Setting Up VM:Webgateway to Use Worker Machines

Worker machines (also called workers) are VM userids that VM:Webgateway uses to run filters and CGI programs.

Use the following steps to set up VM:Webgateway to use workers:

1. Authorize VM:Webgateway to use worker machines.

2. Add workers to your VM system and VM:Webgateway.

   You can add workers and delete workers from your VM system and VM:Webgateway at any time.

3. If you want to customize how VM:Webgateway sets up a worker machine before it executes a filter or CGI program in the machine, set up the VIWEXIT1 user exit.

4. If you want to customize how VM:Webgateway cleans up a worker machine after the execution of a filter or a CGI program, set up the VIWEXIT2 user exit.

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   Note: Typically, you will use either the VIWEXIT1 user exit or the VIWEXIT2 user exit, but not both. Using both user exits increases the server overhead for using workers.

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5. If you are using workers to run filters, you must set up filters.

6. If you are using workers to run CGI programs, you must define one or more content filetypes that tell VM:Webgateway to run the CGI programs on workers.

7. If you want to enable users to serve CGI programs from user pages, you must identify the user as a CGI userid.