Enabling CICS web support for CICS as an HTTP server

The CICS® web support architecture for CICS as an HTTP server varies depending on the tasks that you want it to perform. Some configurable components of CICS web support are required for all tasks, such as the TCPIPSERVICE definitions for the ports that receive inbound requests. Other configurable components are required for specific tasks only.

Before you begin

Read HTTP request and response processing for CICS as an HTTP server so that you understand the processing stages that can be involved.

About this task

The subtopics tell you how to provide responses to HTTP requests and how to communicate between web clients and CICS programs that use the COMMAREA. In addition, these topics tell you how to enable a web client using HTTP to access an existing 3270 display application in CICS and how to receive non-HTTP requests from a client and provide an application-generated response: