Deploy applications with defined service levels
By deploying applications to the middleware servers and dynamic clusters and defining service policies on those applications, we can meet the performance goals for the environment.
- Create the servers and dynamic clusters for the environment, specifically the servers to which to deploy applications. For more information, read about creating dynamic clusters and adding middleware servers to configurations
- Plan the classification and handling of traffic for the application.
Service policies provide the ability to differentiate applications according to levels of importance and target values that can be prioritized to meet specific goals.
- Deploy the application. Different processes are involved for the different application types:
- PHP Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP) applications: We can deploy PHP applications to PHP deployment targets, including PHP servers and PHP dynamic clusters. For more information, read about deploying PHP applications.
- WebSphere Application Server Community Edition applications: We can deploy Java EE application applications and Geronimo modules with Geronimo artifacts to WebSphere Application Server Community Edition deployment targets, including servers and dynamic clusters. For more information, read about deploying WebSphere Application Server Community Edition applications.
- Unmanaged web applications: Unmanaged web applications are installed and configured outside of the product environment, typically on assisted life cycle middleware servers. Configure unmanaged web applications so that we can route HTTP requests to assisted life cycle servers. By providing some basic information about the application, including context roots, virtual hosts, and servers, the ODR can route HTTP requests to these applications. For more information. read about deploying unmanaged web applications.
- Enterprise applications: We can deploy enterprise applications to dynamic clusters that are running WebSphere Application Server application servers. For more information, read about deploying enterprise applications.
- Define service levels with service policies. A service policy is a user-defined business goal, and correlates to transaction and work class components. For more information, read about defining a service policy.
- Classify application requests with service policy work classes. In the administrative console, click Applications > All applications > application_name. Click the Service policies tab. Work classes contain Universal Resource Identifiers (URI), Web services, EJB, or Java Message Service (JMS) patterns and conditional rules for associating requests to transaction classes. Transaction classes are then associated with service policies. For more information, read about routing and service policies
Alternatively, we can use the workclassoperations.py script to define and modify the settings of work classes. For more information, read about the workclassoperations.py script.
- Start the application.
- Enterprise applications: In the administrative console, click Applications > Application types > WebSphere enterprise applications. Select the application, and click Start.
- PHP Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP) applications: In the administrative console, click Applications > All applications. Select the PHP application to start. Choose the Start action and click Submit action. This action starts all of the PHP servers associated with this application. To start the servers individually, click Servers > Server types > PHP servers.
- WebSphere Application Server Community Edition applications: The application displays as started in the administrative console when the middleware server on which the application is deployed starts.
- Unmanaged web applications: The application displays as started when the server on which the application is deployed starts.
If the server or node agent stops, the unmanaged web application might still show as started or partially deployed in the administrative console.
What to do next
Use reporting to view statistics and performance of the applications, dynamic clusters, servers, and service policies.
- To achieve a healthy product environment, configure health policies. Health policies are similar to service policies, except that health policies are based on a health goal for the environment.
- To ensure positive application performance, such as applying interruption-free application updates, we can use the application edition manager to install new editions of the application.
Subtopics
- (dist)(zos) Deploy enterprise applications
By deploying applications to dynamic clusters, requests to the application can be managed autonomically. The dynamic cluster can expand and contract with application server virtualization. By deploying applications to dynamic clusters, you enable application virtualization.
- (dist)(zos) Deploy unmanaged Web applications
We can create representations of unmanaged Web applications so that the on demand router (ODR) can route requests to applications that are installed outside of the product environment to assisted life cycle middleware servers.
- (dist)(zos) Deploy PHP applications
We can use the various qualities of service of Intelligent Management product to manage PHP-based applications in addition to Java EE 5 applications.
- (dist)(zos) Deploy WebSphere Application Server Community Edition applications
From the administrative console, we can install managed WebSphere Application Server Community Edition Version 2.0 applications to servers and dynamic clusters.
Related concepts
Operational policies
Related tasks
Set up Intelligent Management for dynamic operations Deploy enterprise applications Deploy PHP applications Deploy unmanaged Web applications Deploy WebSphere Application Server Community Edition applications Define a service policy Create and manage reports Configure health management Deploy and managing application editions with Intelligent Management Monitor Intelligent Management operations Create dynamic clusters Add middleware servers to configurations
Intelligent Management: middleware application administrative tasks Intelligent Management: routing and service policies workclassoperations.py script