Re: Access to Internal AS/400-IFS via Web Browser

Chuck - 

Have you read the LICENSE, README and VERSION stream files?  They might give 
you the info necessary to resolve this.

Sometimes vendors send executables/etc. for multiple web servers on their 
distribution CDs.  Is it possible that you copied the wrong set onto the IFS? 

Also, there needs to be some configuration done to the HTTP config file.  Has 
that configuration been done?  For instance, I could see a config statement 
that "spoofs" the .asp extension into something as400 can serve.

Just some random thoughts . . .

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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 10:16:17 -0500
From: "Chuck Lewis" <clewis@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: Access to Internal AS/400-IFS via Web Browser

Joe, 

Thanks.

They claim to have it running on their AS/400 (and allow us access to see it
and it is running on something).

I'm waiting to hear from them. Thanks for all of the information ! ! 


-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Pluta Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 9:10 AM
 
They've evidently let their prescriptions lapse, Chuck.

> From: Chuck Lewis
>
>        build.xml              STMF

This is a BUILD file, which is typically used to install a web application.

>        cgi-bin                DIR

This is the folder where the CGI programs live.  This tells me you at least
need a HTTP server.

>        contrib                DIR
>        etc                    DIR
>        ext                    DIR
>        lib                    DIR
>        logs                   DIR
>        start.jar              STMF
>        vssver.scc             STMF
>        webapps                DIR

"webapps" is typically the location where web applications live, and implies
that you might be running WAR files, which means a web application server
like Tomcat or WebSphere.  But the other folders imply the Jetty web
application server.

>        win32                  DIR

This is even scarier.  This is typically a Windows DLL directory.  Nothing
here is likely to work on the AS/400.

>        LICENSE.html           STMF
>        README.TXT             STMF
>        VERSION.TXT            STMF
>
>
> They told is to simply fire up a browser, specify IP address for
> our AS/400
> followed by /home/index.asp

And THIS tells me they're trying to run Active Server Pages, which means
that you need Microsoft IIS, which absolutely does not run on the iSeries.

While I'm still slightly confused as to the nature of this application, it
seems to my untrained eye that it ain't an AS/400 application.  It's my
guess that this appilication requires both ASP and servlets.  The easiest
way to do this is the Jetty web application server (an Open Source 100% Pure
Java).  Jetty can be configured to provide servlet functionality to
Microsoft IIS.  Unfortunately, it will only run on a Windows machine.

Hope this helps.

Joe



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