Create a Virtual Directory for Cognos 8 Go! Office

You must set up a virtual directory, also known as a Web alias, for the directory that contains the HTML and Web files for Cognos 8 Go! Office. For some Web servers, you must also enable directory browsing for the virtual directory and set the execute permissions property.

Only the steps for Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) are included below. You must set up the equivalent virtual directory and directory properties if you use another Web server.

For Apache Web Server, ensure that you define the cognos8/cgi-bin alias before the cognos8 alias in the httpd.conf file located in the Apache_installation/conf directory. The cognos8/cgi-bin alias must be defined as a ScriptAlias.

Steps for IIS

1. In the Internet Information Services management console, locate the virtual directory that you created for Cognos 8.

   If there is no virtual directory for Cognos 8, see Configure the Web Server.

2. Right-click the Cognos 8 virtual directory and click New, Virtual Directory.

3. Follow the steps in the wizard to specify an alias named coc and the location of the Web content for Cognos 8 Go! Office, such as c8_location/webcontent/coc.

4. Right-click the coc directory, and click Properties.

5. On the Virtual Directory tab, do the following:

   • Select the Directory Browsing check box.

   • In the Execute Permissions box, click Scripts only.

6. Click OK.