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<h1 class="topictitle1">Configure WebSphere Portal - Express for Multiplatforms V5.0.2
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(iSeries)</h1>
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<div><p>This example is for users that are not familiar with the Web serving
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environment. It describes all the steps necessary to get iSeries™ Access
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for Web running in a WebSphere<sup>®</sup> Portal Web serving environment. It also
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describes how to verify that the setup is working.</p>
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<div class="section">This example consists of these steps:<ul><li>Start the IBM<sup>®</sup> Web
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Administration for iSeries interface (also known as the IBM HTTP Server
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for iSeries).
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See step <a href="#rzammconfigportexpressin__strtwbadmn">1</a>.</li>
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<li>Create an HTTP Web server, create a WebSphere Application Server V5.0
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for iSeries Web
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application server, and deploy WebSphere Portal. See step <a href="#rzammconfigportexpressin__crtwbsvr">2</a></li>
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<li>Configure iSeries Access
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for Web. See step <a href="#rzammconfigportexpressin__confgiaw">3</a></li>
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<li>Use a browser to access iSeries Access for Web. See step <a href="#rzammconfigportexpressin__acciaw">4</a></li>
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</ul>
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<strong>Steps to configure the WebSphere Portal Web serving environment: </strong></div>
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<ol><li id="rzammconfigportexpressin__strtwbadmn"><a name="rzammconfigportexpressin__strtwbadmn"><!-- --></a><span>Start the IBM Web Administration for iSeries interface. </span><ol type="a"><li><span>Start a 5250 session to the server.</span></li>
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<li><span>Sign on with a user profile that has at least these special
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authorities: *ALLOBJ, *IOSYSCFG, *JOBCTL, and *SECADM.</span></li>
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<li><span>Run the following server command to start the web administration
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interface job: STRTCPSVR SERVER(*HTTP) HTTPSVR(*ADMIN)</span></li>
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<li><span>Minimize the 5250 session.</span></li>
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</ol>
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</li>
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<li id="rzammconfigportexpressin__crtwbsvr"><a name="rzammconfigportexpressin__crtwbsvr"><!-- --></a><span>Create an HTTP web server, create a WebSphere Application
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Server V5.0 for iSeries Web
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application server, and deploy WebSphere Portal:</span><ol type="a"><li class="substepexpand"><span>Open a browser to: http://<<em>server_name</em>>:2001</span></li>
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<li class="substepexpand"><span>Log in with a user profile that has, at least these special
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authorities: *ALLOBJ, *IOSYSCFG, *JOBCTL, and *SECADM.</span></li>
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<li class="substepexpand"><span>Select <span class="uicontrol">IBM Web Administration for iSeries</span>.</span></li>
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<li class="substepexpand"><span>Select the <span class="uicontrol">Setup</span> tabbed page.</span></li>
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<li class="substepexpand"><span>Under Common Tasks and Wizards, select <span class="uicontrol">Create WebSphere
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Portal</span>.</span></li>
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<li class="substepexpand"><span>The Create WebSphere Portal page opens. Select <span class="uicontrol">Next</span>.</span></li>
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<li class="substepexpand"><span>The Create a WebSphere Application Server for the Portal - Specify
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Name page opens. In the <span class="uicontrol">Application server name</span> field,
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enter <samp class="codeph">iwawps5</samp>, then select <span class="uicontrol">Next</span>.</span></li>
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<li class="substepexpand"><span>The Select HTTP Server Type page opens. Select <span class="uicontrol">Create
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a new HTTP server (powered by Apache)</span>, then select <span class="uicontrol">Next</span>.</span></li>
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<li class="substepexpand"><span>The Create a new HTTP server (powered by Apache) page opens.
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</span> <ul><li>For <span class="uicontrol">HTTP server name</span>, specify <samp class="codeph">IWAWPS5</samp>.
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</li>
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<li>For <span class="uicontrol">Port</span>, specify <samp class="codeph">2038</samp>.</li>
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</ul>
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After entering the values, select <span class="uicontrol">Next</span>.</li>
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<li class="substepexpand"><span>The Specify Internal Ports Used by the Application Server page
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opens. For <span class="uicontrol">First port in range</span>, change the default
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value to 21038, then select <span class="uicontrol">Next</span>. </span></li>
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<li class="substepexpand"><span>The Create DB2<sup>®</sup> Database for Portal page opens. Select <span class="uicontrol">Next</span>.</span></li>
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<li class="substepexpand"><span>The Specify User to Own the Portal Database page opens. The
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page defaults to use an existing user profile, <samp class="codeph">wpsdbuser</samp>.</span> <ul><li>If you know the password for this user profile, enter it.</li>
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<li>Otherwise, select <span class="uicontrol">Create a new user on this local system</span> and
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follow the prompts. </li>
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</ul>
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In this example, we assume you use the existing user (default option).
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After specifying the user profile, select <span class="uicontrol">Next</span>.</li>
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<li class="substepexpand"><span>The <span class="q">"Create a default URL path, portal path, and personalized
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path"</span> page opens. Leave the default values for the fields displayed. Select <span class="uicontrol">Next</span>.</span></li>
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<li class="substepexpand"><span>The Configure Proxy Information for Content Access Service page
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opens. Select <span class="uicontrol">Next</span>.</span></li>
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<li class="substepexpand"><span>The Deploy Default Portlets page opens. Select <span class="uicontrol">Business
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portlets</span> for deployment. De-select all other optional portlets,
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including <span class="uicontrol">iSeries Access portlets</span>. Select <span class="uicontrol">Next</span>.</span></li>
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<li class="substepexpand"><span>The Secure Application Server and WebSphere Portal with LDAP page opens.
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Select <span class="uicontrol">Next</span>.</span></li>
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<li class="substepexpand"><span>The Portal Administrative Group and Administrative User page
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opens. For Password and Confirm Password, enter <samp class="codeph">wpsadmin</samp> Select <span class="uicontrol">Next</span>.</span></li>
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<li class="substepexpand"><span>The Summary page opens. Select <span class="uicontrol">Finish</span>.</span></li>
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<li class="substepexpand"><span>The Web page is re-displayed. The Manage/Application Servers
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tabbed page is active. </span> Under Instance/Server, iwawps5/iwawps5
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– WAS, V5 (portal) is listed with a status of Creating. From this Web page,
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you can manage the WebSphere application server. <p>Use the refresh
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icon next to the Creating status to refresh the page, if the page does not
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periodically refresh.</p>
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<p>When the process completes, the status is updated
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to Running. </p>
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<p>Minimize the browser window.</p>
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</li>
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</ol>
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</li>
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<li id="rzammconfigportexpressin__confgiaw"><a name="rzammconfigportexpressin__confgiaw"><!-- --></a><span>Configure iSeries Access for Web</span><ol type="a"><li class="substepexpand"><span>Restore the 5250 session window. </span></li>
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<li class="substepexpand"><span>To see the WebSphere application server running, Enter this
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server command: WRKACTJOB SBS(QEJBAS5)</span></li>
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<li class="substepexpand"><span>Verify that IWAWPS5 is listed as a job running under the QEJBAS5
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subsystem. iSeries Access
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for Web requires WebSphere Portal to be running before it can be
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configured.</span></li>
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<li class="substepexpand"><span>To see the HTTP server running, run this server command:
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WRKACTJOB SBS(QHTTPSVR)</span></li>
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<li class="substepexpand"><span>Verify that IWAWPS5 is listed as a running job. There
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will likely be multiple jobs of this name running. </span></li>
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<li class="substepexpand"><span>iSeries Access
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for Web portlets are configured using a command provided by the software product.
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Two different commands are provided, a CL command and a QShell script command.
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Both commands provide and perform the same function. Use the command
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you prefer. </span> <ul><li><strong>To use the CL command, follow these steps:</strong><ol type="i"><li>Configure iSeries Access
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for Web portlets using the following command: <pre>CFGACCWEB2 APPSVRTYPE (*WP50) WASINST(iwawps5)
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WPUSRID(wpsadmin) WPPWD(wpsadmin)
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WPURL('<<em>server_name</em>>:2038/wps/config') WPDFTPAG(*CREATE)</pre>
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These
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are the parameters used: <dl><dt class="dlterm">APPSVRTYPE </dt>
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<dd>Tells the command which Web application server environment to configure. </dd>
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<dt class="dlterm">WASINST</dt>
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<dd>Tells the command which instance of the Web application server to configure.</dd>
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<dt class="dlterm">WPUSRID</dt>
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<dd>Tells the command what WebSphere Portal administrative user ID to use
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to make the configuration change.</dd>
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<dt class="dlterm">WPPWD</dt>
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<dd>The password for the user ID entered with the WPUSRID parameter.</dd>
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<dt class="dlterm">WPURL</dt>
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<dd>Access the WebSphere Portal
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configuration servlet so that the configuration changes can be made.</dd>
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<dt class="dlterm">WPDFTPAG</dt>
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<dd>Tells the command to create the default iSeries Access portlet pages and deploy
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portlets to those pages.</dd>
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</dl>
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For help on this command and the parameters, press F1.</li>
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<li>Several messages similar to these will be displayed: <ul class="simple"><li><tt class="msgph">Configuring iSeries Access for Web.</tt></li>
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<li><tt class="msgph">Preparing to perform the configuration changes. </tt></li>
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<li><tt class="msgph">Calling Portal Server to perform the configuration changes.</tt></li>
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<li><tt class="msgph">Refer to the following log file for additional success/failure
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information: /QIBM/UserData/Access/Web2/wp50/iwawps5/logs/cfgwps50iwa.log</tt></li>
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<li><tt class="msgph">Refer to the following log file for additional success/failure
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information: /QIBM/UserData/Access/Web2/wp50/iwawps5/logs/cfgwps50iwapage.log</tt></li>
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<li><tt class="msgph">iSeries Access for Web command has completed.</tt></li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li>Press F3 or Enter when the command completes to exit the display session.</li>
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</ol>
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</li>
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<li><strong>To use the QShell script command, follow these steps:</strong><ol type="i"><li>Start the QShell environment using the following server command: QSH</li>
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<li>Make the iSeries Access
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for Web directory the current directory. Run this server command:
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<pre>cd /QIBM/ProdData/Access/Web2/install </pre>
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</li>
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<li>Configure iSeries Access
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for Web portlets using the following command: <pre>cfgaccweb2 -appsvrtype *WP50 -wasinst iwawps5 –wpusrid wpsadmin
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-wppwd <em>wpsadmin</em> –wpurl <<em>server_name</em>>:2038/wps/config
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-wpdftpag *CREATE</pre>
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These are the parameters used: <dl><dt class="dlterm">-appsvrtype</dt>
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<dd>Tells the command which Web application server environment to configure. </dd>
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<dt class="dlterm">-wasinst</dt>
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<dd>Tells the command which instance of the Web application server to configure.</dd>
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<dt class="dlterm">–wpusrid</dt>
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<dd>Tells the command what WebSphere Portal administrative user ID to use
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to make the configuration change.</dd>
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<dt class="dlterm">-wppwd</dt>
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<dd>The password for the user ID entered with the WPUSRID parameter.</dd>
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<dt class="dlterm">–wpurl</dt>
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<dd>Access the WebSphere Portal
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configuration servlet so that the configuration changes can be made.</dd>
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<dt class="dlterm">-wpdftpag</dt>
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<dd>Tells the command to create the default iSeries Access portlet pages and deploy
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portlets to those pages.</dd>
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</dl>
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For help on this command and the parameters, specify the -?
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parameter. </li>
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<li>Several messages similar to these will be displayed: <ul class="simple"><li><tt class="msgph">Configuring iSeries Access for Web</tt></li>
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<li><tt class="msgph">Preparing to perform the configuration changes.</tt></li>
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<li><tt class="msgph">Calling Portal Server to perform the configuration changes.</tt></li>
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<li><tt class="msgph">Refer to the following log file for additional success/failure
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information: /QIBM/UserData/Access/Web2/wp50/iwawps5/logs/cfgwps50iwa.log</tt></li>
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<li><tt class="msgph">Refer to the following log file for additional success/failure
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information: /QIBM/UserData/Access/Web2/wp50/iwawps5/logs/cfgwps50iwapage.log
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</tt></li>
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<li><tt class="msgph">iSeries Access for Web command has completed.</tt></li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li>Press F3 when the command completes to exit the QShell session.</li>
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</ol>
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</li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li class="substepexpand"><span>If the command were to fail or indicate an error, refer to the
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log files:</span> <dl><dt class="dlterm">/QIBM/UserData/Access/Web2/logs/cmds.log</dt>
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<dd>High level, cause and recovery information; translated</dd>
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<dt class="dlterm">/QIBM/UserData/Access/Web2/logs/cmdstrace.log</dt>
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<dd>Detailed command flow for IBM Software Service; English only </dd>
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<dt class="dlterm">/QIBM/UserData/Access/Web2/wp50/iwawps5/logs/cfgwps50iwa.log</dt>
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<dd>Details deploying portlets. <div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> This file might be in EBCDIC.</div>
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</dd>
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<dt class="dlterm">/QIBM/UserData/Access/Web2/wp50/iwawps5/logs/cfgwps50iwapage.log</dt>
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<dd>Details creating portal pages. <div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> This file might be in EBCDIC.</div>
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</dd>
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</dl>
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</li>
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<li class="substepexpand"><span>Signoff the 5250 session window.</span></li>
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<li class="substepexpand"><span>Close the 5250 session window.</span></li>
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</ol>
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</li>
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<li id="rzammconfigportexpressin__acciaw"><a name="rzammconfigportexpressin__acciaw"><!-- --></a><span>Use a browser to access iSeries Access for Web</span><ol type="a"><li><span>Open a web browser to the following addresses to access WebSphere Portal
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and iSeries Access
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for Web portlets: http://<<var class="varname">server_name</var>>:2038/wps/portal.</span></li>
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<li><span>Log in to WebSphere Portal using wpsadmin for the user ID
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and password.</span></li>
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<li><span>The Portal page opens. Select the My iSeries tabbed page. You might
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need to move the tab bar to the right to see the My iSeries tab.</span></li>
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<li><span>Navigate to the various sub-pages of the My iSeries tabbed
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page.</span></li>
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<li><span>Close the browser window.</span></li>
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</ol>
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</li>
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</ol>
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<div class="section">By following these steps, you completed these tasks:<ul><li>Created a WebSphere application
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server named iwawps5.</li>
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<li>Deployed the WebSphere Portal to the iwawps5 WebSphere Web
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application server.</li>
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<li>Created an HTTP server named IWAWPS5.</li>
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<li>Configured iSeries Access
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for Web portlets to WebSphere Portal.</li>
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<li>Verified that iSeries Access for Web portlets can be accessed from
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a web browser.</li>
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</ul>
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<p><img src="./delta.gif" alt="Start of change" />In this example, only the <span class="cmdname">CFGACCWEB2</span> command
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is used to configure iSeries Access for Web. For more information about
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using all the iSeries Access
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for Web CL commands, use the CL command finder. <img src="./deltaend.gif" alt="End of change" /></p>
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<div class="familylinks">
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rzammpxmpbeg.htm" title="You must setup an HTTP server and portal server before configuring iSeries Access for Web on the iSeries server.">Examples for configuring a new portal environment</a></div>
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<div class="relinfo"><strong>Related information</strong><br />
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<div><a href="../clfinder/finder.htm">CL command finder</a></div>
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