iSeries™ Access for Web provides a Web application that runs in an instance of a Web application server.
The Web application is a set of servlets that provide functions for accessing i5/OS® resources. Each function is accessed as an individual Web page. Additional browser windows are needed to access multiple functions at the same time. You can create bookmarks for quick access to frequently used functions.
The Web application running in an instance of a Web application server provides access to i5/OS resources on a single system. The system being accessed does not need to be the system where the Web application is running. To access i5/OS resources on a second system, the Web application must be running in a second Web application server instance.
The Web application can run in multiple Web application server instances on the same system with each instance accessing i5/OS resources on a different system.
The combination of an HTTP server and a Web application server provides the Web serving environment for the Web application provided by iSeries Access for Web. The HTTP server receives client HTTP requests from a browser and routes them to the Web application server instance for processing.
For the most current list of supported Web serving environments, refer to the Web page for iSeries Access for Web. This page will be updated with information about any additional Web serving environments supported.
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