Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Web Server


A Web server is an application designed to receive incoming browser requests and route them to the intended application (eg. Cognos). It is used to get all the information of user (authentication) via gateways.
      The IBM Cognos web server tier may have one or more IBM Cognos BI gateways. Web communication in IBM Cognos BI is typically through gateways. A gateway is an extension of a Web server, it transfers information from web server to application server.

Gateway-

 IBM Cognos BI supports several types of Web gateways.

  • CGI
  • ISAPI
  • apache_mod
  • servlet

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