Network Deployment (Distributed operating systems), v8.0 > Set up the application serving environment > Administer application servers > Manage application servers
Prepare to host applications
Rather than use the default application server provided with the product, you can configure a new server and set of resources.
The default application server and a set of default resources are available to help you begin quickly. We can choose instead to configure a new server and set of resources. Here is what you need to do in order to set up a runtime environment to support applications.
Procedure
- Configure an application server.
- Create a virtual host.
- Configure a web container.
- Configure an EJB container.
- Create resources for data access.
- Create a JDBC provider and data source.
- Create a URL and URL provider.
- Create a mail session.
- Create resources for session support.
- Configure a Session Manager.
What to do next
Test the server and resources.
Administer application servers
Configure virtual hosts
Modify the default web container configuration
Task overview: Accessing data from applications
Configure a JDBC provider
Use URL resources within an application
Configure mail providers and sessions
Develop session management in servlets
Configure session management by level
Deploy and administering enterprise applications