After installing WebSphere® ESB, use
the First steps console to start product tooling, access product documentation,
or direct elements such as servers and administrative consoles related
to individual profiles. A generic version of the console, plus a version
for each profile in your installation are available.
Options on each console are displayed dynamically, depending on
features you install and the availability of certain elements on particular
operating systems. Options include verifying your installation, starting
or stopping the server or deployment manager, accessing the administrative
console, starting the Profile Management Tool, accessing the Samples
gallery, accessing the product documentation, or starting the migration
wizard. Methods for starting the First steps console differ depending
on whether it is a generic or profile-specific version.
The following sections provide detailed information on starting
a First steps console based on its version and the platform used on
the system:
Restrictions:
On i5/OS® platforms: The i5/OS version of the First steps
console does not have a migration wizard option.

On Windows® platforms: The First steps console
might not start if you use Mozilla 2.x as your default browser and
it is installed in a location containing a space in the path name. This problem can also occur if you use Windows to start the First steps console
associated with profiles installed on i5/OS platforms. To
rectify this problem, perform one of these actions: - Install Mozilla into a location without a space in the path name.
- Alter the registry key to remove the space.
- Temporarily set Internet Explorer as the default browser and then
set Mozilla as the default browser. This automatically removes the
space from the registry key.
Starting the generic version of the First
steps console
Start the generic version of the First steps
console by performing the following steps. Because an i5/OS system does not have a graphical user
interface (GUI), a First steps console on this platform must be started
from a Windows workstation.
- Open a command window.
- Change to the following directory:
On i5/OS platforms: first_steps_location\firststeps\esb\noprofile

On Linux® and UNIX® platforms: install_root/firststeps/esb
On Windows platforms: install_root\firststeps\esb
The variable
install_root represents the location of
the
WebSphere ESB installation
on Linux, UNIX, and Windows systems;
first_steps_location,
the location of the i5/OS First
steps console on the Windows workstation.
The
first_steps_location is in one of the following locations:
- install_image_location\WBI\iSeries, where install_image_location is
the path to the disc media or the location of the Passport Advantage® image.
- pmt_client_installation, which is C:\Program
Files\IBM\WebSphere\PMTClient by default.
- Issue the firststeps or run command
(depending on platform) to start the console:
On i5/OS platforms: run.bat

On Linux and UNIX platforms: ./firststeps.sh
On Windows platforms: firststeps.bat
Fast path:
On Windows platforms: You can
also start the generic version of the console on Windows platforms by selecting .
Starting a First
steps console associated with a profile on i5/OS platforms

You
can launch the First steps console associated with a profile by performing
the following tasks. Because an i5/OS system
does not have a graphical user interface (GUI), a First steps console
on this platform must be started from a Windows workstation. Use the
firststeps.bat command
to open the First steps console. This command is located in one of
the following locations:
- From the installation media (which may be either the installation
disc or the installation image that was downloaded to the server): install_image_location\WBI\iSeries\firststeps.
- From the client associated with the i5/OS profile: pmt_client_installation\PMT\firststeps,
where pmt_client_installation is C:\ProgramFiles\IBM\WebSphere\PMTClient by
default.
You will be presented with a panel to log onto the target i5/OS server. Enter the name of
the i5/OS server where the
profile is located, your user name, and your password, and click
OK.
You will be presented with one of the following situations, depending
on what is installed and configured in the target i5/OS server:
- An error message will be displayed if WebSphere ESB is
not installed on the target i5/OS server.
- An error message will be displayed if WebSphere ESB is
installed, but no profile exists on the target i5/OS server.
- The First steps console is launched for a profile on the target i5/OS server if it contains more
than one WebSphere ESB installation,
but has only a single profile configured on that server.
- A profile selection panel will be opened if there is a single
installation of WebSphere ESB with
multiple profiles configured on the target i5/OS server. Select one of the profiles and
click OK to launch the First steps console
for that profile.
- An installation selection panel will appear if there are multiple
installations of WebSphere ESB on
the target i5/OS server, where
some or all of those installations have at least a one profile configured.
Select the installation and click OK. Depending
on the number of profiles configured for the selected installation,
you will see one of the following appear:
- The profile selection panel described in step 4 above if the installation
contains multiple profiles. Select one of the profiles and click OK to
launch the First steps console for that profile.
- The First steps console for the profile if the selected installation
contains only a single configured profile.