Troubleshooting
Problem
A common use case for IBM i systems is to host web pages or web applications. This guide will cover creating a basic Application server from scratch, which provides a starting point for hosting applications and web services.
Environment
IBM i 7.3 and later
Resolving The Problem
You are in: IBM i Technology Updates > Navigator for i > Documentation on Functional Areas > Create Application Server
Open Navigator for i and from the side menu go to Network > Web Administration > Application Servers
From there, go to the Actions menu and select Create new Application Server
On the Application Server Configuration step, indicate the intended name for the server, as well as the port and IP address the application should be hosted on. The server root and document root paths will replace the NEWIASSRV server name with the user's entered server name if the path is preferred. Using the default paths is encouraged to keep servers created in Navigator organized similarly to servers created in Web Admin GUI - they will all be in the same place.
The NEWIASSRV default name will change to NEWIWSSRV if the IWS server type option is selected. A server version dropdown will also appear with 2 options; 2.6 and 3.0.
Next is the Apache Configuration step will appear if the user selected to create an associated HTTP server in the first step. If that option was not selected (it is selected by default), this step will be skipped.
Similar to the last step, the "NEWIASSRV" in the path names will be replaced with the user entered server name from the first step.
On the Runtime Configuration step, the subsystem information can be viewed. By default, the QHTTPSVR subsystem is defined. The user id is also specified at this step. The default user id is determined by the type of server selected in the wizard. For IAS servers, it will be QLWISVR, for IWS servers it will be QWSERVICE.
By using the Browse button, different subsystems can be selected for the server being created.
On the Summary step, all the selections made in the wizard can be reviewed before completing the wizard and creating the server. This screenshot is just a snippet - an application server with an associated HTTP server will have a large summary table.
Once finish is selected, the server will be created.
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Modified date:
18 December 2025
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