Web Connectors convert requests from your web server into a format the Web Component Server (WCS) can understand. The Web Connector must be installed on the machine that is running your web server software. This section explains the web server and Web Connector configuration that is required in order to provide effective communication between the web server and Crystal Enterprise.
Having completed the procedures in Installing Crystal Enterprise on UNIX, you have already installed the Web Connector on the web server machine (which may or may not be the Crystal Enterprise machine). In addition, several custom configuration files have been generated on the web server machine in the following directories of your Web Connector installation:
For details about the configuration you need to complete, see the section that corresponds to the type of web server that you are running:
Crystal Enterprise provides an ASAPI Web Connector and a CGI Web Connector for Apache. The ASAPI Web Connector is equivalent to a Apache Dynamic Shared Object (DSO) module. For details, see Connecting Crystal Enterprise to Apache.
Crystal Enterprise provides an NSAPI Web Connector and a CGI Web Connector for iPlanet Enterprise Server. The NSAPI Web Connector works similarly to other NSAPI modules. For details, see Connecting Crystal Enterprise to iPlanet.
The CGI Web Connector allows you to connect Crystal Enterprise to other CGI
Note: For a detailed list of tested environments, please consult the Platforms.txt file included with your product distribution. This file includes specific version and Service Pack requirements for web servers, web browsers, databases, and operating systems. This file also lists the web server version requirements for each Web Connector.
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