Opening the Configuration Manager on AIX, Linux, and Solaris

The Configuration Manager provides a graphical interface for configuring a WebSphere Commerce instance.

Procedure

Ensure server1 is started successfully before modifying instance-specific properties in Configuration Manager. For more information see Starting and stopping WebSphere Commerce.
Start the server by completing the following steps:
1. Log in as root.
2. Open a terminal window.
3. Issue the following command:
```
xhost + host_name
```
  where host_name is the fully qualified domain name of the system on which you want to run the Configuration Manager.
  Note: When starting the Configuration Manager over an X-client such as Exceed, the xhost command must be issued from the console terminal, while the other commands are issued from a terminal session in the X-client. When using an X-client, host_name is the fully-qualified domain name of the X-client system.
4. Issue the following command:
```
su - wasuser_ID
```
  where wasuser_ID is the non-root user ID created before installing WebSphere Commerce. The default WebSphere Application Server user name is wasuser.
5. Issue the following commands:
```
export DISPLAY=host_name:0.0
cd WC_installdir/bin
./config_server.sh 
```
  where host_name is the fully qualified domain name of the system on which you want to run the Configuration Manager.
  Notes:
  - To ensure that the Configuration Manager server and Client are secure, you can use the -protocol SSL command line option.
  - Do not close the terminal window you entered the config_server.sh command in or the Configuration Manager server will stop.
  - Do not run the Configuration Manager server as a background process - this is a potential security risk.
  - Do not leave the Configuration Manager server running unless there is a client connected - this a potential security risk.
Start the client by completing the following tasks:
1. Open another terminal window.
2. Issue the following command:
```
xhost + host_name
```
  where host_name is the fully qualified domain name of the system on which you want to run the Configuration Manager.
3. Issue the following command:
```
su - wasuser_ID
```
  where wasuser_ID is the non-root user ID created before installing WebSphere Commerce. The default WebSphere Application Server user name is wasuser.
4. Issue the following commands:
```
export DISPLAY=host_name:0.0
cd WC_installdir/bin
./config_client.sh[-protocol SSL]
```
  where host_name is the fully qualified host name of the system from which you want to access the Configuration Manager.
  Note: To ensure that the Configuration Manager server and client are secure, you can use the [-protocol SSL] command line option. If this the [-protocol SSL] option is used, both the client and the server must use it.
In the Configuration Authentication window, enter the Configuration Manager user ID and password and click OK.