Using the administrative console to start IBM HTTP Server

You can use the WebSphere® Application Server administrative console to start and stop IBM® HTTP Server.

About this task

[AIX Solaris HP-UX Linux Windows] You can administer IBM HTTP Server through the WebSphere Application Server administrative console using the WebSphere Application Server node agent or using the IBM HTTP Server administration server. An IBM HTTP Server that is defined to a deployment manager (dmgr) managed node is administered using the node agent. An IBM HTTP Server that is defined to an unmanaged node is administered using the administration server.

[z/OS]You can administer IBM HTTP Server through the WebSphere Application Server administrative console using the WebSphere Application Server node agent. In order to enable the WebSphere Application Server administrative console for administering IBM HTTP Server, you need to specify the -admin option during installation of IBM HTTP Server. Or, if you already installed IBM HTTP Server without specifying the -admin option, you can run the bin/enable_admin script. For more information about enabling the administrative console for administering IBM HTTP Server on z/OS®, see Configuring an instance of IBM HTTP Server on the z/OS system.

Important: You must start the IBM HTTP Server administration server with the same user ID that you used to start IBM HTTP Server. Also, the user ID that you used to start the IBM HTTP Server administration server must be the same as defined on the Admin.conf directive:
  • User <admin>
  • Group <admgoup>

Procedure

  1. Launch the WebSphere administrative console.
  2. Click Servers > Web servers.
  3. Select your server by clicking the check box.
  4. Click Start.
  5. You can stop IBM HTTP Server by clicking Stop.

Results

To confirm that IBM HTTP Server started successfully, open a browser and type in your server name in the URL box.

If you are going to run Application Response Measurement (ARM) agents, make sure you have the authority to run ARM agents when you start IBM HTTP Server.

What to do next

You can configure your server for:
  • Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
  • Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
  • [AIX][Windows]Fast Response Cache Accelerator (FRCA)