On-premise/hybrid only

Integration into a Web server for Linux

Last update: June 17, 2024
  • Applies to:
  • Campaign Classic v7

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:

    https://<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.

NOTE
If you do not use the tracking functionality, you can perform a standard installation of Apache or IIS with a redirection to Campaign. The tracking Web server extension module is not required.

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