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Allow IBM Web Administration to create two IAS Servers with the same port block.

The IBM i Web Administration GUI (HTTPAdmin) currently restricts the ability to create more than one server that shares a port in use by another server (HTTP, IAS, Web Services, Websphere). If one was to try to create a WSERVICE1 server that liste...
about 5 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 3 Delivered

Show the correct HTTP Server status in the IBM Web Administration GUI for HTTP Server running in user defined subsystem

As described in IBM web doc http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1020061, IBM i has been enhanced to allow running an HTTP server in a user defined subsystem other than the default QHTTPSVR, but the status of the HTTP server is not r...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 1 Delivered

IWS web service hard coded library path

When defining a Web Service using IWS, the library path name for the ILE program must be specified and is hard coded. Use Case: A large customer with has a multi-library environment where they may have different versions of programs with the same ...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 2 Delivered

Change Configure SSL for ADMIN (similar to ADMIN2)

Please change the functionality of the option similar to the "Configure SSL" of the ADMIN2 application server which allows to select a certificate from the *SYSTEM store. Use Case: The option "Configure SSL for ADMIN" requires a local certificate ...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 3 Delivered

Integrated Web Services Server Start Up

We are a provider of Healthcare applications utilizing IBM's Power Server running IBM i (v7r2m0 or better) OS. The HCS application uses IBM Websphere Application server express to serve up Java Script application to the users via a browser. Data r...
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 2 Delivered

Axis api and binary data

we ask that Axis API be added support for transferring binary and not just text data. The need is to be able to send and receive files in pdf format Use Case: Our software uses AXIS transport APIs to communicate with the web services of one of our...
about 6 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 4 Delivered

Please enhance Web Service Client for DCM applid

We need to have the Web Services Client enhanced to allow use of a DCM application id. We have hit an issue where the user profile must have read/execute access to the default KDB. Our clients will not allow this and don't want to maintain a separ...
about 6 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 1 Delivered

MessageTracing - not available in IWS 2.6

Dear Team, In HTTP server release V2.6 (compare to release V1.5), we did not fine the equivalent of « Message Tracing=enabled » any more. This to be able to control once the Xml Requests & responses managed by the server (sent by different Cli...
about 6 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 3 Delivered

IWS REST Time field

bring the IWS in line to support the PCML 6.0 data types. Use Case: In creating a service program install a REST service and using RPG field type T is accepted when generating PCML 6.0. However when installing the REST webservice in the IWS a data...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 1 Delivered

Route IAS/IWS servers to user-defined subsystem

Hello,Not able to route IWS job to another subsystem than QHTTPSVR. Impossible to start IWS server job in another subsystem than QHTTPSVR. He created sbsd, jobd, jobq... and route http job in the new sbs. But it seems that startup.lwiSubsystem is ...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 2 Delivered