Re: AS/400 Web Server

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Whisonant <Chris.Whisonant@RHTelCo.Com>
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Date: Monday, June 26, 2000 11:18 AM
Subject: AS/400 Web Server


>I have a project underway in which I have to utilize an AS/400 as a web
>server.  Has anyone else done this and knows a good way to ftp, etc?  I
>have gone through the steps IBM recommends (IPAddress:2001).  Is this
>the  best way?

Let's just say that it is almost the only way.  Using port 2001, you access
the admin instance.  You should create at least one other instance that uses
the standard port (80) and then start that instance.  Then use the map, pass
and exec directives in the HTTP config file to control and hide directory
structure from the users.  I find that the command line WRKHTTPCFG works
much better than the admin instance for editing the config file.  Or if you
like, you can FTP the configuration member to a pc and run your favorite
editor.

I don't want to start a holy war, but... I use the IFS for most of my HTML,
Net.Data macros, images, etc.  Why?  Well, long names for one, multiple
levels of directories for another, being able to match the directory
structure on my ThinkPad where I do my development (Apache web server
running on NT with DB2 UDB for Net.Data, etc.).

Performance of the IFS is not a real consideration in doing this work, as
the choke point always seems to be the Internet connection.

Delivery?  You can use FTP.  If the path you specify is like /QOpenSys/...
then the name format automatically switches to 1 for the IFS.  But I usually
open OpsNav and point it at the directory on the IFS and then I can just
drag and drop my objects, java classes, macros, HTML files, etc. directly
onto the IFS without having to always sign on to FTP.

Good luck and have fun...

===========================================================
R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr.
 -- IBM Certified AS/400 Professional System Administrator
 -- IBM Certified AS/400 Professional Network Administrator
 -- IBM Certified Specialist - AS/400 Administrator
 -- IBM Certified Specialist - RPG IV Developer

"If all you have is RPG, then everything looks like a 400!"


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