WebSphere Commerce federation

Federating your WebSphere Commerce environment requires WAS ND. After you federate, you can configure clustering.

Federating WebSphere Commerce involves adding your WebSphere Commerce node to a cell managed by a WAS deployment manager. Federating has the following advantages:

After federating your stand alone WebSphere Commerce profile, the WAS Administrative Console for that profile is no longer accessible, and all administrative tasks are completed through the WAS ND Administrative Console. The WAS ND Administrative Console is a browser-based application, so it can be accessed from any machine.

For information on WAS clustering, refer to WAS documentation.


Take note of the following considerations when federating WebSphere Commerce:

 

Related Concepts


WAS ND clustering mechanism

 

Related tasks


Federating WebSphere Commerce
Change the process execution properties
Remove an application server node from a cell