An IBM IHS Admin Server is used to facilitate communication between WebSphere and an IHS web server. Typically, the Admin Server is used to start or stop an IHS Web Server, and to propagate the Web Server Plugin configuration file (plugin-cfg.xml) from the WebSphere deployment manager to the IHS web server.

This assumes you are able to start, stop, and restart your IBM IHS admin server using the adminctl command.

Use the ps command to ensure your system is using init.

ps -ef | head -2
UID         PID   PPID  C STIME TTY          TIME CMD
root          1      0  0 Mar01 ?        00:06:58 /sbin/init

If your system is using init, create a file in the /etc/rc.d/init.d directory. You can give the file any name you would like.

touch /etc/rc.d/init.d/ibm-ihs-admin-server

Update the file to contain the following.

#! /bin/bash
#
# chkconfig: 345 96 06
# description: IBM IHS Admin Server

# Source function library
. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions

case $1 in
  start)
    /opt/IBM/IHS/bin/adminctl -k start
    ;;
  stop)
    /opt/IBM/IHS/bin/adminctl -k stop
    ;;
  *)
    echo "/opt/IBM/IHS/bin/adminctl -k start|stop"
    ;;
esac

The service command should now be able to be used to start or stop the admin server.

service ibm-ihs-admin-server start
service ibm-ihs-admin-server stop

Multiple admin servers

Let's say you have two (or more) admin.conf files, like this.

/opt/IBM/IHS/conf/admin1.conf
/opt/IBM/IHS/conf/admin2.conf

Update the file to contain the following.

#! /bin/bash
#
# chkconfig: 345 96 06
# description: IBM IHS Admin Server

# Source function library
. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions

case $1 in
  start)
    /opt/IBM/IHS/bin/adminctl -k start -f conf/admin$2.conf
    ;;
  stop)
    /opt/IBM/IHS/bin/adminctl -k stop  -f conf/admin$2.conf
    ;;
  *)
    echo "/opt/IBM/IHS/bin/adminctl -k start|stop -f conf/admin$2.conf"
    ;;
esac