Overview of IBM Welcome Page V1.1
Provides an overview of the IBM® Welcome Page V1.1 application and how it interacts with different iSeries™ server components and various software components.
IBM Welcome Page V1.1 is a Web-based business application with several purposes. It provides a starting point for non-administrators, possibly you and your colleagues, to access links to other business applications provided by IBM Business Solutions - a simple welcome page specifically for business applications. It also provides administrative interfaces used for set up and configuration of other business applications, including IBM Telephone Directory V5.2 and IBM Survey Creator V1.0.
Two types of directory servers are supported by the IBM Welcome Page V1.1 application: iSeries Directory Server (LDAP), and LDAP on Domino® 6.0 for iSeries (Domino Directory services).
An overview of the application is as follows:
The IBM Welcome Page V1.1 application is installed on your iSeries server when you install IBM Telephone Directory V5.2 and IBM Survey Creator V1.0. It can be deployed into the runtime of the following editions of WebSphere® Application Server for iSeries:
- WebSphere Application Server for iSeries V5 (Base)
- WebSphere Application Server for iSeries V5.1 (Base)
- WebSphere Application Server for OS/400® V6 (Base)
- WebSphere Application Server for iSeries V5 (ND)
- WebSphere Application Server for iSeries V5.1 (ND)
- WebSphere Application Server for OS/400 V6 (ND)
- WebSphere Application Server - Express for iSeries V5
- WebSphere Application Server - Express for iSeries V5.1
- WebSphere Application Server - Express for OS/400 V6
The Web Administration GUI (part of the HTTP server administration GUI) performs many underlying configuration tasks for you if you deploy into the WebSphere Application Server for iSeries (Base) or WebSphere Application Server - Express for iSeries run time.
For detailed information on how the IBM Welcome Page V1.1 application uses various iSeries server and software components, see the following topics:
- Interaction with WebSphere Application Server
IBM Welcome Page V1.1 contains a Web application packaged in an Enterprise Archive (.ear) file that is deployed into a WebSphere Application Server run time environment when the IBM Telephone Directory V5.2 application is deployed. - Interaction with HTTP Server for i5/OS
IBM Welcome Page V1.1 requires the following production level HTTP server: IBM HTTP Server for i5/OS® (powered by Apache 2.0, 5722-DG1). - Interaction with iSeries Directory Server (LDAP)
An LDAP directory is a listing of information about objects arranged in a particular order that gives details about each object. - Interaction with LDAP on Domino 6.0 for iSeries
As an alternative to iSeries Directory Server (LDAP), you can use LDAP on Domino 6.0 for iSeries (Domino Directory services). - Interaction with a Lotus Sametime server
Lotus® Sametime® is real-time collaboration software -- with online awareness, instant messaging, application sharing and virtual meetings. - Interaction with an Enterprise Identity Mapping server
Enterprise Identity Mapping (EIM) for iSeries allows administrators and application developers to solve the problem of managing multiple user registries across their enterprise.