Configure WebSphere Application Server - Express for iSeries V5.0

Use this information to configure iSeries™ Access for Web for WebSphere® Application Server - Express for iSeries V5.0.

  1. Sign on to your server.
  2. Start the WebSphere subsystem. Run the server command STRSBS QASE5/QASE5.
  3. Start the WebSphere Express application server in which you want to configure iSeries Access for Web to run.
    1. Run the server command STRTCPSVR *HTTP HTTPSVR(*ADMIN).
    2. Open your browser to http://<server_name>:2001.
    3. Start of changeSelect the IBM® Web Administration for iSeries link. End of change
    4. Start of changeNavigate to your HTTP server and start it if it is not already running. End of change
    5. Start of changeNavigate to your WebSphere Express application server and start it if it is not already running. End of change
    6. Start of changeWait for the application server to show a status of running. End of change
    7. Start of changeMinimize the browser window, you will return to this window in a later step.End of change
  4. Start of changeUse the appropriate iSeries Access for Web configuration command.
    • To use the CL command, run this command:

      QIWA2/CFGACCWEB2 APPSVRTYPE(*WAS50EXP) WASINST(was_instance_name) APPSVR(app_svr)

    • To use the script command, run these server commands:

      STRQSH
      cd /QIBM/ProdData/Access/Web2/install
      cfgaccweb2 -appsvrtype *WAS50EXP -wasinst was_instance_name -appsvr app_svr

    The configuration commands use these variables:
    was_instance_name
    The name of the WebSphere Express application server instance you are using.
    app_svr
    The name of the application sever within the instance being configured.
    For more information about either value, refer to the help text for the appropriate field.
    Migration Note: Start of changeIf you are already using iSeries Access for Web within another Web application server, refer to New Web application server considerations. This topic discusses additional CFGACCWEB2 command parameters that can be input to migrate user data from an existing configuration to this new configuration.End of change
    End of change
  5. Start of changeReturn to the Web administration browser interface window you minimized in step 3.g. Stop and restart the WebSphere Express application server.End of change
  6. Start of changeOpen your browser to http://<your_server_name>:port/webaccess/iWAMain. Be sure the case matches the example. End of change
The iSeries Access for Web main page is displayed.
Note: The first call of the iWAMain page might take a few minutes, but subsequent calls should not take as long.

Start of changeIn this example, only the CFGACCWEB2 command is used to configure iSeries Access for Web. For more information about using all the iSeries Access for Web CL commands, use the CL command finder. End of change

Parent topic: Examples for configuring an existing Web application server environment
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