Can't get IIS to WebLogic Proxying to Work

Question

Hi all,
It seems this post adds to many similar ones - the issue being that of successfully
deploying iisproxy.dll, iisforward.dll and iisproxy.ini. I have IIS 4.0 running
on NT 4.0 Server, and WebLogic 6.0 SP1 running on a seperate machine under Windows
2000.
I can proxy by file type no problem, it's proxying by path/proxying servlets that's
biting me.
I have followed the instructions at http://e-docs.bea.com/wls/docs60/adminguide/isapi.html#100367.
Here are the instructions and what I've done in response to them:
"1. Place the iisforward.dll file in the same directory as the iisproxy.dll file
and add the iisforward.dll file as a filter service in IIS"
I copied iisforward.dll and iisproxy.dll from my weblogic machine to C:\WINNT\system32\inetsrv
on the IIS machine.
I added iisforward.dll as a filter service in MS Management Console by choosing
properties > ISAPI FIlters tab > Add. Here I browsed to iisforward.dll and named
the filter WebLogic Filter Servlet (The name is not important, right?)
"2. Register .wlforward as a special file type to be handled by iisproxy.dll."
So, in MS Management Console I chose properties > home directory > Configuration
Add and browsed to iisproxy.dll and registered it with the file type .wlforward."3. Define the property WlForwardPath in iisproxy.ini. WlForwardPath defines the
path that is proxied to WebLogic Server."
So I added the following line to iisproxy.ini on the WebLogic machine AND on the
IIS machine:
WLForwardPath=/CIM2WebApplication
My web app is in exploded directory form at E:\bea\wlserver6.0sp1\config\terrance\applications\CIM2WebApplication
(where CIM2WebApplication is the root directory of the app in which WEB_INF and
my jsps and html files are located.)
In addition, in web.xml, I have defined a servlet as follows:
<servlet>
<servlet-name>register</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>net.companyname.cimsweb.RegisterUser</servlet-class>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>register</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/register</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
(Excuse all this the verbosity, but hopefully no-one will wonder what exactly
I did!)
When I use the following URL http://iiserverip/CIMS2WebApplication/register I
get a 404 from IIS (i.e. nothing at all is getting proxied to WL, not even a wrong
url)
OK, I've finished! If someone would like to catch their breath and help me out
I'd be extremely grateful! Thanks so much.
Terrance

Answer 1

I think we honor both WLForwardPath and WlForwardPath in the latest 5.1 service
pack and 61 release.
thanks
Jong
"Nasir" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
I have had similar problems, there is an error in the documentation,
WlForwardPath
needs to be spelled with a lower case "l".
Nasir
WLForwardPath=/CIM2WebApplication
"Anurag Wakhlu" <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi,
I have a similar problem. (WLS sp8, win2k, IIS)
Proxy by path does not work. Proxy by extension works.
AW
"Jong Lee" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
Did you try to request the servlet without IIS proxy?
Please feel free to contact customer support to help you with thissetup
step-by-step.
thanks
Jong
"Terrance Goldman" <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi all,
It seems this post adds to many similar ones - the issue being that
of
successfully
deploying iisproxy.dll, iisforward.dll and iisproxy.ini. I have IIS4.0
running
on NT 4.0 Server, and WebLogic 6.0 SP1 running on a seperate machine
under Windows
2000.
I can proxy by file type no problem, it's proxying by path/proxyingservlets
that's
biting me.
I have followed the instructions at
http://e-docs.bea.com/wls/docs60/adminguide/isapi.html#100367.
Here are the instructions and what I've done in response to them:
"1. Place the iisforward.dll file in the same directory as theiisproxy.dll
file
and add the iisforward.dll file as a filter service in IIS"
I copied iisforward.dll and iisproxy.dll from my weblogic machineto
C:\WINNT\system32\inetsrv
on the IIS machine.
I added iisforward.dll as a filter service in MS Management Consoleby
choosing
properties > ISAPI FIlters tab > Add. Here I browsed to iisforward.dll
and named
the filter WebLogic Filter Servlet (The name is not important, right?)
"2. Register .wlforward as a special file type to be handled byiisproxy.dll."
So, in MS Management Console I chose properties > home directoryConfiguration
Add and browsed to iisproxy.dll and registered it with the filetype
.wlforward.
"3. Define the property WlForwardPath in iisproxy.ini. WlForwardPath
defines the
path that is proxied to WebLogic Server."
So I added the following line to iisproxy.ini on the WebLogic machine
AND on the
IIS machine:
WLForwardPath=/CIM2WebApplication
My web app is in exploded directory form atE:\bea\wlserver6.0sp1\config\terrance\applications\CIM2WebApplication
(where CIM2WebApplication is the root directory of the app in whichWEB_INF
and
my jsps and html files are located.)
In addition, in web.xml, I have defined a servlet as follows:
<servlet>
<servlet-name>register</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>net.companyname.cimsweb.RegisterUser</servlet-class>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>register</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/register</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
(Excuse all this the verbosity, but hopefully no-one will wonder
what
exactly
I did!)
When I use the following URL
http://iiserverip/CIMS2WebApplication/register
I
get a 404 from IIS (i.e. nothing at all is getting proxied to WL,not
even a wrong
url)
OK, I've finished! If someone would like to catch their breath andhelp
me out
I'd be extremely grateful! Thanks so much.
Terrance