Commands › YCRTW2EHTP - Create Web Option HTTP Server Instance

YCRTW2EHTP - Create Web Option HTTP Server Instance

This command allows the creation of the HTTP server objects needed to access IBM i from a browser and run Web Option sessions. To run this command, the user must be signed on with a profile that has both *ALLOBJ and *IOSYSCFG special authorities. The following objects are created:

• An HTTP server instance that processes Web Option requests from the browser. This HTTP server uses the global HTTP server defaults (which can be viewed/edited by using the CHGHTTPA command) as well as having its own configuration file, which is located at /www/mywebenv/conf/httpd.conf.
• A Service Table Entry for the specified port number, designated as a Web Option port. This entry can subsequently be viewed by using the WRKSRVTBLE command.

Once the HTTP server instance and configuration are created, they can be started by running:

STRTCPSVR SERVER(*HTTP) HTTPSVR(http-server-instance)

Note: You can also start the HTTP server by using the IBM Web Administration for i5/OS interface. For details on how to do this refer to the appendix Web Administration for i5/OS Interface.

Once both the HTTP server instance and the Web Option server are running, the Web Option can be accessed from a browser by entering the correct URL in the browser address bar.

For example, if the Web Option environment is called MYWEBENV and the IBM i is called MYIBMI and you have taken the default values for the HTTPSVR and PORT parameters on this command, you should execute the following on your IBM i:

STRTCPSVR SERVER(*HTTP) HTTPSVR(MYWEBENV)
YSTRW2ESVR W2EENV(MYWEBENV)

Then the following URL can be used to access the IBM i from a browser using the Web Option with the following URL:

http://myibmi:4100/web2e