Steps to deploy web console

Redeploying the IIAS web console container

This section outlines a method for redeploying the IIAS Web Console container using Podman and a build artifact from Fixed Central.

Procedure:

SSH into the cluster host:
```
ssh root@{cluster-hostname}
```
Log in to the head node:
```
ssh node0101
```
Disable the web console container:
```
ap apps disable WebConsole
```
Stop the Platform Manager:
```
apstop -p
```

Stop and rename existing web_console container using Pod man.

podman stop web_console
podman rename web_console old_console

After this, please verify Exited and updated name of web_console. For example:

[root@sail62-t14-n1 ~]# podman ps -a
CONTAINER ID  IMAGE                                                                                                   COMMAND         CREATED            STATUS                       PORTS       NAMES
7b93cc83f60e  localhost/ibmdashdb/common:v11.5.9.0-ppc64le                                                                            5 days ago         Up 2 hours                               dashDB
c657fd7ad5d7  localhost/callhome/release-1.0.31.0:1.2.0.0-ppc64le                                                     /usr/sbin/init  4 days ago         Up 2 hours                               callhome
a6c332239f61  docker-na-public.artifactory.swg-devops.com/hyc-dsp-docker-local/ibmdashdb/common:latest-console-ppcle                  About an hour ago  Exited (137) 46 seconds ago              old_console
[root@sail62-t14-n1 ~]#
[root@sail62-t14-n1 ~]#

Create a working directory and navigate to it:


mkdir /root/10310_SB_Webconsole
cd /root/10310_SB_Webconsole

Download the build artifact from Fixed Central.

Verify the file is present:

ls -ltrh /root/10310_SB_Webconsole

Example:

[root@sail62-t14-n1 ~]# ls -ltrh /root/10310_SB_Webconsole/
total 2.8G
-rw-r-----. 1 root root 2.8G Aug 19 03:25 web_console-1.0.31.0-202508082029-common.ppc64le.tar.gz
[root@sail62-t14-n1 ~]#

Deploy the Web Console container using apinit:

Syntax:

apinit web_console -f /root/10310_SB_Webconsole/<web_console_tar> -e /opt/ibm/appliance/storage/head/dashdb.env -d --bringdown

Example: If tar name is webconsole_20250808_2029-console-ppcle.tar.gz

/opt/ibm/appliance/platform/container-api/bin/apinit web_console -f /root/10310_SB_Webconsole/webconsole_20250808_2029-console-ppcle.tar.gz -e /opt/ibm/appliance/storage/head/dashdb.env -d --bringdown

If apinit takes longer than expected, check logs:
```
cd /var/log/appliance/apupgrade/
```
Look for log files starting with apinit and the latest timestamp.
Start the Platform Manager:
```
apstart -p
```
Enable the Web Console:
```
ap apps enable webconsole
```