, you must create virtual directories for your Website and Output directories. The Web server - Servlet Engine configuration in the post installation setup performs this for you; or, see Web server servlet engine configuration for manual instructions.
   • WebLogic users must set the Website and Output directories to the WebLogic documentation root directory, since virtual directories cannot be created for WebLogic: <Bea WebLogic Installation Directory>\user_projects\applications\<domain name>\server\examples\build\mainWebApp

   If you are installing multiple Spatial Servers, or Spatial Servers on a different machine from your Web Server, you can check the box on this dialog box to create a network share of your Website and Output directories (the default directory is C:\ArcIMS). See Installing multiple Spatial Servers on additional machines for information on installing ArcIMS Spatial Servers and setting up your ArcIMS Host Machine.

2. Provide a working directory, Web server host name, and protocol.

   A working directory (Axl directory) is created where your ArcIMS project files will be stored. The default location for the working directory is C:\ArcIMS.

   Enter the name of the machine where the Web server for ArcIMS is installed. By default, your machine name has been entered as your Web server hostname. If you are setting up an Internet Web site or multiple ArcIMS Spatial Servers, you must append your domain name to your Web server hostname, for example, mycomputer.esri.com. If your Web server has a port number other than the default HTTP port (80), then the Web server hostname should use the syntax, Web server name:port number, for example, mycomputer.esri.com:81. The Web server host name must be the same as the name provided when the Web server was configured. If you are uncertain of your Web server host name, contact your system administrator.

   For Protocol, specify HTTP or HTTPS protocol.

3. Provide Application Server Host Name, Registry Port, and Connector Port.

   Enter the name of the machine where the Application Server is installed. Your machine name is provided as your Application Server host name by default. To find the host name of your machine, open a Command Prompt and type hostname.

   The ArcIMS registry port default is 5353. Note: IPv6 DNS Multitasking also uses port 5353. If you are using IPv6 DNS Multitasking, you should change the ArcIMS registry port from the default port of 5353.

   The ArcIMS Spatial Server, Monitor, and Tasker communicate with the ArcIMS Application Server via the Registry port. The connector port default is 5300. The Servlet Connector and ArcIMS Application Server communicate via the connector port.

4. Provide user name and password for ArcIMS services authorization.

   The user name and password are required to start ArcIMS services (ArcIMS Application Server, ArcIMS Monitor, and ArcIMS Tasker) and gives the ArcIMS Spatial Server the necessary privileges to access resources on the local computer and/or network. The user name should include the domain and the user name of the ArcIMS installation account, for example, ESRI\imsuser. The user account must have administrator privileges. By default, the domain and user name of the account installing ArcIMS is provided.