OBIEE 12c web server

Question

Hi,

I've read some OBIEE architectures utilize a separate web server (Apache, IIS, Oracle HTTP).  In our installation, we just install the product all into one application server.  In this case, does it mean we don't have a web server?  Or is our application server working as a built in web server?  I'm just confused about this part.  Any insights?

Gianni Ceresa · Answer

The separate use of a "normal" webserver is often used as simple proxy to give a nicer URL to your OBIEE (without port number), doing SSL offloading or caching CSS/JS/images to "improve performance".

For this last need you must already have a super busy server (I mean lot of concurrent users etc.).

For the first need it's more common as it also allow you to easily take down your OBIEE for config/maintenant while displaying to your users a webpage telling them you are working on it.

So mainly a "nice to have" with current versions of OBIEE as Weblogic is an application server but also a good "web" server.

rmoff · Answer

WebLogic (which OBIEE installs against by default) performs both the roles of application server, and web server.