v7 on-premise & hybrid

Integration into a Web server for Linux

Adobe Campaign includes Apache Tomcat which acts as the entry point in the application server via HTTP (and SOAP).

You can use this integrated Tomcat server to serve HTTP requests.

In this case:

• the default listening port is 8080. To change it, refer to this section.

• The client consoles then connect using a URL such as:

  http://<computer>:8080
  

However, for security and administration reasons, we recommend using a dedicated Web server as the main entry point for HTTP traffic when the computer that is running Adobe Campaign is exposed on the Internet and you wish to open access to the console outside of your network.

A Web server also lets you guarantee data confidentiality with the HTTPs protocol.

Likewise, you must use a Web server when you wish to use the tracking functionality, which is only available as an extension module to a Web server.

Configuring the Apache Web server with Debian

This process applies if you have installed Apache under a distribution based on APT.

Apply the following steps:

1. Disable the modules loaded by default using the following command:

   a2dismod auth_basic authn_file authz_default authz_user autoindex cgi dir env negotiation userdir
   

   Ensure that the alias, authz_host and mime modules are still enabled. To do this, use the following command:

   a2enmod  alias authz_host mime
   

2. Create the file nlsrv.load in /etc/apache2/mods-available and insert the following content:

   In Debian 8:

   LoadModule requesthandler24_module /usr/local/[INSTALL]/nl6/lib/libnlsrvmod.so
   

3. Create the file nlsrv.conf in /etc/apache2/mods-available using the following command:

   ln -s /usr/local/[INSTALL]/nl6/conf/apache_neolane.conf /etc/apache2/mods-available/nlsrv.conf
   

4. Activate this module with the following command:

    a2enmod nlsrv
   

   If you are using the mod_rewrite module for Adobe Campaign pages, you need to rename the nlsrv.load and nlsrv.conf files to zz-nlsrv.load and zz-nlsrv.conf. To activate the module, run the following command:

   a2enmod zz-nlsrv
   

5. Edit the /etc/apache2/envvars file, add the following lines:

   # Added Neolane
   if [ "$LD_LIBRARY_PATH" != "" ]; then export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/usr/local/neolane/nl6/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"; else export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/neolane/nl6/lib; fi
   export USERPATH=/usr/local/neolane
   

   Save the changes.

6. Then add Adobe Campaign users to the Apache user group and vice versa using the following type of command:

   usermod neolane -G www-data
   usermod www-data -G neolane
   

7. Restart Apache:

   invoke-rc.d apache2 restart
   

Configuring Apache web server in RHEL

This procedure applies if you have installed and secured Apache under a RPM (RHEL, CentOS and Suse) based package.

Apply the following steps:

1. In the httpd.conf file, activate the following Apache modules:

   alias
   authz_host
   mime
   

2. Deactivate the following modules:

   auth_basic
   authn_file
   authz_default
   authz_user
   autoindex
   cgi
   dir
   env
   negotiation
   userdir
   

   Comment the functions linked to deactivated modules:

   DirectoryIndex
   IndexOptions
   AddIconByEncoding
   AddIconByType
   AddIcon
   DefaultIcon
   ReadmeName
   HeaderName
   IndexIgnore
   LanguagePriority
   ForceLanguagePriority
   

3. Create an Adobe Campaign specific configuration file in the /etc/httpd/conf.d/ folder. For example CampaignApache.conf

4. For RHEL7, add the following instructions in the file:

   LoadModule requesthandler24_module /usr/local/neolane/nl6/lib/libnlsrvmod.so
   Include /usr/local/neolane/nl6/conf/apache_neolane.conf
   

5. For RHEL7:

   Add the /etc/systemd/system/httpd.service file with the following content:

   .include /usr/lib/systemd/system/httpd.service
   
   [Service]
   Environment=USERPATH=/usr/local/neolane LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/neolane/nl6/lib
   

   Update the module used by systemd:

   systemctl daemon-reload
   

6. Then add Adobe Campaign operators into the Apache operators group and vice-versa, by running the command:

   usermod -a -G neolane apache
   usermod -a -G apache neolane
   

   The group names to use depend on the way Apache is configured.

7. Run Apache and the Adobe Campaign server.

   For RHEL7:

   systemctl start httpd
   systemctl start nlserver
   

Launching the Web server and testing the configuration

You can now test the configuration by starting Apache. The Adobe Campaign module should now display its banner on the console (two banners on certain operating systems):

 /etc/init.d/apache start

The following information is displayed:

12:26:28 >   Application server for Adobe Campaign Classic (7.X YY.R build XXX@SHA1) of DD/MM/YYYY
12:26:28 >   Web server start (pid=29698, tid=-1212463424)...
12:26:28 >   Server started
12:26:28 >   Application server for Adobe Campaign Classic (7.X YY.R build XXX@SHA1) of DD/MM/YYYY
12:26:28 >   Web server start (pid=29698, tid=-1212463424)...
12:26:28 >   Server started

Next check that it responds by submitting a test URL.

You can test this from the command line by executing:

 telnet localhost 80

You should obtain:

Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.localdomain.
Escape character is '^]'.

Then enter:

GET /r/test

The following information is displayed:

<redir status='OK' date='YYYY/MM/DD HH:MM:SS' build='XXXX' host='' localHost='XXXX'/>
Connection closed by foreign host.

You can also request the URL https://<computer> from a Web browser.

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