Configuration IBM Cognos on Linux

How to configure IBM Cognos 8.3 BI Server on Linux environments

[root@DL01VMBISSR linuxi386]# cd ../..

[root@DL01VMBISSR cognos]# cd c8/bin/
[root@DL01VMBISSR bin]# ./cogconfig.sh 
Using /app/jdk1.6.0_27/jre/bin/java
[root@DL01VMBISSR bin]# 

Copy ojdbc from oracle lib to cognos lib:
[root@DL01VMBISSR ~]#  cd /app/oracle/product/11.2.0/db_1/jdbc/lib
[root@DL01VMBISSR lib]#  cp ojdbc5.jar /cognos/c8/webapps/p2pd/WEB-INF/lib/
[root@DL01VMBISSR lib]# cp ojdbc6.jar /cognos/c8/webapps/p2pd/WEB-INF/lib
[root@DL01VMBISSR lib]# cd ../../oui/jlib
[root@DL01VMBISSR jlib]# cp classes12.jar /cognos/c8/webapps/p2pd/WEB-INF/lib/
[root@DL01VMBISSR jlib]#

Open apache config file and Create ScriptAlias for Cognos8:

[root@DL01VMBISSR ~]# vi /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

ScriptAlias /cognos8/cgi-bin "/cognos/c8/cgi-bin"

Alias /cognos8 "/cognos/c8/webcontent"

Alias /cgi-bin "/cognos/c8/cgi-bin"

<Directory "/cognos/c8/webcontent">

Options FollowSymLinksion

AllowOverride FileInfo

Order Allow,Deny

Allow from All

</Directory>

<Directory "/cognos/c8/cgi-bin">

Options FollowSymLinks

AllowOverride FileInfo

Order Allow,Deny

Allow from All

</Directory>

Create Contentstore and Saving configuration

Starting the service 'Cognos8'