Configure WebSphere Application Server V5.0 for iSeries

Use this information to configure iSeries™ Access for Web for WebSphere® Application Server V5.0 for iSeries (Base and Network Deployment Editions).

Note: WebSphere instances that are federated to the Network Deployment environment are not supported by iSeries Access for Web.

To configure iSeries Access for Web for WebSphere Application Server V5.0 for iSeries (Base and Network Deployment Editions), do the following:

  1. Sign on to your server.
  2. Start the WebSphere subsystem in which you want to configure iSeries Access for Web to run. Run the server command STRSBS QEJBAS5/QEJBAS5.
  3. Start the WebSphere application server in which you want to configure iSeries Access for Web to run. Follow these steps:Start of change
    1. Run the server command STRTCPSVR *HTTP HTTPSVR(*ADMIN).
    2. Open your browser to http://<server_name>:2001.
    3. Select the IBM® Web Administration for iSeries link.
    4. Navigate to your HTTP server and start it if it is not already running.
    5. Navigate to your WebSphere Express application server and start it if it is not already running.
    6. Wait for the application server to show a status of running.
    7. Minimize the browser window, you will return to this window in a later step.
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  4. Start of changeRun the appropriate iSeries Access for Web configuration command.
    • To use the CL command, run this server command:

      QIWA2/CFGACCWEB2 APPSVRTYPE(*WAS50) 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 *WAS50 -wasinst was_instance_name -appsvr app_svr

    The configuration commands use these variables:
    was_instance_name
    The name of the WebSphere application server instance you are using. If you are using the default WebSphere instance and the CL configuration command, specify *DEFAULT. For more information about specifying an instance, see the appropriate help text.
    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
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  5. Start of changeReturn to the Web administration browser interface window that you minimized in step 3.g, then stop and restart the WebSphere 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 home 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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