Federated default WebSphere Application Server instance

The information below describes the default instance provided with WebSphere Application Server after it is federated, or added, to a Network Deployment cell. Use the addNode script or the Network Deployment administrative console to federate an instance into a Network Deployment cell.

When you federate an instance into a cell, a node agent server is created to monitor the application server. The node agent server serves as an intermediary between the application servers on the node and the deployment manager that oversees the entire cell.

For more information on working with federated instances, see Administer instances of WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment.

General properties

JMS support

If JMS is enabled for the instance before you federate the instance, a separate server process, named jmsserver, is created for the instance's JMS server. For a federated instance, the embedded JMS server does not run in the application server process.

Pre-deployed applications

The server1 application server includes these applications:

Default ports

The default instance is configured to use the ports listed here. To change a port for any of the servers in the federated default instance, you can use the chgwassvr script provided with the WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment product. This script is located in the /QIBM/ProdData/WebAS5/ND/bin directory. For more information about the script, see The chgwassvr script.

Note: Do not use the chgwassvr script shipped in /QIBM/ProdData/WebAS5/Base/bin. If you use this script, the changes are replaced when the deployment manager synchronizes its master copy of the configuration files with the node.

Default application server ports

The default application server (server1) uses these ports. To change these ports, run this command from Qshell:

/QIBM/ProdData/WebAS5/ND/bin/chgwassvr -node nodename
 -server server1 -port_parameter new_port
where nodename is the name of the node for the default instance, -port_parameter is the parameter for the port that you want to change, and new_port is the new port number. For example, to change the name service port to 9811 for an application server in the MYISERIES node, run this command:

/QIBM/ProdData/WebAS5/ND/bin/chgwassvr -node MYISERIES
 -server server1 -nameservice 9811

After you make changes to a federated instance, Synchronize the configuration changes with the node.

Potential port conflicts with other versions or editions of WebSphere Application Server are noted where appropriate.

Port number Usage chgwassvr parameter Potential conflicts
9810 Name service port (also called bootstrap port or RMI connector port) -nameservice  
8880 SOAP port -soap  
9080 Internal HTTP port -inthttp

  • WebSphere Application Server V4.0, Advanced Edition default internal HTTP port
  • WebSphere Application Server V4.0, Advanced Single Server Edition default internal HTTP port

7873 Data replication service (DRS) client port -drsclient  
9501 SAS server port -sas  
9503 CSIv2 server authentication port -csiv2server  
9502 CSIv2 client authentication port -csiv2client  

Default node agent server ports

The default node agent server (nodeagent) uses these ports. To change these ports, run this command from Qshell:

/QIBM/ProdData/WebAS5/ND/bin/chgwassvr -node nodename
 -server nodeagent -port_parameter new_port
where nodename is the name of the node for the default instance, -port_parameter is the parameter for the port that you want to change, and new_port is the new port number. For example, to change the name service port to 2819 for a node agent server in the MYISERIES node, run this command:

/QIBM/ProdData/WebAS5/ND/bin/chgwassvr -node MYISERIES
 -server nodeagent -nameservice 2819

Potential port conflicts with other versions or editions of WebSphere Application Server are noted where appropriate.

Port number Usage chgwassvr parameter Potential conflicts
2809 Name service port (also called bootstrap port or RMI connector port) -nameservice  
8878 SOAP port -soap  
7888 Data replication service (DRS) client port -drsclient  
9900 ORB listener port -orblistener  
9901 SAS server port -sas  
9201 CSIv2 server authentication port -csiv2server  
9101 CSIv2 client authentication port -csiv2client  
7272 Node discovery port -nodediscovery  
5000 Node multicast discovery port -nodemulti  

Default JMS server ports

The default JMS server (jmsserver) uses these ports. To change these ports, run the chgwassvr script from Qshell:

/QIBM/ProdData/WebAS5/ND/bin/chgwassvr -node nodename
 -server jmsserver -port_parameter new_port
where nodename is the name of the node for the default instance, -port_parameter is the parameter for the port that you want to change, and new_port is the new port number. For example, to change the name service port to 2820 for a JMS server in the MYISERIES node, run this command:

/QIBM/ProdData/WebAS5/ND/bin/chgwassvr -node MYISERIES
 -server jmsserver -nameservice 2820

Potential port conflicts with other versions or editions of WebSphere Application Server are noted where appropriate.

Port number Usage chgwassvr parameter Potential conflicts
2810 Name service port (also called bootstrap port or RMI connector port) -nameservice  
8876 SOAP port -soap  
5557 Internal JMS server port -jmssecure  
5558 Queued JMS server port -jmsqueued  
5559 Direct JMS server port -jmsdirect  

To display information such as node name, ports used, servers and installed applications for the default instance, run the dspwasinst script from Qshell.