Use the administrative console
Overview
The administrative console is a Web-based tool that you use to manage the IBM WebSphere Application Server product as well as the Network Deployment product. The administrative console supports a full range of product administrative activities.
- Start the server for the administrative console. For the Network Deployment product, the administrative console belongs to the deployment manager (dmgr) process, which you start with the startmanager command.
- Access the administrative console.
- After you point a Web browser at the URL for the administrative console, enter your user ID and, if needed, a password on a Login page.
- Browse the administrative console.
- Specify console preferences.
- Access help.
Running an Application Server from a non-root user and the nodeagent from root
Running the deployment manager with a non-root user ID
Running an Application Server and node agent from a non-root user
Administrative console areas
Administrative console: Resources for learning