How to Install SAP Webdispatcher

1. Download SAP Webdispatcher from SAP Service Marketplace, http://service.sap.com/patches. Please be sure to download the correct kernel and version.

2. Create a new directory for the SAP Webdispatcher. Copy and unpack the SAR file into this location.
• Windows: C:\Program Files\< SID >\SAPWebDisp
• UNIX: /usr/sap/<SID>/sapwebdisp

3. Generate the SAP Webdispatcher profile for the first time run. Enter message server details required by the bootstrap to create the profile.

> sapwebdisp.exe -bootstrap

Hostname of Message Server (rdisp/mshost): MESSAGE-SERVER-HOSTNAME

HTTP Port of Message Server (ms/http_port): 81<INSTANCE-NUMBER>

Unique Instance Number for SAP Web Dispatcher (SAPSYSTEM): ANY-NUMBER

HTTP port number for SAP Web Dispatcher: 80<INSTANCE-NUMBER>

Create configuration for s(mall), m(edium), l(arge) system (default: medium): m

5. The bootstrap command option will generates the profile sapwebdisp.pfl (if it does not already exist) and create a user for the Web administration in file icmauth.txt  (if it does not already exist) and an eight character random password.

Authentication file "icmauth.txt" generated

Web Administration user is "icmadm" with password "ABC123"

Restart sapwebdisp with profile: sapwebdisp.pfl

sapwebdisp started with new pid 7890

6. Starts the SAP Web dispatcher with the generated profile.

 

References

SAP Note 538405