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Running WebSphere Application Server as a Windows service

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Summary

On Windows operating systems, a WebSphere service can be run in the security context of a local user account, a domain user account, or the LocalSystem account. The WebSphere services are controlled by a local user or a domain user. There are advantages when the WebSphere services are configured to run as a domain user instead of a local user account. For example, multiple machines configured with IBM WebSphere Application Server as a service can be controlled by a specific domain user account. If the password is changed, only the domain controller for that user must be modified. If local system users are configured to run the services, the password must be changed in every machine. If the password changes for a local user, the passwords on the Windows services must also be modified.

The task of setting up WebSphere Application Server to run, as a Windows service under a domain user account, can be complicated. This article explains the general information required to accomplish the setup in Windows Server. You learn how to create the Windows service by using the wasservicehelper utility and how to change the service to log on as the domain user account.

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Document Information

More support for:
WebSphere Application Server

Component:
WebSphere Application Server traditional-All Platforms->System Management->Traditional WAS->WASService

Software version:
8.0.0, 8.5.0, 8.5.5, 9.0.0, 9.0.5

Operating system(s):
Windows

Document number:
6559312

Modified date:
03 March 2025

UID

ibm16559312

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