Can not remote access Admin Consoles for WebSphere Application Server (WAS)

[lzy1...@gmail.com]

I have a problem when I install WebSphere Application Server 6.0(WAS) and WebSphere Portal Server 6.0(Portal):

I installed WAS and Portal on a linux server and run it. We can access the admin console on that local server by running Browser:

http://servername:9060/ibm/console
http://servername:10038/wps/myportal

The problem is we try to access the admin consoles of WAS and Portal from a another *remote* machine(Not local server) by open an browser by the same link:

http://servername:9060/ibm/console
http://servername:10038/wps/myportal

The admin console can not be accessed.

Anybody have any hints for that? We need configure WAS and Portal somewhere to let admin console can be remotely accessed?

Sincerely
Zhiyi Li
Email: zl...@vbi.vt.edu

[Yuriy Petrov]

lzy1...@gmail.com wrote:

>...

> The problem is we try to access the admin consoles of WAS and Portal from a another *remote* machine(Not local server) by open an browser by the same link:
>
> http://servername:9060/ibm/console
> http://servername:10038/wps/myportal
>
> The admin console can not be accessed.
>
> Anybody have any hints for that? We need configure WAS and Portal somewhere to let admin console can be remotely accessed?

It would be really good if you provide more information in addition to the statement "The admin
console can not be accessed." For example - what do you see in your browser when you try to access
remote websphere?

[lzy1...@gmail.com]

Remote access means such scenario:
I use my desktop, open a browser IE or Firefox, type:

http://servername:9060/ibm/console
http://servername:10038/wps/myportal

to access WAS Admin console and Portal site

The WAS Admin console and Portal site can not be reached. However, if I run browser in that server locally, I can access the following link by browser without problems:

http://servername:9060/ibm/console
http://servername:10038/wps/myportal

Sincerely
Zhiyi Li

[mahen...@yahoo.com]

check out whether the ip address of the machine(where u istalled WAS) is pinging on the machine(remote machine where u want to run the admin console)

ex: ping 11.48.533.33

if it is responding then u can access the admin console.

if it is not responding i think u should do the tunneling on the putty inorder to access the admin console remotely.i m not sure about this.lets try first to ping the ipaddress.

..mahendra

[Brian S Paskin]

Hi, it sounds like a firewall problem.

[Paul Ilechko]

You still didn't answer the question as to exactly what error you see in
your browser.

[lzy1...@gmail.com]

In web Browser IE: The page display the website is not found.
In Web Browser FireFox: It is timeout and connected is not sustained.

This means the Admin Console can not be reached by browser.

Zhiyi

[sva...@yahoo.com]

Try if you can telnet from your workstation to port 9060 on the server. If NOT, there must be a firewall blocking that port; talk to your network guys. There is an alternative if it is an issue with firewall - you can tunnel in port 9060, you should be able to login then.

[Juanma Martinez]

No, in fact it means that your remote machine cannot access your WAS
machine and it is not a WAS problem but a network problem (check
firewalls in the middle as stated)

[lzy1...@gmail.com]

Hi,
Thanks for your people's reply. It is really a firewall problem and we fixed. I just ask my system administrator to open fireall on port number: 10038 and 9060, then Admin Console of WAS and Portal can be accessed remotely.

Sincerely
Zhiyi Li