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Note: During the installation of WebSphere Application Server V5.0.2 fixes, the installation progress bar may stay at 95% for a very long time. This is normal behavior. The progress of the fixpack installation can be followed by monitoring the contents of the <was_home>\logs\update directory and the file <was_home>\logs\WASFixPack.log, where <was_home> is the installation directory for WebSphere Application Server.

19.A window confirming that WebSphere Commerce V5.6 has been installed is shown. Click Next.

20.The Installation Wizard prompts for restarting the system. Ensure that Restart now is selected and click Finish.

21.After the system has restarted, the DB2 Universal Database V8.1 and WebSphere Commerce V5.6 First Steps wizards will appear. Close the DB2 Universal Database V8.1 First Steps wizard.

22.If the DB2 Universal Database V8.1 CD you supplied in step 16 on page 167 is not refreshed to fixpack 5 as mentioned previously, you must now apply DB2 Universal Database V8.1 fixpack 5.

9.2.2 Configuring IBM HTTP Server

In order to finish the installation, the IBM HTTP Server should be configured to use SSL and to improve performance, the Adaptive Fast Path Architecture (AFPA) Cache Accelerator should be enabled.

Enabling for SSL

In order for WebSphere Commerce V5.6 tools and for customer sites to work SSL has to enabled. SSL certificates can either be self-signed or trusted (issued by a Certification Authority, CA). In our example we had a trusted SSL certificate, issued by VeriSign, which we copied from WebSphere Commerce Suite V5.1 and configured IBM HTTP Server to enable it. Please refer to WebSphere Commerce Developer Edition information center to see how SSL is enabled.

Enabling Cache accelerator

If you are using IBM HTTP Server v1.3.26.2 for WebSphere Commerce V5.6, you should enable the AFPA Cache Accelerator to improve performance for serving static content.

To enable AFPA, ensure that the following lines in the IBM HTTP Server

<ihs_home>\conf\httpd.conf are activated, either by adding them or removing any line comment (#) in front of these lines:

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