title: How to enable IBM Websphere Application Management Service?
body: <p>I try to use the IBM Websphere <code>$AdminApp</code> (and the Ant tasks) to install/update an application EAR on a remote server. <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3117785/using-ant-to-deploy-ear-to-remote-websphere-application-server">You may want to read this question too</a>.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Manual process</strong></p>
  
  <p>I open a jython console with this command line:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$was61profile1\bin$&gt; wsadmin.bat -lang jython -host MYHOST -port 32092
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>After that I want to list all applications:</p>
  
  <pre><code>wsadmin&gt;AdminApp.list()
  WASX7015E: Exception running command: "$AdminApp list"; exception information:
  com.ibm.ws.scripting.ScriptingException: WASX7206W: The application management service is not running. Application management commands will not run.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I think the message here is clear: <em>The application management service is not running.</em></p>
  
  <p><strong>How to enable the Application Management Service?</strong></p>
  
  <p>I did search for documentation on the horrible, horrible IBM website. I also tried to click through the configuration options on the Websphere admin pages. But I can't find anything remotely close to <em>application management service</em>. I do that clicking again with english language settings now, but <strong>I'd appreciate if someone can point me to the configuration option or the documentation</strong>.</p>