CGI Program and Alternative Gateways

All URL commands begin with a declaration of the end point for the request: either cognos.cgi or an alternative gateway.

For IBM® Cognos® Business Intelligence, the complete syntax is http://webservername:portnumber/ibmcognos/cgi-bin/cognos.cgi.

If you configured IBM Cognos BI to use a gateway other than the default CGI program, type the URL that corresponds to your gateway. For information about configuring gateways, see the IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Installation and Configuration Guide.

The supported gateways are listed in the following table:

Table 1. Supported gateways
Gateway	URL
ISAPI	http://webservername/ibmcognos/isapi
Apache Connector (Microsoft Windows operating system)	http://webservername/ibmcognos/cgi-bin/mod_cognos.dll
Apache Connector (Solaris and AIX®)	http://webservername/ibmcognos/cgi-bin/mod_cognos.so
Apache Connector (HPUX)	http://webservername/ibmcognos/cgi-bin/mod_cognos.sl
Gateway Servlet	http://webservername:9300/ServletGateway/servlet/Gateway
CGI	http://webservername/ibmcognos