Configure WebSphere Portal with WebSphere Commerce

To configure WebSphere Commerce with WebSphere Portals complete configuration tasks on each machine. About this task

Complete one of the following steps:

• Configure WebSphere Portal with WebSphere Commerce using basic authentication

• Configuring WebSphere Portal with WebSphere Commerce using simulated single sign-on

• WebSphere Commerce integration with WebSphere Portal
  
  WebSphere Commerce provides integration code and support for WebSphere Portal Server. This integration allows to you aggregate WebSphere Commerce services and other content in a portal interaction environment.

• WebSphere Commerce Portal Integration site architecture
  
  The security model for WebSphere Commerce Portal Integration assumes the network connection between the Portal tier and the back-end Commerce tier are either behind a firewall or secured. It is up to the Portal administrator to decide which networking model to employ because the decision should be weighted between the benefit and the cost of using secured connections.

• Authentication types
  
  When integrating with a WebSphere Portal, there are multiple types of authentication available to you to use.

• WebSphere Portal integration prerequisites
  
  To enable WebSphere Portal with WebSphere Commerce, meet the prerequisites listed on the following pages:

• Configure WebSphere Portal with WebSphere Commerce using basic authentication
  
  To configure WebSphere Portal with WebSphere Commerce to use basic authentication, complete configuration tasks on each machine.

• Configure WebSphere Portal with WebSphere Commerce using simulated single sign-on
  
  To configure WebSphere Portal with WebSphere Commerce to use simulated single sign-on, complete configuration tasks on each machine.

• Install the WebSphere Commerce sample portal application
  
  Before completing the configuration of your WebSphere Portal machine, install the WebSphere Commerce sample application.

• Configure the sample portlets
  
  Deploying the WebSphere Commerce sample portal application on the WebSphere Portal server, makes the portal application available to portal users. Adding a portlet to a page makes the portlet accessible to users with the appropriate rights.

Related concepts

WebSphere Commerce integration with WebSphere Portal Authentication types WebSphere Commerce Portal Integration site architecture Portlet packaging structure - - -