Start the WebSphere administrative console

To start the administrative console on a workstation, follow these steps:

  1. Start the HTTP Server Administration interface.
  2. Click the Manage tab.
  3. Select your application server from the Server list.
  4. Enable the adminconsole application if it is not already enabled.
    1. In the navigation menu, click Manage installed applications.
    2. Select the adminconsole application.
    3. Click Properties.
    4. For Application Enablement, select Enabled.
  5. To start your application server, click the Start button ( Start button ) at the top of navigation menu. If your application server is running, you must stop it and restart it.
  6. In the navigation menu, click Launch Express Console.

  7. When prompted, enter a user ID. The WebSphere administrative console is displayed in the browser window.

    Note: The user ID does not need to be an i5/OS user profile. This user ID is used only to track which users make changes to the application server configuration.

You can also start the console without starting the HTTP Server Administration interface. To use this method, follow these steps:

  1. Start the HTTP Server Administration interface.
  2. Click the Manage tab.
  3. Select your application server from the Server list.
  4. Enable the adminconsole application if it is not already enabled.
    1. In the navigation menu, click Manage installed applications.
    2. Select the adminconsole application.
    3. Click Properties.
    4. For Application Enablement, select Enabled.
  5. To start your application server, click the Start button ( Start button ) at the top of navigation menu. If your application server is running, you must stop it and restart it.

  6. Open this URL in your browser:

    http://your.server.name:port/admin

    where your.server.name is the host name of the iSeries server on which your application server is running, and port is the WebSphere administrative console port as noted in the ready message in the joblog of your application server. This port is also specified in the admin_host virtual host.

  7. When prompted, enter a user ID. The WebSphere administrative console is displayed in the browser window.

    Note: The user ID does not need to be an i5/OS user profile. This user ID is used only to track which users make changes to the application server configuration.