Remote Web server management

Operating Systems: i5/OS
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Remote Web server management

Use this page to configure a remote IBM HTTP Server Web server.

To view the administrative console page for Remote Web server management, click Servers > Web Servers > Web_server_name > Remote Web server management.

Note: For a WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment configuration, click System administration > Nodes > Add Node to create a new, unmanaged node. Then click Servers > Web Servers > New to create a Web server using the newly-created unmanaged node.

Configuration tab

Web servers

Port Indicates the port to access the administration server (default is 8008).
The HTTP administration server port is 2001 on the iSeries platform.
Use SSL Specifies if the port is secure.
User ID Specifies a user ID in the <install_dir>/conf/admin.passwd file. Create this with the htpasswd script file, located in the <install_dir>/bin directory.
Password Specifies a password in the <install_dir>/conf/admin.passwd file. Create this with the htpasswd script file, located in the <install_dir>/bin directory.
On the iSeries platform, there is no htpasswd script in the <install_dir>/bin directory. The HTTP administrator is typically created as an iSeries SECOFR profile.

Remote Web server management

Configuration tab

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Port	Indicates the port to access the administration server (default is 8008). The HTTP administration server port is 2001 on the iSeries platform.
Use SSL	Specifies if the port is secure.
User ID	Specifies a user ID in the <install_dir>/conf/admin.passwd file. Create this with the htpasswd script file, located in the <install_dir>/bin directory.
Password	Specifies a password in the <install_dir>/conf/admin.passwd file. Create this with the htpasswd script file, located in the <install_dir>/bin directory. On the iSeries platform, there is no htpasswd script in the <install_dir>/bin directory. The HTTP administrator is typically created as an iSeries SECOFR profile.