How to enable web console for GroupWise WebAccess application

  • 7003977
  • 27-Jul-2009
  • 16-Dec-2019

Environment

Novell GroupWise 7
Novell GroupWise 8
Novell GroupWise 2012
Novell GroupWise 2014
Novell GroupWise 18

Situation

How to enable web console (http console) for GroupWise WebAccess application

Resolution

 

Steps for GroupWise 7,8, & 12
Edit the webacc.cfg file with a text editor

The default location for webacc.cfg is as follows
for GroupWise 7
on NetWare -  sys:\novell\webaccess
on Linux -  /opt/novell/groupwise/webaccess
on Windows -  c:\novell\webaccess

Steps for GroupWise 8 and 2012
on NetWare -  sys:\novell\groupwise\webaccess
on Linux -  /var/opt/novell/groupwise/webaccess
on Windows -  c:\novell\groupwise\webaccess
Search for the line "Admin.WebConsole.enable=false " change it "Admin.WebConsole.enable=true " and save the changes.
Restart the tomcat service.
"rctomcat5 restart" or "rctomcat6 restart" on SLES, "rcnovell-tcomat5 restart" or "rcnovell-tomcat6 restart" on OES2 (Linux), "java -exit" and "tomcat4" on NetWare, and click on start | run and type services.msc and restart the tomcat service. 

Type in the following URL to access the WebAccess application web console in a web browser
http://webaccess_application_server/gw/webacc?action=Admin.Open
(replace the webacess_applicaton_server with actual server IP or DNS name)
 
Steps for GroupWise 2014
From the server, go to /var/opt/novell/groupwise/webaccess
Edit the webacc.cfg file with a text editor
Search for Admin.WebConsole.enable=false and change it to true
Search for Admin.RestService.host=127.0.0.1 and change it to the local IP address of the WebAccess Server.
Restart the tomcat service "rctomcat6 restart" on SLES, "rcnovell-tcomat6 restart" on OES2 (Linux).
Note: If there is no gwadminservice running on the webaccess server, the IP address of a domain that has the gwadminservice should be entered in the Admin.RestService.host field. The Webaccess will also require IP access to this domains IP address and gwadminservice port.

Type in the following URL to access the WebAccess application web console in a web browser
http://webaccess_application_server/gw/webacc?action=Admin.Open
(replace the webacess_applicaton_server with actual server IP or DNS name)

Steps for GroupWise 18
From the server, go to /var/opt/novell/groupwise/webaccess
Edit the webacc.cfg file with a text editor
Search for Admin.WebConsole.enable=false and change it to true
Search for Admin.RestService.host=127.0.0.1 and change it to the local IP address of the WebAccess Server.
Restart the tomcat service "systemctl restart grpwise-tomcat.service" on Linux
Note: If there is no gwadminservice running on the webaccess server, the IP address of a domain that has the gwadminservice should be entered in the Admin.RestService.host field. The Webaccess will also require IP access to this domains IP address and gwadminservice port.

Type in the following URL to access the WebAccess application web console in a web browser
http://webaccess_application_server/gw/webacc?action=Admin.Open
(replace the webacess_applicaton_server with actual server IP or DNS name)

Additional Information

Notes:
Web console is very useful to access the logs and configuration files also useful in monitoring logged in user activity.