Setting up iSeries Navigator tasks on the Web

To work with iSeries™ Navigator tasks on the Web, first make sure your HTTP Server Administration instance is running and that you have properly configured security to meet your needs. Also, you can grant and limit access to iSeries Navigator with Application Administration.

Before you begin working with iSeries Navigator function from an Internet Web browser, you need to make sure that the System i™ Tasks page on the 2001 port is active, and that you have set up security to meet your needs.

• Setting up iSeries Navigator tasks on the Web: Prerequisites
  This topic provides information on starting the Administration instance. The Administration instance of the HTTP Server must be running on your system in order to connect to the iSeries Navigator tasks on the Web interface.

• Configuring security for iSeries Navigator tasks on the Web
  If you are accessing the iSeries Navigator tasks on the Web interface over an external network, such as the Internet, it is recommended that you connect using a secure HTTP connection. Additionally, if the system hosting the iSeries Navigator Tasks on the Web interface resides outside of a firewall, or if you are managing a secondary system outside of a firewall, it is recommended that you also configure the IBM^® Toolbox for Java™ to establish secure socket connections for data access.

• Configuring Application Administration
  Use Application Administration to grant and limit user access to the iSeries Navigator tasks on the Web application, and control access to systems managed from the Web interface. By default, only users with All Object (ALLOBJ) system privilege can access the iSeries Navigator Tasks on the Web application or manage this System i model through a Web task.

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Working with iSeries Navigator tasks on the Web