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Update Files in WebSphere Applications

christoph.stoettner@stoeps.de (Christoph Stoettner) — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +0200

Sometimes customizations or settings need to be applied directly inside the application EAR files of IBM WebSphere Application Server.

Better Navigation in Connections Scripts

christoph.stoettner@stoeps.de (Christoph Stoettner) — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 21:30:00 +0200

I haven’t touched the Connections scripts for a long time, but I recently made some minor updates to fix compatibility issues with newer versions and added small scripts to speed up configuration. I also got the documentation script running from the menu.

Troubleshooting IBM WebSphere LDAP Security

christoph.stoettner@stoeps.de (Christoph Stoettner) — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 21:00:00 +0200

Most of the LDAP connections from IBM WebSphere Application Server are configured with TLS. So you need to have the root certificate in the WebSphere truststore to connect.

Enabling and disabling WebSphere traces on steroids

christoph.stoettner@stoeps.de (Christoph Stoettner) — Thu, 09 Dec 2021 14:19:43 +0200

During troubleshooting of WebSphere Application Server it is necessary to enable traces and see more detailed log messages.

Enabling these traces is very annoying, because you need to follow long click paths within the Integrated Solution Console (ISC).

Regexp error during Connections install

christoph.stoettner@stoeps.de (Christoph Stoettner) — Sat, 20 Aug 2016 18:46:54 +0000

This week I installed IBM Connections 5.5CR1 on a Windows Server. I used WebSphere Application Server 8.5.5.9 and everything ran pretty smooth, but the Connections install itself ended in an error after all applications were successfully installed.