iSeries WEB Access Toolkit
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iSeries WEB Access Toolkit provides webmasters with some facilities to maintain their iSeries WEB sites through the WEB itself.

This toolkit is expecially useful when HTTP is the only way the server can be accessed.

Though this toolkit may result into a great help, once installed it may open a security breach on server defenses. This is why we recommend that you implement our security recommendations outlined in the page "Managing security" of the Toolkit.

 Facilities provided 

  1. Upload - Type I
    This facility provides a very easy way to upload both text (e.g. html pages) and binary files (e.g. images). The original files to be uploaded may physically be on the hard disk of the client, or on another system to which the client is connected (e.g. via Client Access).
  2. Upload - Type II
    This class of facilities allows to upload source members and save files. Usually two sessions are opened: one with the source server, one with the target server (the WEB site to be updated). Commands are available to:
    • Display source members
    • Download source members
    • Save libraries, objects, directories
    • Create, display, and clear save files
    • Download save files
    • Upload source members
    • Upload save files
    • Restore libraries, objects, directories
  3. Command Entry
    The Command Entry facility in this Toolkit is provided for some very basic operations. As it runs in batch mode, it is not able to
    • display command prompts
    • bring up interactive displays
    What it does is to
    1. execute a command
    2. provide response messages
    3. display the generated spool file
    In a few cases ( wrkoutq, wrkactjob, wrksbmjob, dsplnk ), for some national languages (English, Italian), it would interpret the generated spool file and provide some input options.
    Note. In order to display the printed output from commands, this command entry has to know in advance the name of the spool file. This is done through a file which provides the spool file names for a number of commands. Such commands can be listed by pressing the button Supported display commands.
    Other features:
    • easy-to-use duplication of previous commands
    • ability to display the joblog of the HTTP server job that processed a command (this may help in understanding the reason of a command failure)
  4. Work with HTTP configuration
    Through this facility you may very easily maintain the (traditional) configuration of your HTTP servers. You may
    • Display configuration members
    • Download configuration members, in order to update them as local text files
    • Upload configuration members back to the server; original configurations are automatically backed up.
  5. Work with validation lists
    You no longer need the ADMIN server to maintain validation lists. This toolkit facilities let's you browse and update validation lists as they were regular files.
  6. Copy file via FTP
    This is a batch FTP that allows to copy files from your server to another server or to another directory on the same server.
    The log of the batch session is displayed at the touch of a button.

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