Opening the WebSphere Application Server Administrative Console

Complete the following procedure to open the WebSphere Application Server Administrative Console.

Before you begin

You can open the WebSphere Application Server Administrative Console under the following conditions:
WebSphere Commerce in a federated environment Before you open the WebSphere Application Server Administrative Console, start the following components:
WebSphere Commerce in a non-clustered environment Before you open the WebSphere Application Server Administrative Console, start the default WebSphere Application Server (server1). For more information, see Starting or stopping WebSphere Application Server.

Procedure

  1. For IBM i OS operating systemAIXWebSphere Commerce DeveloperLinux Open the WebSphere Application Server Administrative Console by opening a Web browser and entering the following URL: 
    http://hostname:port/ibm/console
    or 
    https://hostname:port/ibm/console
    where hostname is the fully qualified TCP/IP name of the machine that is running WebSphere Application Server and port is the administration port for the WebSphere Application Server profile.

    The default port for the WebSphere Application Server Administrative Console depends on the protocol that is specified in the URL and the port number that is assigned when the profile was created. For the HTTP protocol, the default port is 9060. For the HTTPS protocol, the default port is 9043. For more information, see Finding the WebSphere Application Server administration port number

  2. Windows Select Start > All Programs > IBM WebSphere > Application Server v8.0 > Administrative Console