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iSeries Access for Web Saturday, November 15, 2014. About KS2. IBM Premier Business Partner in our 13 th year Advanced or Premier since inception Based in Grapevine, TX Certified on iSeries hardware, iSeries development, e-business, and business intelligence
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About KS2 • IBM Premier Business Partner in our 13th year • Advanced or Premier since inception • Based in Grapevine, TX • Certified on iSeries hardware, iSeries development, e-business, and business intelligence • Experienced project managers, consultants and developers
Tonight’s Agenda • What is iSeries Access for Web? • System requirements • Install Overview • Test drive • Detailed examples
What is iSeries Access for Web? • Provides access to iSeries through a browser • 5250 access • Access to DB2, IFS, output queues, jobs, messages • Can run batch commands and send/receive messages • It has the following advantages: • Is server based • Requires only a browser on the client, no configuration required at the desktop, no applets installed on the desktop • Uses industry standard protocols – HTTP, HTTPS and HTML
System Requirements • iSeries OS/400 Base Software • IBM HTTP Server Powered by Apache • Java Development and Tool Kit • TCP/IP • WebSphere Application Server • iSeries Access for Web
Keys for Success • Verify licensed programs are installed • Install iSeries Access for Web • Apply PTFs (Cumulative, WebSphere, HTTP and iSeries Access for Web) • Set up a WebSphere Application Server • Set up an HTTP Server • Configure and start iSeries Access for Web
GOTCHAs • WebSphere Application Server name must be all lower case for these instructions • Guard against using existing port assignments • NETSTAT *CNN • CFGTCP 21, then option 1
Detailed Examples • Pre-Configured 5250 sessions • Set workstation IDs • Configure session attributes (colors, fonts, etc.) • Database requests • Dynamic queries • Multiple output targets • Downloads • Software and/or file distribution
Try out Access for Web for yourself! Access the following web site through your browser: • http://iseriesd.dfw.ibm.com/webaccess/iWAHome (case sensitive) Use the following User ID and password to sign into the EXPERIENCED USER page: • User ID of WUSER (or WACUST) • Password of DEMO2PWD This shows the basic look of Access for Web as it ships. You can try various functions -- including working with printer output and the options we provide. You can click on the 5250 tab, sign onto the iSeries, then start an RPG application called BOATS and run it. Start up a different another browser session to same url address above, and use the following User ID and password to sign into the Access for Water INEXPERIENCED USER page: • User ID of BOATADMIN • Password of DEMO2PWD This is an example of how a customer might design a web page for their use. You will see that an end user could start the same BOATS application by clicking on the 250 session -- or they could have used WebFacing or HATS LE to run the application. Click on all 3 links and see the same application in different views. You will also see other links that would let a user work with spoolfile information, work with IFS, run database requests, etc..
References • iSeries Supporthttp://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/support/iseries/ • iSeries Access for Web home page http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/access/web/ • PTF Groupshttp://www-912.ibm.com/s_dir/sline003.nsf/GroupPTFs?OpenView&view=GroupPTFs • Fix Centralhttps://www-912.ibm.com/eserver/support/fixes/fixcentral • IBM Redbooks home pagehttp://publib-b.boulder.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/portals/iseries • KS2 Technologies, Inc.http://www.ks2inc.com
Questions? Send us an email • Don Adams mailto:dadams@ks2inc.com • Michael Daly mailto:mdaly@ks2inc.com Thank you for your time!