iSeries Access for Web in a portal environment

iSeries™ Access for Web provides a set of portlets to access iSeries resources through a browser interface. These portlets run in the portal environment on an iSeries server.

The following topics provide information about configuring, customizing, utilizing, and saving the product in this environment. Concepts unique to the portal environment are also discussed.

• Portal concepts
  Before using portlets you should understand portlets, cooperative portlets, and issues pertaining to WebSphere Portal's Cross Site Scripting (CSS) security protection configuration.
• Configuring iSeries Access for Web in a portal environment
  Installing iSeries Access for Web on the iSeries server does not make it available for use. To use iSeries Access for Web, it must be deployed to the portal environment.
• Customizing iSeries Access for Web in a portal environment
  You can customize iSeries Access for Web in a portal environment by creating pages, customizing portlets, and assigning portal roles.
• Using iSeries Access for Web in a portal environment
  These topics describe the supported functionality, usage considerations, and restrictions for the iSeries Access for Web portlets.
• Saving and restoring iSeries Access for Web in a portal environment
  You can save iSeries Access for Web and restore it to other iSeries servers using the SAVLICPGM and RSTLICPGM commands or the install media (CD). If you use the commands, any PTFs that have been applied are saved from the source server and restored to the target server.

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