Configure WebSphere Portal - Express for Multiplatforms Version 5.0.2 (iSeries)

Use this information to configure iSeries™ Access for Web for WebSphere^® Portal - Express for Multiplatforms Version 5.0.2 (iSeries).

1. Sign on to your server.
2. Start the WebSphere Portal Web serving environment:
   1. Run the server command STRTCPSVR *HTTP HTTPSVR(*ADMIN).
   2. Open your browser to http://:2001.
   3. Select IBM^® Web Administration for iSeries.
   4. Navigate to your HTTP server and start it if it is not already running.
   5. Navigate to your WebSphere Portal 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.
3. Use the appropriate iSeries Access for Web configuration command.
   • To use the CL command, run this command:

     QIWA2/CFGACCWEB2 APPSVRTYPE(*WP50) WASINST(was_instance_name)
          WPUSRID(wp_user_ID) WPPWD(wp_password)
          WPURL('your_server_name:port/wps/config') WPDFTPAG(*CREATE)

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

     STRQSH
     cd /QIBM/ProdData/Access/Web2/install
     cfgaccweb2 -appsvrtype *WP50 -wasinst was_instance_name
                -wpusrid wp_user_ID -wppwd wp_password
                -wpurl your_server_name:port/wps/config -wpdftpag *CREATE

   The configuration commands use these variables:

   was_instance_name

   The name of the WebSphere Express application server instance you are using.

   wp_user_id

   the WebSphere Portal user ID that has administrator-level authority to perform configuration changes to WebSphere Portal.

   wp_password

   The password for the user ID specified in the WPUSRID parameter.

   your_server_name:port/wps/config

   The universal resource locator (URL) to access the WebSphere Portal configuration servlet.

   *CREATE

   Tells the command to create the default iSeries Access for Web portal pages and add iSeries Access for Web portlets to those pages.

   For more information about any of these values, refer to the help text for the appropriate field.
4. Return to the Web administration browser interface window you minimized in step 2.g. Stop and restart the WebSphere Portal application server.
5. Open your browser to http://<your_server_name>:port/wps/portal. Be sure the case matches the example.
6. Sign on to portal.
7. Select the new My iSeries tabbed page.
8. Navigate through the displayed iSeries Access for Web pages and portlets.