The internal browser cannot display the administrative console for a secured WebSphere Application Server

On a Linux Motif platform, a blank web page might display on an internal browser when you run the administrative console for a secured WebSphere® Application Server. The internal web browser is the default set browser that comes with the workbench.

Important: Applicable to WebSphere Application Server traditional
Under some circumstances, the internal web browser fails to serve pages when the application server target is running in secure mode.
To run the administrative console on a secured server, choose one of the following options.
  • Use an external web browser instead of an internal web browser:
    1. Open an external web browser.
    2. In the address field, type http://<hostname>:<WC_adminhost>/ibm/console, where <hostname> is the fully qualified DNS name or IP address of the host machine where your server is started and <WC_adminhost> is the port to communicate to the administrative console of the WebSphere Application Server. For example, http://localhost:9060/ibm/console
      Tip: You can determine the <WC_adminhost> port value of a configured profile by referencing its server configuration files. The <WC_adminhost> port value is stored in the serverindex.xml file that is in the following directory: x:\profiles\<profileName>\config\cells\<cellName>\nodes\<nodeName>, where x is the directory WebSphere Application Server is installed.
  • Verify that the workbench is using HTTP instead of HTTPS, by clearing the Use HTTPS when running server resources check box. See Changing the hypertext transfer protocol settings for WebSphere Application Server topic.
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Timestamp icon Last updated: July 17, 2017 21:58

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