Administrative console

To test our application server is functioning correctly, we will log in to the administration console. The administration console is a web application, which is used to configure the WebSphere Application Server. You can use it to perform tasks such as:

• Add, delete, start, and stop application servers

• Deploy new applications to a server

• Start and stop existing applications, and modify certain configurations

• Add, delete, and edit resource providers

• Configure security, including access to the administrative console

  • Details are covered in Chapter 4, Security.

• Collect data for performance and troubleshooting purposes

  • Details are covered in Chapter 8, Monitoring and Tuning.

Currently, the application server is in a stopped state. Before we can log in to the admin console, we must start the newly created application server. To start the application server, we can use a special command script. Command scripts are found in the <was_profile_root> directory.

There are two scripts...