Deploy the Admin Console Application for WebSphere

1. Locate the AdminConsole-websphere.war file and rename it to AdminConsole.war
2. Copy the modified file to the /path/to/ibm-liberty/IBM/WebSphere/Liberty/usr/servers/AdminConsole/apps directory.
3. Stop and Start the AdminConsole Server to deploy the application.
   • To Stop: /path/to/ibm-liberty/IBM/WebSphere/Liberty/bin/server stop AdminConsole
   • To Start: /path/to/ibm-liberty/IBM/WebSphere/Liberty/bin/server start AdminConsole

Note: To check the log trace, tail to the /path/to/ibm-liberty/IBM/WebSphere/Liberty/usr/servers/AdminConsole/logs/console.log file.
tail -f /path/to/ibm-liberty/IBM/WebSphere/Liberty/usr/servers/AdminConsole/logs/console.log

Configure a Shared Library for AdminConsole

Refer to the AdminConsole's 'server.xml' file for the Shared Library configurations under the 'classloader' section.

Test the Deployments

The initial test of the deployment is to confirm that the application presents a login screen when the application URL is opened. Final testing of the Admin Console deployment.

Admin Console Deployment

1. Open a new Internet Explorer window.

2. Navigate to http://hostname:port/AdminConsole/login.html

Note: In case of a change in the context name, use that name in the URL instead of AdminConsole.

3. Confirm that the Admin Console login screen appears.