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Welcome to IBM® HTTP Server Version 7.0

License terms and conditions, notices, and other information

The relevant terms and conditions, notices, and other information are provided in the country-specific license agreement files in the /IHS/lafiles directory of the disk or installation image for this product. Any non-English version of the license information in the directory is unofficial and is provided to you for your convenience only. The English version of the license files is the official version. Other licensing information and third-party notices appear in the copyright.txt, non_IBM_license.txt, and notices.txt files in the root directory of the disk or installation image for this product.

Accessing documentation on the disk or installation image

The following documentation is available when you install the product:

Readme file
This file, the readme_en.html file in the /IHS/readme directory of the disk or installation image, provides information that includes links to the procedures for installing and using the product. This document is not translated.
Getting Started guide
An HTML version of the Getting Started guide in the /IHS/docs directory provides detailed installation instructions. An Adobe® Acrobat® PDF version of the Getting Started guide is also available in the same directory. The information in this guide is derived from information in the online information center. The guide is not translated; however, translated versions of the information center are available online.
Help files
The help files provide detailed instructions for completing tasks and specifying settings in the graphical systems management tools. Access the help files by using the help menus, links, or buttons provided in the tool interfaces.

Accessing the most current Web documentation

For the Version 7.0 information center in any one of the supported languages, change to the appropriate system locale and visit the WebSphere Application Server Version 7.0 Information Center. All of the WebSphere Application Server Version 7.0 product documentation is in the Version 7.0 information center, including versions of the installed help files.

For the entire documentation set for all WebSphere Application Server products, including downloadable copies of the information centers and PDF versions of the information, visit the WebSphere Application Server library Web site.

Accessing the product Web site

To see the most current information about WebSphere Application Server, visit the WebSphere Application Server main Web page.

Accessing hardware and software requirements

The hardware and software requirements for the WebSphere Application Server products are provided on the WebSphere Application Server detailed system requirements Web site.

Accessing the product support Web site

Accessing last-minute updates, limitations, and known problems

The release notes for WebSphere Application Server Version 7.0 are available on the product support Web site as technotes. To see a list of links to release notes for Version 7.0, visit the Release notes - IBM WebSphere Application Server article in the Version 7.0 information center.

Trademarks

For trademark attribution statements, visit the IBM Terms of Use Web site.