iSeries Access for Web Wednesday, April 29, 2020

About KS2

 IBM Premier Business Partner in our 13 th year  Advanced or Premier since inception  Based in Grapevine, TX  Certified on iSeries hardware, iSeries development, e-business, and business intelligence  Experienced project managers, consultants and developers

Tonight’s Agenda

 What is iSeries Access for Web?

 System requirements  Install Overview  Test drive  Detailed examples

What is iSeries Access for Web?

 Provides access to iSeries through a browser    5250 access Access to DB2, IFS, output queues, jobs, messages Can run batch commands and send/receive messages  It has the following advantages:    Is server based Requires only a browser on the client, no configuration required at the desktop, no applets installed on the desktop Uses industry standard protocols – HTTP, HTTPS and HTML

System Requirements

 iSeries OS/400 Base Software  IBM HTTP Server Powered by Apache  Java Development and Tool Kit  TCP/IP  WebSphere Application Server  iSeries Access for Web

System Requirements

Product Number

5722-SS1 5722-SS1

Product Name

V5R2 iSeries Access for Web can run on OS/400 V5R1 or V5R2 V5R3 iSeries Access for Web can run on OS/400 V5R2 or V5R3 OS/400 Extended Base Support 5722-SS1 OS/400 AFP Compatibility Fonts 5722-SS1 OS/400 Host Servers 5722-SS1 Operating System/400 Qshell Interpreter

Option Cost

Base

w/HW

3 8 12 30 N/C N/C N/C N/C

5722-SS1 5722-AC2 5722-AC3 5722-IP1 5722-DG1 If you plan to use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) OS/400 Digital Certificate Manager Cryptographic Access Provider (56 bit) Cryptographic Access Provider (128 bit) IBM Info Print Server (Optional) IBM HTTP Server for iSeries 5722-JV1 5722-JC1 5722-TC1 Developer Kit for Java Version 1.2 for IAW V5R2 Versions 1.3 and 1.4 for IAW V5R3 Toolbox for Java TCP/IP Connectivity Utilities for iSeries 5722-XW1 iSeries Access Family 5722-XH2 iSeries Access for Web (part of 5722-XW1) 34 Base Base Base Base Base 3 5 & 6 Base Base Base Base N/C N/C N/C $ N/C N/C N/C N/C $ N/C

5722-IWE 5722-E51 5722-W60

WebSphere Application Server

WebSphere Application Server Express V5.0

WebSphere Application Server Express V5.1

WebSphere Application Server Express V6.0

N/C N/C N/C 5722-W51 5722-WS5 5722-WA4 5722-WS4 WebSphere Application Server V5.0 (Base,ND) WebSphere Application Server V5.0 (Base,ND) WebSphere Application Server V4.0 Advanced WebSphere Application Server V4.0 Single Server WebSphere Portal servers V5.0.2.2, V5.1.0.1

$ $ $ $ $

Keys for Success

 Verify licensed programs are installed  Install iSeries Access for Web  Apply PTFs (Cumulative, WebSphere, HTTP and iSeries Access for Web)  Set up a WebSphere Application Server  Set up an HTTP Server  Configure and start iSeries Access for Web

GOTCHAs

 WebSphere Application Server name must be all lower case for these instructions  Guard against using existing port assignments  NETSTAT *CNN  CFGTCP 21, then option 1

Test Drive

Detailed Examples

 Pre-Configured 5250 sessions  Set workstation IDs  Configure session attributes (colors, fonts, etc.)  Database requests  Dynamic queries  Multiple output targets  Downloads  Software and/or file distribution

Try out Access for Web for yourself!

Access the following web site through your browser:

 http://iseriesd.dfw.ibm.com/webaccess/iWAHome (case sensitive)

Use the following User ID and password to sign into the EXPERIENCED USER page:

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User ID of WUSER (or WACUST) Password of DEMO2PWD

This shows the basic look of Access for Web as it ships. You can try various functions - including working with printer output and the options we provide. You can click on the 5250 tab, sign onto the iSeries, then start an RPG application called BOATS and run it.

Start up a different another browser session to same url address above, and use the following User ID and password to sign into the Access for Water INEXPERIENCED USER page:

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User ID of BOATADMIN Password of DEMO2PWD

This is an example of how a customer might design a web page for their use. You will see that an end user could start the same BOATS application by clicking on the 250 session -- or they could have used WebFacing or HATS LE to run the application. Click on all 3 links and see the same application in different views. You will also see other links that would let a user work with spoolfile information, work with IFS, run database requests, etc..

References

 iSeries Support http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/support/iseries/  iSeries Access for Web home page http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/access/web/  PTF Groups http://www-912.ibm.com/s_dir/sline003.nsf/GroupPTFs?OpenView&view=GroupPTFs  Fix Central https://www-912.ibm.com/eserver/support/fixes/fixcentral  IBM Redbooks home page http://publib-b.boulder.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/portals/iseries  KS2 Technologies, Inc.

http://www.ks2inc.com

Questions?

Send us an email  Don Adams mailto:[email protected]

 Michael Daly mailto:[email protected]

Thank you for your time!