- Installation verification
- This option starts the installation
verification test (IVT). The test consists of starting and monitoring
the application server during its start up.
If this is the first
time that you have used the First steps console for this application
server profile, click Installation verification to
verify the installation. The verification process starts the application
server.
The Start the server option
is unavailable while the IVT runs.
The IVT provides the following
useful information about the application server:
- The server name
- The name of the profile
- The profile file path
- The type of profile: default
- The cell name
- The node name
- The current encoding
- The port number for the administrative console
- Various informational messages that include the location of the SystemOut.log file
and how many errors are listed within the file
- A completion message
- Start the server
- This option toggles to Stop the server when
the application server runs.
This option displays when the First
steps console is in a standalone application server profile.
After
selecting the Start the server option, an output
screen displays with status messages. The success message informs
you that the server is open for e-business. Then the menu item toggles
to Stop the server and both the Administrative
console option and the Samples gallery option
enable.
If you select the Start the server option,
the Installation verification option is unavailable
while the application server runs.
- Start the administrative agent
- This option toggles to Stop the administrative agent when
the administrative agent runs.
After selecting the Start the administrative
agent option, an output screen displays with status messages.
The success message informs you that the administrative agent is open
for e-business. Then the menu item changes to Stop the
administrative agent.
If you select the Start
the administrative agent option, the Installation
verification option is unavailable while the administrative
agent runs.
- Administrative console
- This option is unavailable until the application server runs.
The
administrative console is a configuration editor that runs in one
of the supported Web browsers. The administrative console lets you
work with XML configuration files for the standalone application server .
To
launch the administrative console, click Administrative
console or point your browser to http://localhost:9060/ibm/console.
Substitute the host name for localhost if the
address does not load. Verify the installation to verify the administrative
console port number, if 9060 does not load.
Avoid trouble: If you are installing the product on
these operating systems, then you must disable IPv6 and restart the
machine to view and log on to the administrative console. See
IPv6 for Microsoft® Windows®: Frequently Asked Questions for
more information on disabling IPv6.
gotcha
The administrative
console prompts for a login name. This is not a security item, but
merely a tag to identify configuration changes that you make during
the session. Secure signon is also available when administrative security
is enabled.
The installation procedure in the information center
cautions you to write down the administrative user ID and password
when security is enabled during installation. Without the ID and password,
you cannot use the administrative console or scripting.
- Profile Management Tool
- This option starts the Profile Management Tool, which can createadditional standalone application
server profiles, a management profile, a cell profile, or
a custom profile.
Each profile has its own administrative interface.
Each profile also has
its own First steps console. The location of the command is
within the profile as described later in this topic.
- Samples gallery
- This option starts the Samples gallery. The option is unavailable
until you start the application server. The option displays when you
have installed the Samples during installation.
To
launch the Samples gallery, click Samples gallery or
point your browser to http://localhost:9080/WSsamples.
The Web address is case sensitive.
Substitute your own host
name and default host port number if the address does not load. Verify
the port number by opening the administrative console and clicking . Use the WC_defaulthost port number
value or the WC_defaulthost_secure value instead of 9080, which is
the default.
If you do not install the Samples during the initial
installation of the product, the option does not display on the First
steps console. You can perform an incremental installation to add
the Samples feature. After adding the Samples, the option displays
on the First steps console.
- Information center for WebSphere Application Server
- This option links you to the online information center.
- Migration wizard
- This option starts the Migration wizard, which is the graphical
interface to the migration tools.
See the migration documentation for more information
about the Migration wizard.
- Exit
- This option closes the First steps console.