The First Steps console for WebSphere Process Server is a tool that you can run after installing the product to direct WebSphere Process Server elements from one place. Options are displayed dynamically on the First Steps console, depending on features you install. With all of the options present, you can use the First Steps console to start or stop the process server or deployment manager, access the administrative console, launch the Profile Wizard, access the Sample applications gallery, access the information center, or launch the Migration Wizard.
The First Steps console for the WebSphere Process Server product has several forms. A First Steps console exists for the product itself before the creation of any profiles. This version lets you start the Profile Wizard to define a deployment manager and process servers for the cell. If you performed a Complete installation, you have an existing stand-alone process server. Each stand-alone process server has its own First Steps console. Any deployment manager and additional process server or custom profile you create has its own First Steps console as well.
The following sections detail the options available on the various types of First Steps consoles.
Each profile has its own First Steps console. The location of the command to launch the First Steps console is within the set of files in the profile. A prompt to launch the First Steps console that is associated with a profile is displayed on the last panel of the Profile Wizard.
See Usage tips for information on which commands each option calls.
If this is the first time that you have used the First Steps console since creating a deployment manager profile, select Installation verification to verify that all is well with your installation. The verification process starts the deployment manager.
If you select the Installation verification option, the Start the deployment manager option is grayed out while the IVT is running.
After selecting the Start the deployment manager option, an output screen is displayed with status messages. The success message informs you that the deployment manager is open for e-business. Then the menu item changes to Stop the deployment manager.
If you select the Start the deployment manager option, the Installation verification option is grayed out while the deployment manager is running.
The administrative console is a configuration editor that runs in a Web browser. The administrative console lets you work with XML configuration files for the deployment manager and all of the process servers that are in the cell. To launch the administrative console, select Administrative console. You can also point your browser to http://localhost:9060/ibm/console to start the administrative console. Substitute your own host name in the address if the localhost variable does not resolve correctly. As the administrative console opens, it prompts you 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.
Each profile has its own First Steps console. The location of the command to launch the First Steps console is within the set of files in the profile. A prompt to launch the First Steps console that is associated with a profile is displayed on the last panel of the Profile Wizard.
See Usage tips for information on which commands each option calls.
If this is the first time that you have used the First Steps console since creating a server profile, select Installation verification to verify that all is well with your installation. The verification process starts the server.
If you select the Installation verification option, the Start the server option is grayed out while the IVT is running.
After selecting the Start the server option, an output screen is displayed with status messages. The success message informs you that the server is open for e-business. Then the menu item changes to Stop the server.
If you select the Start the server option, the Installation verification option is grayed out while the process server is running.
The administrative console is a configuration editor that runs in a Web browser. The administrative console lets you work with XML configuration files for the stand-alone process server. To launch the administrative console, select Administrative console. You can also point your browser to http://localhost:9060/ibm/console to start the administrative console. Substitute your own host name in the address if the localhost variable does not resolve correctly. As the administrative console opens, it prompts you 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.
Each profile has its own First Steps console. The location of the command to launch the First Steps console is within the set of files in the profile. A prompt to launch the First Steps console that is associated with a profile is displayed on the last panel of the Profile Wizard.
From the First Steps console, select Samples gallery to explore the application samples. Alternatively you can point your browser directly to http://localhost:9080/WSsamples. Substitute your own host name in the address if the localhost variable does not resolve correctly. The Web address is case sensitive. Substitute your own host name in the address.
See Usage tips for information on which commands each option calls.
Each profile has its own First Steps console. The location of the command to launch the First Steps console is within the set of files in the profile. A prompt to launch the First Steps console that is associated with a profile is displayed on the last panel of the Profile Wizard.
See Usage tips for information on which commands each option calls.
Table 1 shows which commands the options on the various WebSphere Process Server First Steps consoles call. Not all options are displayed on each First Steps console. For example, the First Steps console for the deployment manager does not have the Samples gallery option or the Start the server option. For more information on the individual commands, see the WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment, version 6.0, information center at http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/ws60help/index.jsp.
Option | Link |
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Installation verification | Calls the ivt command. The location of the installation
verification test varies per platform:
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Start the server | Calls the startServer command. The location of
the startServer command varies per platform:
When you have more than one process server on the same server, the command starts the same process server that is associated with the First Steps console. |
Stop the server | Calls the stopServer command. The location of
the stopServer command varies per platform:
|
Start the deployment manager | Calls the startManager command. The location
of the startManager command varies per platform:
When you have more than one deployment manager on the same server, the command starts the same deployment manager that is associated with the First Steps console. |
Stop the deployment manager | Calls the stopManager command. The location of
the stopManager command varies per platform:
|
Administrative console | Opens the default browser to the http://localhost:9060/ibm/console
Web address. When you have more than one process server on the same server, the port varies. The First Steps console starts the administrative console that is associated with the First Steps console. |
Profile wizard | Calls the pcatplatform command. The command
is in the install_root/bin/ProfileCreator_wbi directory on
Linux and UNIX platforms and in the install_root\bin\ProfileCreator_wbi directory
on Windows platforms. The name of the command varies per platform:
|
Samples gallery | Opens the default browser to the http://localhost:9080/WSsamples
Web address. If you do not install the Sample applications gallery during the initial installation of the product, the option is not displayed on the First Steps console. You can perform an incremental installation to add the feature. After adding the Sample applications gallery, the option is displayed on the First Steps console. When you have more than one profile on the same server, the port varies. The First Steps console starts the Sample applications gallery that is associated with the First Steps console. |
Information center | Opens the default browser to the online information center at the http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/dmndhelp/v6rxmx/index.jsp Web address. |
Migration wizard | Calls the migration command. The location of
the migration command is:
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