Green Screens for IBM i

We are happy to announce the 2026.03 update with new features, improvements, and internal refactoring. Find out below what's new in this release.

New Direct Web Terminal Access

When opening a web terminal without any arguments, a default terminal session will open if a default UUID/HOST is defined. Additionally, if the web login screen is disabled through the web admin console, the browser will automatically redirect to the web terminal.

New Spool Emailing Feature

Green Screens Server has a set of spool file drivers to convert SCS spools into various formats such as PDF, various image formats, and more. Now, rendered content can be automatically sent to the specified email address. Each IBM printer device can have its own destination email address.

New Server Console Engine

Green Screens Server Runtime allows the use of a powerful server shell console for advanced management. Now, we have integrated the console into the Web Admin, allowing administrators to execute server configuration scripts and commands from the browser.

New IBM i Installation

Green Screens Server installation on IBM i servers is significantly improved. We moved from a Linux/Unix-style installation to one more natural to IBM i system administrators, based on a SAVF restore with the integrated 5250 installation command.

New Password-Less Sign-On

This exciting new feature allows password-less access to the 5250 terminal with SmartCards, PassKeys (biometric, FIDO, YubiKey devices, etc.), or client-based digital certificates, all without requiring or storing IBM profile passwords. For this feature, we have developed the required telnet exit program. However, this feature is separately licensed as a feature enablement.

New Local EIM Mapping

Green Screens Server supports client-based certificate access. The new EIM engine replaces the old certificate blacklist and provides much better control. This is also preparation for the new password-less login feature for PassKeys, SmartCards, and digital certificates.

Improved Proxy Support

When running behind a proxy, the web server's behavior changes based on protocol engines. There are 3 proxy protocol patterns: by using X-Forwarded HTTP headers, by using Forwarded headers, and by using Proxy Protocol (HA-Proxy).

Green Screens Server has added support for all 3 of them, and they are now configurable through the Web Admin console.

An additional security feature, "Verified Proxy Server" (ACL), has been added for even greater security when running Green Screens Server behind a proxy.

Improved Startup Times

Green Screens Server now starts even faster thanks to internal optimizations. Additionally, we added a client access blocking feature that prevents access until the server is fully loaded.

Improved GSSVC

The server runtime's main service, GSSVC (MS Windows), now exposes external access to the server runtime through JMC (Java Management Console).

Improved White Label Support

Until now, the White Label feature required customers to provide resources from which we would create a new module to override the logo and company information on the product. With the latest update, the configuration has been moved to the configuration storage, where all required information can be changed.

Admin UI Redesign

We made minor changes to the Admin Console, updating icons and better reorganizing the top toolbar options.

Refactored Server API

The internal server runtime API has been refactored with improved initial auto-configuration.