Deploy the Admin Console Application for Websphere

  1. Select Applications>New Application.
  2. Select New Enterprise Application.
  3. Use the Local file system or Remote file system browsing feature to locate the AdminConsole-websphere.war file and rename to AdminConsole.war.
  4. Click Next.
  5. Confirm that Fast Path is selected and click Next.
  6. On the Select installation options screen, click Next.
  7. On the Map modules to servers screen:
    • Select the server from the scrolling list.
    • Check the box for AdminConsole.war and click Apply.
    • Click Next.
  8. On the Map resource references to resources screen, enter proper datasources and click Next.
  9. On the Map virtual hosts for Web modules screen, check the box for AdminConsole.war and click Next.
  10. On the Map context roots for Web modules screen, enter AdminConsole for the Context Root and click Next.
  11. On the Metadata for modules screen, Leave it as unchecked, click Next.
  12. Confirm the settings on the Summary screen and click Finish.
  13. The system lists output from the installation, with the final status at the end. Look for "Application AdminConsole_war installed successfully."
  14. Click the link to Save directly to the master configuration.

Create a Shared Library for AdminConsole

  1. Select Environment > Shared Libraries.
  2. Select the AdminConsole application server from the selection box.
  3. Click New.
  4. For the Name field, enter SharedLibs.
  5. For the Classpath field, enter the full paths to the following jar files (using the directory that was created in steps 4 and 5 in the AdminConsole Setup section):
    • eclipselink-2.6.4.jar
    • commons-logging-1.2.jar
    • log4j-api-2.9.1.jar
    • javax.persistence-2.1.1.ar
    • javax.ws.rs-api-2.0.1.jar
    • db2jcc4-10.1.jar (Only If IBM DB2 database)
    • ojdbc8-12.2.0.1.jar (Only If Oracle database)
  6. For the Native Library Path field, enter the full path for the following jar file:
    • el-api-2.2.jar
  7. Check "Use an isolated class loader for this shared library" under class loading and Click OK.
  8. Save the configuration changes.
  9. Select Applications>WebSphere enterprise applications.
  10. Click on the AdminConsole application.
  11. Under the References heading, click the Shared library references link.
  12. Check the AdminConsole.war module and click the Reference shared libraries button.
  13. In the Available box, click on SharedLibs and then click the >> button. This will move SharedLibs to the Selected box.
    14. SharedLibs
  14. Click OK.
  15. Click OK.
  16. Save the configuration changes.Configure the AdminConsole Application
  17. Select Applications>Application Types>WebSphere enterprise application.
  18. Select the AdminConsole.war application.
  19. Under Detailed Properties, click Class loading and update detection.
  20. Select Classes loaded with local class loader first (parent last) option.
  21. Select Class loader for each WAR file in application option.
    22. Class reloading option
  22. Click OK.
  23. Save the configuration.
  24. Add the websphere security, the Admin Console security in version 1.0 will be a FORM based authentication and authorization using container based security model.

Please follow the security document for webpshere to add security roles and groups. Admin Console - Webpshere Security.

Start the AdminConsole Application

  1. Select Servers>Server Types>WebSphere application servers.
  2. Select the AdminConsole application.
  3. Click Start.
  4. Look for the message: "<server name> server started successfully."

Using a web browser, connect to the Administrative Console using the appropriate server_name and port. (Ex: server_name:port/admin" class="external-link" rel="nofollow">http://server_name:port/admin).

AdminConsole Deployment

  1. Open a browser.
  2. Navigate to http://hostname:port/AdminConsole/index.html.