Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Application Server:
Administration

Installing the Messenger executable

The WebSpeed Messenger must reside on the same machine as your Web server. The Messenger executables are tailored to run with a specific type of Web server. WebSpeed provides a Messenger executable that supports the Web server types described in Table 10–1.

Table 10–1: UNIX WebSpeed Messengers 

Web server type	Messenger executable
NSAPI (Netscape)	wsnsa.dll
CGI-compatible	cgiip

When you installed WebSpeed, you provided information about your Web server. If you selected CGI, the installation utility installed the CGI Messenger script, wspd_cgi.sh, into the directory you specified as your Web server scripts directory. The NSAPI executable resides and runs from the OpenEdge install-path/bin directory.

Note: You must restart the Netscape NSAPI Web server after installing and configuring the Messenger.

Compatibility with the Web server type and operating system

The Messenger executable comes with the WebSpeed Transaction Server. The Messenger is installed in the scripts directory of the Web server, which you specify during an OpenEdge installation.

If you install the WebSpeed Transaction Server on an operating system that is different from the operating system that runs your Web server, go to the Download area on the PSDN Web site at http://psdn.progress.com/downloads/ and download a compatible Messenger. This is necessary because you must install a Messenger that is compatible with the Web server’s operating system. For example, if your Web server is CGI-compatible and runs in Windows, you must install a CGI Messenger that can run in Windows.