__ 1. Log in as root and start up a command prompt window.
__ 2. The Information Center, being web based, requires a web browser. The Mozilla web browser software has already been installed on your machine. Verify that the Mozilla bundle is indeed installed.
# smit list_software
List Installed Software and Related Information List Installed Software by Bundle
BUNDLE name [Mozilla]
press ENTER or
# lslpp -L -b “Mozilla”
__ 3. Next we need to install the Infocenter Center and the desired documentation.
The packages are delivered in the AIX 5L V5.3 Documentation CD.
They have been pre-loaded into the local software repository called /usr/sys/inst.images.
Use SMIT to install the filesets:
AIX System Management Guides AIX System User Guides
AIX Information Center runtime
Note: To avoid a very lengthy install and configuration time during this lab, do NOT install any other documentation packages at this time. Later (during a break, lunch, or overnight) you may wish to install the rest of the documentation.
When this task has successfully completed, return to the AIX command line.
• From the Software Installation and Maintenance menu (smitty install) choose Install and Update Software.
• Install Software
INPUT device /usr/sys/inst.images (Use F4) SOFTWARE to install (Use F4 to obtain a list)
(select the packages listed above using F7 and hit ENTER) On the resulting installation screen, take all the defaults Press Enter to perform the installation.
Verify that the output is correct and then press F10 to return to the command line.
__ 4. Next check your IC_DOCUMENTATION environment to see the variable values, in /etc/environment.
Note the values:
IC_DOCUMENTATION_SERVER_MACHINE_NAME_____________________
IC_DOCUMENTATION_SERVER_TYPE ______________________________
IC_DOCUMENTATION_SERVER_PORT ______________________________
IC_DOCUMENTATION_DIRECTORY _________________________________
# grep IC_D /etc/environment
__ 5. Configure your Documentation Services using SMIT. Take all the defaults except select a server type of DOCSERVER and the default browser as mozilla
• # smitty system
Change/Show Documentation Services DEFAULT_BROWSER[mozilla]
IC_DOCUMENTATION_SERVER_MACHINE_NAME[ ] IC_DOCUMENTATION_SERVER_TYPE[DOCSERVER]
IC_DOCUMENTATION_SERVER_PORT[64111]
IC_DOCUMENTATION_DIRECTORY[/opt]
press ENTER to execute the configuration procedure.
__ 6. Verify that the output is correct and then press F10 to return to the command line.
__ 7. Check your IC_DOCUMENTATION environment to see the variable values, both in /etc/environment and in your process environment.
Note the values:
IC_DOCUMENTATION_SERVER_MACHINE_NAME_____________________
IC_DOCUMENTATION_SERVER_TYPE ______________________________
IC_DOCUMENTATION_SERVER_PORT ______________________________
IC_DOCUMENTATION_DIRECTORY _________________________________
Did the /etc/environment values change?_________________________
Did the values in your shell environment change? __________________
# grep IC_D /etc/environment
# env | grep IC_D
__ 8. Reboot your system and log back in as root.
__ 9. Again check your IC_DOCUMENTATION environment to see the variable values in your process environment.
Note the values:
EXempty
IC_DOCUMENTATION_SERVER_MACHINE_NAME___________________
IC_DOCUMENTATION_SERVER_TYPE ____________________________
IC_DOCUMENTATION_SERVER_PORT __________________________
IC_DOCUMENTATION_DIRECTORY _____________________________]
Did the values in your shell environment change? __________________
# env | grep IC_D
__ 10. Start the information center.
# infocenter &
__ 11. When the Information Center for AIX home page appears, open the
AIX Information link in the Contents panel. The link should expand and the main panel on the right should change to the AIX Information panel.
__ 12. In the Contents panel, click on the twisty next to System User’s Guides. This will expand the list to show the various manuals in this category.
Click the twisty next to System User Guide: Operating System and Devices. This will expand the list to show the chapters in that manual.
Click the twisty next to File Systems and directories. This will expand the list to show the sections in that chapter.
Click the link for File Systems. This will result in the AIX Information panel displaying that section of the manual.
__ 13. In the Search field just above the Contents panel, enter a search string such as
“redirection AND korn” and click GO.
If this the first time a search has been executed you will see a graphic tracking the progress of the search index construction. This may take a while, be patient.
__ 14. Once the index is built, rerun the same search as before.
The Contents panel will be replaced with a Search Results panel. This will have the links to various documentation sections ranked by relevance.
Click the link you feel would be most interesting. The AIX Information panel will now display the desired section.
Use the vertical scroll bar to the right of the document to move up and down through the document.
__ 15. The title bar for the AIX Information panel has some navigation and tool icons on the right side. As you move your mouse pointer over various icons you will note that
the display field at the bottom of the browser will display a description of the icon’s function.
Click the Left Arrow (Go Back) icon until the window returns to the original list of manuals.
Click the Right Arrow (Go Forward) Icon until you return to the manual section you had discovered via the previous search.
Sometimes you want to know what manual and chapter the section is from.
Click the “Show in Table for Contents” icon next to the Right Arrow icon.
Note that the Search Results panel on the left has been replaced with Contents panel. The section you are in is highlighted.
Use the vertical scroll bar in the Contents panel to scroll up and see the chapter and the document the section is from.
__ 16. At the bottom of the Contents panel are three icons.
Click the Flashlight (Search Results) icon. This will change from the Contents panel to the Search Results panel.
Click the Book (Contents) icon to the left of the Flashlight icon to change back to the Contents panel.
Remote Access to Documentation Server (optional)
__ 17. If you have network connectivity in the lab, you may access the Information Center from a remote client. Select the machine of another lab team as the server and verify with them that their infocenter does work locally. Also ask them to run the hostname command so you know how to address their machine.
__ 18. Start your Web browser. We will assume you are using your AIX platform as the client, but if your have functional network connectivity with a PC you may choose to use that instead.
__ 19. Enter the URL of:
http://<server-hostname>:64111/help
__ 20. Briefly examine some documentation to verify that the remote access works.
END OF LAB