Starting and stopping the administrative console

To access the administrative console, you must start it and then log in. After you finish working in the console, save your work and log out.

Why and when to perform this task

Perform the following steps to start and stop the console:

Steps for this task

  1. Start the administrative console:
    1. Distributed platforms: Verify that the administrative console runs on the server1 application server for the WebSphere base product.
    2. Enable cookies in the Web browser that you plan to use to access the administrative console.
    3. Distributed platforms: In your cookie-enabled Web browser, type the following: http://your_fully_qualified_server_name:9060/ibm/console

      where your_fully_qualified_server_name specifies the fully qualified host name for the machine that contains the administrative server. When the administrative console is on the local machine, your_fully_qualified_server_name can be localhost unless security is enabled.

      On Windows platforms, use the actual host name if localhost is not recognized.

      If security is enabled, your request is redirected to https://your_fully_qualified_server_name:9043/ibm/console, where your_fully_qualified_server_name is the fully qualified host name for the machine that contains the administrative server.

      Note: The console uses the ports 9060 and 9043 by default. The port numbers for your actual installation can vary.
    The administrative console loads in the browser, displaying a login page.
  2. Log into the console:
    1. In the User ID field, enter your user name or user ID.
      Note: If you enter an ID that is already in use (and in session) you are prompted to do one of the following:
      • Force the existing user out of the session. The configuration file for the existing user ID is saved in the temporary area.
      • Wait for the existing user ID to log out or time out of the session.
      • Specify a different user ID.

      The user ID lasts only for the duration of the session for which it was used to log in. Any changes made to server configurations are saved to the user ID. Server configurations are also saved to the user ID if a session times out.

    2. If the console uses global security, you must also enter a password in the Password field.
    3. Click OK.

      The administrative console now displays the Welcome page.

  3. Stop the console:
    1. Click System administration > Save changes to master repository > Save to save all work you have done during this session.
    2. Click OK.

    Your changes are saved to the master repository and the administrative console closes.


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