Start IBM HTTP Server for iSeries

IBM HTTP Server for iSeries runs in the QHTTPSVR subsystem, and each HTTP server instance starts multiple jobs. The WAS code that plugs into IBM HTTP Server for iSeries runs in the HTTP server job that communicates with one or more application servers.

If you have not yet created an HTTP server instance, see Configure an HTTP server instance for instructions.

To start the HTTP server instance that you created, perform these steps:

Enter this command on an OS/400 command line:

  STRTCPSVR SERVER(*HTTP) HTTPSVR(myinst)

where myinst is the name of your HTTP server instance. This is the HTTP instance you configured in Step 3: Configure an HTTP Server instance.

If you change your HTTP server instance configuration, stop and then start your HTTP server instance.

To stop your HTTP server instance, enter this command from an OS/400 command line:

  ENDTCPSVR SERVER(*HTTP) HTTPSVR(myinst)

where myinst is the of name your HTTP server instance. This is the HTTP instance you configured in Step 3: Configure an HTTP Server instance.

You can also stop and start your HTTP server instance from the IBM HTTP Server for iSeries Configuration and Administration forms in the browser-based interface.

The Configuration and Administration forms also allow you the option of restarting, as opposed to starting and stopping, your HTTP server instance. When restarting, the HTTP server will recognize all configuration changes except changes to the Basic and Security configuration forms.