- Plan the installation
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Common product topologies that you can install with WAS, Version 6 products.
- Configure the product after installation
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What to do after installing the product.
If you are using ND, configure a profile.
You can display the First Steps tool, an easy way to get started with the product.
- Configure ports
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Information about port number settings for Version
6 and previous versions, for use in coexistence and interoperability situations.
- Communicate with Web servers
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Install and configure WebSphere plug-ins for Web servers, enabling communication between Web servers and appservers.
- Create and delete profiles
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Create and delete profiles. A profile is the set of files that define the runtime environment. At least one profile must exist to run the product.
- Set up the administrative architecture
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Set up logical administrative domains, including cells and nodes.
- Configure virtual hosts
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Configure cell-wide settings for virtual hosts to assist in handling requests among Web applications, Web containers, and appservers.
- Configure WebSphere variables
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Configure cell-wide settings for variables to assist in handling requests among Web applications, Web containers, and appservers.
- Manage shared libraries
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Configure cell-wide settings for shared libraries to assist in handling requests among Web applications, Web containers, and appservers.
- Work with server configuration files
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Change the default locations of configuration files, as needed. Application server configuration files define the available appservers, their configurations, and their contents.
- Administer appservers
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Configure individual appservers to provide services for running enterprise applications and their components.
- Balance workloads with clusters
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Configure clusters, which are sets of servers that are managed together and participate in workload management.
- Set up a high availability environment
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Planning ahead for high availability support, which is important in order to avoid the risk of a failure without failover coverage. In a properly set up high availability environment, a high availability manager can reassess the environment it is managing and accept new components as they are added to the environment.
- Set up the proxy server
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Configure the proxy server to route HTTP requests to content servers.