Overview of IBM Welcome Page V1.1

Provides an overview of the IBM® Welcome Page V1.1 application and how it interacts with different iSeries™ server components and various software components.

IBM Welcome Page V1.1 is a Web-based business application with several purposes. It provides a starting point for non-administrators, possibly you and your colleagues, to access links to other business applications provided by IBM Business Solutions - a simple welcome page specifically for business applications. It also provides administrative interfaces used for set up and configuration of other business applications, including IBM Telephone Directory V5.2 and IBM Survey Creator V1.0.

Two types of directory servers are supported by the IBM Welcome Page V1.1 application: iSeries Directory Server (LDAP), and LDAP on Domino® 6.0 for iSeries (Domino Directory services).

An overview of the application is as follows:


The workstation sends a browser request to IBM HTTP Server for iSeries. It then gets sent to the directory server via an HTTP server plugin. Another HTTP server plugin sends a request to the application server and to IBM Welcome Page.

The IBM Welcome Page V1.1 application is installed on your iSeries server when you install IBM Telephone Directory V5.2 and IBM Survey Creator V1.0. It can be deployed into the runtime of the following editions of WebSphere® Application Server for iSeries:

The Web Administration GUI (part of the HTTP server administration GUI) performs many underlying configuration tasks for you if you deploy into the WebSphere Application Server for iSeries (Base) or WebSphere Application Server - Express for iSeries run time.

For detailed information on how the IBM Welcome Page V1.1 application uses various iSeries server and software components, see the following topics:

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