Set up your environment for ReleaseBuilder


These checklists should be used to ensure that all required artifacts and configurations are moved. These checklists should be used when preparing to deploy your portal.

 

Checklist for system setup for staging systems

The following checklist should be used to guide you in setting up the staging systems

Install/Config Setting Integration Staging Production
Operating systems Refer to the WebSphere Portal software requirements section of the Information Center

Product Versions

(WAS, WebSphere Portal)

Identical product versions required on all systems running the same portal solution release.

Web Server

Refer to the WebSphere Portal software requirements section of the Information Center

DataBase

Refer to the WebSphere Portal software requirements section of the Information Center

Cluster

Clustered or unclustered

Security Setup

Enabled or disabled

Enabled or disabled

Enabled (strongly recommended) or disabled

User Repository

Refer to the WebSphere Portal software requirements section of the Information Center

External Security Managers

Some combinations result in limitations in entitlement staging.

Performance settings

Default settings, or optimized

Typically optimized, but default settings can be used.

Typically optimized, but default settings can be used.

User IDs and passwords for Portal (e.g. database user)

User ID and passwords used by portal to access external systems can be different on all systems. User IDs for portal administrators should be identical on all systems, passwords can be different. Additional manual steps are required if administrator user IDs are different. User group names should be the same on all systems, or additional steps for staging are required.

 

Checklist for global settings and configurations in property files

The following list contains all configurations and settings that need to be manually synchronized between the systems involved in the staging to production process. These settings are neither covered by the XML configuration interface nor staged by other tools.

Component Property Description
Portal Server Runtime Portal System Configuration All documented entries for portal server property files that change the portal server behavior

(For example, Request IDs or Parallel Portlet Rendering)

Portal Server Runtime Performance related settings All documented entries for WebSphere Portal property files,. excluding environment scaling related settings.
Portal Statistics Statistics Log Settings  
Portlet Services Service configuration  

Custom Login Commands

Login command

 

Custom Credential Vault Adaptors

Vault Adaptors

 

Custom Credentials

Credential Implementations

 

JAAS Login Modules

Custom modules

 

Custom components

Custom component property files

These components are not part of WebSphere Portal. They are developed by the customer.

J2EE Artifacts Any WAS configurations
Custom User Registry Custom User Registry(CUR) implementation
External Security Mgr
(TAM or SiteMinder)
Externalized Portal Entitlements  

User Directory

User Profiles, Groups

LDAP: Configuration movement functions are provided by product vendor/implementer.

Extensions

   

Document Manager

Documents and Roles

Refer to Document Manager topics in the Information Center

Personalization

Personalization rules,

Campaigns

Refer to Personalization topics in the Information Center

 

Checklist for Portal Artifacts

The following list contains all portal artifacts that that need to be manually installed on each system involved in the staging to production process.

Artifact Type

Portlets

WAR files

Themes

JSPs, Images, CSS,..

Skins

JSPs, Images

Portal Screens

JSPs, Images

Portlet Services Java Libraries

J2EE Artifacts

EAR files

Java libraries

Custom User Registry

Java Libraries

Credential Vault Adaptors

Java Libraries

Custom Credentials Java Libraries
JAAS Login Modules Java Libraries

 

See also

 

WebSphere is a trademark of the IBM Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both.

 

IBM is a trademark of the IBM Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both.