Installing the Siebel Web Server Extension

As we learned in the previous chapter, not only is a web server such as Microsoft IIS necessary, we must also install the Siebel Web Server Extension (SWSE) on this machine. The SWSE serves as a plug-in to the web server and forwards the URL requests from clients or external systems to the appropriate processes on the Siebel Servers.

The SWSE installer resides in its own installation image and must be run on any machine that should later serve as a Siebel web server.

The InstallShield setup executable is located in the Siebel_Web_Server_Extension folder of the Siebel installation image. On Microsoft Windows operating systems, we can simply double-click the setup.exe file to invoke the installer.

The table below illustrates the process of installing the Siebel Web Server Extension (SWSE) on a Microsoft Windows-based operating system that has the Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) installed and configured.

To verify the successful installation of the Siebel Web Server Extension, we can navigate to the installation target directory and check whether folders and files have been created. Most notably, the PUBLIC directory will contain folders that represent the installed language packs. The upcoming configuration steps will place files in each language-specific folder, which constitute the browser-side look and feel and functionality of the Siebel application in the form of style sheets (files with a .css extension), image files, and both JavaScript (.js) and ActiveX (.cab) components.

Note

Ensure that your demonstration machine hosts a supported version of Microsoft's IIS web server and follow the instructions in this section to install the Siebel Web Server Extension.