External Web Servers

PPM comes with an internal Web server to handle HTTP requirements in many implementations.

External Web servers are required in the following situations:

  • PPM is deployed as a cluster configuration and you do not want to use a hardware load balancer to distribute the load.

  • HTTPS is required to access PPM.

  • PPM Server is running on a UNIX platform and the HTTP port number must be lower than 1024.

  • Integration with a single sign-on system that utilizes the PPM Web Server Module (such as CA SiteMinder) is desired.

An external Web server does not have to be installed on the same machine as the PPM Server. The optional Web servers supported by Micro Focus are listed in the table below

For information about configuring an external Web server (as well as setting up a cluster environment), see the Installation and Administration Guide.

Web Server support

Operating System

Requirements

Microsoft Platforms

For:

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008, SPs 1 through 2 (both 32- and 64-bit)

The following:

  • Microsoft IIS 7.0 (32-bit only)

For:

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008,
    SPs 1 through 2 (64-bit only)

The following:

  • Apache HTTP 2.2 (32-bit only)

For:

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)

The following:

  • Microsoft IIS 7.5 (64-bit only)

For:

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 (64-bit)

The following:

  • Microsoft IIS 8.5 (64-bit only)
  • Apache HTTP 2.4 (both 32- and 64-bit)

For:

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (64-bit)

The following:

  • Microsoft IIS 10 (64-bit only)
  • Apache HTTP 2.4 (both 32- and 64-bit)

Oracle Platforms

For:

  • Oracle Solaris (SPARC-32)

One of the following:

  • Sun Java System Web Server 6.1 (GA and Updates 1 through 9) (32-bit only)

  • Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 (GA and Updates 1 through 2) (32-bit only)

For:

  • Oracle Solaris 10, Updates 1 through 8 (PA-RISC/Itanium)

  • Oracle Solaris 11

One of the following:

  • Sun Java System Web Server 6.1 (GA and Updates 1 through 9) (64-bit only)

  • Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 (GA and Updates 1 through 2) (64-bit only)

HP Platforms

For:

  • HP-UX 11i v2

  • HP-UX 11i v3

The following:

  • Apache HTTP Server 2.2
    (32-bit only on 64-bit HP-UX)

IBM Platforms

For:

  • IBM AIX version 6.1

  • IBM AIX version 7.0

The following:

  • IBM HTTP Server (IHS) version 6.1.0 (32-bit only) (available from IBM)

  • IBM HTTP Server 7.0 (both 32-bit and 64-bit) (available from IBM)

Red Hat Platforms

For:

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform 5.0, Updates 1 through 6 (both 32- and 64-bit)

The following:

  • Apache HTTP Server 2.2 (both 32- and 64-bit)

  • Apache HTTP Server 2.4 (both 32- and 64-bit)

SUSE Platforms

For:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10, SPs 1 through 3 (both 32- and 64-bit)

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (both 32- and 64-bit)

The following:

  • Apache HTTP Server 2.2 (both 32- and 64-bit)

  • Apache HTTP Server 2.4 (both 32- and 64-bit)