Accessing the Administrative Console

You can use the advanced functions provided in the administrative console to change settings in your server configuration.

The WebSphere® Application Server, no longer needs you to enable the administrative console in the server editor. The development environment no longer has the server configuration in the workspace. By default, the administrative console is enabled in the default profile of the server.

Attention: Server-specific configurations for WAS are now set in the WebSphere Administrative Console. The configuration settings that are specific to an enterprise application can be set using the WAS Deployment editor. Use the WAS Deployment editor to configure the following configurations that are specific to an enterprise application:

• Data sources

• Embedded resource adapters

• Class loader policies

• Substitution variables

• JAAS authentications

• Shared libraries

• Virtual hosts

Note: These advanced functions are only for advanced users.

To access the administrative console:

1. Start the WAS.
   

2. In the Servers view, right-click the server, and then select

   Administration | Run administrative console. The Administrative Client logon window opens in the Web Browser view.

3. If the server is secured, specify the user ID and password to access the administration console.

4. Click the

   Log in button.

Once you have made changes, you need to restart the server.

Related information

WAS v6.1 Information Center: Using the administrative console

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