This topic contains troubleshooting information if you receive
an error when attempting to connect to the administration server.
If you get the following error:
"Could not connect to IHS Administration server error"
when
you are managing an IBM
® HTTP Server using the WebSphere
® administrative console,
try one of the following:
- Verify that the IBM HTTP Server administration server is running.
- Verify that the Web server hostname and port that is defined in the WebSphere administrative
console matches the IBM HTTP Server administration host name and port.
- Verify that the firewall is not preventing you from accessing the IBM HTTP
Server administration server from the WebSphere administrative console.
- Verify that the user ID and password that is specified in the WebSphere administrative
console, under remote managed, is created in the admin.passwd file,
using the htpasswd command.
- If trying to connect securely, verify that you export the IBM HTTP Server
administration server keydb personal certificate into the WebSphere key
database as a signer certificate. This key database will be specified by
the com.ibm.ssl.trustStore in the sas.client.props file
in the profile your console is running in. This is mainly for self-signed
certificates.
- If you still have problems, check the IBM HTTP Server admin_error.log file
and the WebSphere Application
Server logs (trace.log) to see if problem can be determined.