Associating an HTML rendering server with WebSphere Portal Express on IBM i

After selecting a display number for the HTML rendering server (X virtual frame buffer for X server), you must associate this server with the installed IBM® WebSphere® Portal Express® profile.

Prerequisites

Configuring an HTML rendering server on IBM i

1. Log on to the WebSphere Integrated Solutions Console.
2. Go to Servers > Server Types > WebSphere application servers > WebSphere_Portal > Server Infrastructure > Java and Process Management > Process definition > Environment Entries.
3. Click New.
4. In the Name field type DISPLAY.
5. In the Value field type host_name:n, where host_name is the TCP/IP host name of your system and n is the display number of the HTML rendering server. (Example: mysystem.xland.company.com:1).
6. Click OK.
7. Save your changes to the master WebSphere Application Server configuration file.
8. Complete the following steps to stop and restart the WebSphere_Portal server, where WebSphere_Portal is the name of the WebSphere Portal Express server:
   1. Open a command prompt and change to the wp_profile_root/bin directory.
   2. Enter the stopServer WebSphere_Portal -username admin_userid -password admin_password command to stop the WebSphere Portal Express server.
   3. Enter the startServer WebSphere_Portal command.