ISeries Website

Setting up the AS400 to serve webpages is actually pretty simple.  All you need do is make changes to your configuration file, place a webpage into the IFS folder /Web, then STRTCPSVR *HTTP.  POW now you have a website.
The fun part is creating RPGLE programs that will generate webpages back to browser by using the POST command.  I have a great example I will put up on this page.  You can also run jobs at end of day to create XML files, These files can then be linked to a static HTML page, making it dynamic.
You can also create some pretty modern looking emails(with sales figures...etc) that can be sent inter-company.

Now this is all without WEBSPHERE.   Please check below for information on WEBSPHERE.



• User profiles for webserver transactions
QTMHHTP1   -    HTTP Server CGI User Profile
QTMHHTTP   -    HTTP Server User Profile




• Use the command WRKHTTPCFG to access configuration file.



• # = REM or Commented out
• Highlighted lines are all that is required to get website up and running.


• Exec /cgi-bin/* /QSYS.LIB/CGI_BIN.LIB/*.PGM %%EBCDIC%%
Above line sets AS400 library CGI_BIN as the cgi-bin of the website.




Copy of my config file.

# * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *   
# HTTP DEFAULT CONFIGURATION                              
# * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *   
#                                                         
#                                                         
#  HostName                     your.full.host.name       
#                                                         
#  The default port for HTTP is 80;  Should specify por   
#  if port 80 is not used.                                
#  Port                          80                       
#                                                         
   Enable                        GET                       
   Enable                        HEAD                      
   Enable                        POST                      
#  Disable                       {all others}             
#                                                         
#  Map   /test/*  /as400/*                                
#  Pass  /as400SYS/* /QSYS.LIB/HTTPDEV.LIB/HTML.FILE/*    
#  Pass  /as400/*    /QDLS/400HOME/*                      
#  Pass  /QSYS.LIB/AS400LIB.LIB/HTML.FILE/*               
#  Pass  /QDLS/graphics/*                                 
#  Fail  /QDLS/TESTING/*                                  
#  Redirect  /some_url/*  http://some_server/some_url/*   
#                                                         
#  Search                         
#  Post-Script                     
#  Put-Script                       
#  Delete-Script                 
#                                                         
#                                                         
#  Scripts; URLs starting with /cgi-bin/ will be unders   
#  script calls in the directory /your/script/directory   
#  Exec  /cgi-bin/*                    /your/script/dir   
#                                                         
#                                                         
# *** DIRECTORY LISTINGS ***                              
   DirAccess                     On                        
#  Welcome                       Welcome.html              
   Welcome                       index.html                
   AlwaysWelcome                 On                        
   Exec   /cgi-bin/* /QSYS.LIB/CGI_BIN.LIB/*.PGM  %%EBCDIC%%    
   PASS  /*  /Web/*                                           
#  DirReadme                     Top                      
#  DirShowDate                   On                       
#  DirShowSize                   On                       
#  DirShowBytes                  On                       
#  DirShowOwner                  Off                      
#  DirShowDescription            On                       
#  DirShowMaxDescrLength         25                       
#                                                         
#  Logging; if you want logging uncomment these lines a   
#  locations for your access and error logs               
#  AccessLog /QDLS/ERROR/LOG                              
#  LogFormat                    Common                    
#  LogTime                      LocalTime                 
#                                                         
#  InputTimeOut                 2 mins                    
#  OutputTimeOut                20 mins                   
#  ScriptTimeOut                5 mins                    
#                                                         
#                                                         
# * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *   
	

• The webserver jobs run in subsystem QHTTPSVR and can be seen below

	
     QHTTPSVR       QSYS        SBS      .0                   DEQW 
       ADMIN        QTMHHTTP    BCH      .0  PGM-QZHBHTTP     SIGW 
       ADMIN        QTMHHTTP    BCI      .0  PGM-QZSRHTTP     JVAW
       APACHEDFT    QTMHHTTP    BCH      .0  PGM-QZHBHTTP     SIGW 
       DEFAULT      QTMHHTTP    BCH      .0  PGM-QZHBHTTP     CNDW 
       DEFAULT      QTMHHTTP    BCI      .0  PGM-QZHBHJOB     TIMW 
       DEFAULT      QTMHHTTP    BCI      .0  PGM-QZHBHJOB     TIMW 
       DEFAULT      QTMHHTTP    BCI      .0  PGM-QZHBHJOB     TIMW
       DEFAULT      QTMHHTTP    BCI      .0  PGM-QZHBHJOB     TIMW
      
	   



Link to what IBM says
iSeries Webserver Search Engine - Set up for running on an Apache server



• Real-life example of Iseries CGI application
Download RPGLE/DDS source here    -or-     Iseries save file - V5R1M0
Below webpage generated from Iseries.
Drop downs provide for change of year and Month (interactive)
10.10.10.7 is current IP of Iseries box.