Configuring Oracle HTTP Server / Apache HTTP Server for Forms Applications

To enable End-User Performance Monitoring for the Forms application, use either of the following Apache servers :

• Oracle HTTP Server

• Third Party Apache HTTP Server

Before using the Oracle HTTP Server / Apache HTTP Server for End-User Performance Monitoring, you must perform the following steps:

1. Under the Agent Home page, select the Oracle HTTP Server / Apache HTTP Server target type.

Note: Select Apache HTTP Server if you are using a generic third party Apache server.

1. Add the target of the corresponding type and set the following properties:

   • For Oracle HTTP Server, fill in the version number, log file directory and log file name.

   Note: If the Agent is installed after the Oracle HTTP Server installation, then the target will be discovered automatically. Otherwise you need to manually create the target and specify the properties: Machine name, Port number, Version of the Apache Server, Oracle home path, Log file directory (for EUM), Log file name (for EUM) where EUM refers to End-User Performance Monitoring.

   • For Apache HTTP Server, fill in the install home directory, log file directory and log file name.

   • The log file directory and log file name you specify here will be used by the End-User Performance Mining Engine to upload end-user performance data.

2. Create a system target and a Forms Application target. Add the Oracle HTTP Server or Apache HTTP Server target to the system target, and make it a key component of the Forms Application target or a part of a key Redundancy Group target. If you are using Oracle HTTP Server, the Redundancy Group is referred to as HTTP Server HA Group. After the Forms Application target is created, you can use it to monitor the end-user performance.

To configure the Oracle HTTP Server or Apache HTTP Server and enable collection of end-user performance data, follow the steps given below:

1. Navigate to the Monitoring Configuration page for the Forms Application target that contains the Oracle HTTP Server or Apache HTTP Server target. Click Manage Web Server Data Collection. You will see a table which lists the Web Servers including Oracle HTTP Server, Apache HTTP Server, or OracleAS Web Cache.

2. Select the Oracle HTTP Server or Apache HTTP Server from the table and click Configure. Enter the username and password for the host on which the Oracle HTTP Server or Apache HTTP server is installed.

3. Once the credentials are authenticated, you can enable or disable End-User Performance Monitoring on each site specified in the HTTP server configuration file. You can define a separate log file name for each site to save the End-User Performance Monitoring data.

4. Make sure that the log file name you specify here matches the log file directory and log file name in Monitoring Configuration page of the Oracle HTTP Server or Apache HTTP Server target.

5. You can also use the Enable All or Disable All to enable and disable all the sites.

Note: In order to enable End-User Performance Monitoring on a site, a log file name needs to be specified.

6. After you have made the configuration changes, click OK. You are prompted to restart the Apache server to finalize all configuration changes so that end-user performance data will be collected by the Apache server.

7. After you have configured the Web server, you must configure the Forms server and enable collection of the End-User Performance data from the Manage Web Server Data Collection Page.

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