The WebFacing server acts as a gateway between WebSphere® Application Server
and your original IBM® i application. The WebFacing server
will listen on a predefined TCP port to exchange data with WebFacing
applications. All WebFacing applications connecting to the server
on the same IBM i need
to be configured to connect to the assigned TCP port. By default,
the server listens on port 4004. This value can be changed using
the IBM i WKSRVTBLE
command to modify the TCP service as-WebFacing. The server needs to
be restarted for the change to take effect and all WebFacing applications
need to be reconfigured accordingly in the runtime properties of the
WebFacing projects and redeployed.
Changing the WebFacing runtime port on your IBM i server
- Access the Work with Service Table Entries screen. From anIBM i server
command line, enter the command: WRKSRVTBLE. The Work with Service
Table Entries screen is displayed.
- Page down to the as-WebFacing service.
Note: If you have not redefined
the WebFacing port manually before, you will not see an entry for
as-WebFacing. If you have not previously manually defined a WebFacing
port, skip to the step Add a new entry for as-WebFacing.
- Select option 5=Display to display the
port information for the WebFacing server. Unless you have changed
the port, the default is 4004. Press Enter or F12 to
return to the Work with Service Table Entries screen.
- To change the port, you first need to remove an existing entry
for as-WebFacing, if you have one, by selecting option 4=Remove.
- Add a new entry for as-WebFacing.
- Access the Add Service Table Entry screen. Select option 1=Add.
The Add Service Table Entry screen is displayed.
- In the Service field, between the single quotes, enter as-WebFacing.
- In the Port field, enter the new port number that you would like
to use.
- In the Protocol field, between the single quotes, enter tcp .
- Press Enter. Your new WebFacing service
entry is added.
After you have changed the WebFacing runtime port on your
IBM i server,
follow the steps in
Changing the port used by your WebFacing applications to change the
port used by your WebFacing applications so your WebFacing applications
will work properly with the new port.
Note: This port is used only
for communications between the WebFacing application and the WebFacing
server, it is not the port that you may specify on the browser to
access your WebFacing Web application.