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OBIEE 12c web server

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3310714
3310714 Rank 6 - Analytics Lead
edited Aug 13, 2024 6:09PM in Oracle Analytics Cloud and Server

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?

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  • rmoff
    rmoff Rank 6 - Analytics Lead

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

  • Gianni Ceresa
    Gianni Ceresa Mod

    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.