Step 4: Access the z/OSMF Welcome page

At the end of the z/OSMF configuration process, you can verify the results of your work by opening a web browser to the Welcome page.

The URL for the Welcome page has the following format:

https://hostname:port/zosmf/

where:

hostname is the hostname or IP address of the system in which z/OSMF is installed
port is the secure application port for the z/OSMF configuration. port is optional. If you specified a secure port for SSL encrypted traffic during the configuration process (through parmlib statement HTTP_SSL_PORT), that value is required to log in. Otherwise, it is assumed that you are using port 443, the default.

Displaying the Welcome page

Open a web browser to the Welcome page. For the URL, see message IZUG349I, which was written to the z/OSMF server job log, as described in Step 3: Start the z/OSMF server.

Figure 1 shows the Welcome page prior to login. Because you have not yet authenticated with z/OSMF by logging in, the header displays Welcome guest.

If you encounter errors when opening your browser to the Welcome page, you might need to modify your workstation setup. z/OSMF includes an environment checker, which is a tool you can run to check your browser settings and workstation configuration. For information, see Verifying your workstation with the environment checker.

Figure 1. z/OSMF Welcome page (before login)

This image capture shows the z/OSMF Welcome page as it appears before the installer logs in.

If you are using the Mozilla Firefox browser, you might see the error message: Secure Connection Failed. If so, see Certificate error in the Mozilla Firefox browser for information.