Starting the administrative console on IBM i

The administrative console is a Web-based application that runs on any browser supported by WebSphere® Application Server. Start the administrative console to begin administering the system.

Before you begin

This article assumes that you have a running application server profile. See Starting WebSphere Application Server on IBM i if you have not yet attempted to start the application server.

The browser-based administrative console for WebSphere Application Server requires that cookies be enabled in the browser. This article also describes how to enable cookies.

About this task

Use this procedure to start the administrative console on a workstation.

Procedure

Open the following web page in your browser:
```
http://your.server.name:port/ibm/console
```
The your.server.name variable is the host name of the IBM i server on which your application server is running. The port variable is the administrative console port as noted in the ready message in the joblog of your application server.

The administrative console port of the default application server profile is 9060. For more information about the ready message, see Verifying that the application server is running on IBM i.
When prompted, enter a user ID.
The administrative console is displayed in the browser window.

The user ID does not need to be an IBM i user profile. This user ID is used only to track which users make changes to the application server configuration.
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What to do next

Go to Configuring virtual hosts on IBM i to continue the installation.