PI91825: DEPRECATE THE CACHING PROXY ADMINISTRATION WEB CONSOLE AS IT REQUIRES APPLET SUPPORT WHICH IS RAPIDLY BECOMING UNAVAILABLE.

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APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Firefox and Chrome has removed support for Java applets since
  Firefox 52.0 and Chrome 45. Oracle has also decided to deprecate
  the Java plugin with Java 9.
  
  Without Java support in browsers, administrators will not be abl
  to use the administration web console. Thus, it has been decided
  to deprecate the admin console. Administrators will still be abl
  to access the server status pages, but all server configuration
  must be done via directly modifying Caching Proxy's configuratio
  file.
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:  Users of IBM Caching Proxy Administrative   *
  *                  Web Console                                 *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Most major browsers have deprecated     *
  *                      Java applet support which is required   *
  *                      for the administrative console to       *
  *                      work.                                   *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  Firefox and Chrome has removed support for Java applets since
  Firefox 52.0 and Chrome 45. Oracle has also decided to
  deprecate the Java plugin with Java 9.
  Without Java support in browsers, administrators will not be
  abl to use the administration web console. Thus, it has been
  decided to deprecate the admin console. Administrators will
  still be able to access the server status pages, but all
  server configuration must be done via directly modifying
  Caching Proxy's configuration file.
  

Problem conclusion

• The administrative console in Caching Proxy will now load a
  static web page that can be used to view server status pages
  if the user's browser does not support Java applets. Modifying
  the configuration through the administrative console, however,
  is no longer supported. Instead, server administrators should
  modify the config file for IBM Caching Proxy directly.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  WEBS CACH PROXY

• Fixed component ID

  5724H8810

Applicable component levels

• R700 PSY

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