The Web Administrator should be installed only on the System Administrator's PC. This is both for development and deployment systems.
Web Administrator is used to:
- Configure the LANSA Web Server Extension, Servlet, and Apache Module.
- Configure the Web Runtime (Windows, IBM i, Linux).
- Configure the IBM i Web Server.
- Perform maintenance tasks on Web Runtime.
These are tasks that usually only a System Administrator will perform.
When using Web on IBM i, you will only need to install, as a separate process, the Web Administrator. This is described in Task: Install Other Features.
The Web Administrator can execute in a local mode for LANSA Web Server Extension configuration on a Windows Web Server or in a client/server mode to the Data/Application Server. In client/server mode, it requires a connection to the Data/Application Server. A TCP/IP connection using a listener program on the server is recommended for this.