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WebSphere Portal integration prerequisites for the WebSphere Portal machine
Before you integrate WebSphere Portal ensure that the system meets the software and configuration requirements.
SoftwareYou must have preinstalled the following software:
- WebSphere Portal version 6.1.0.2 or later. Refer to the Installing topic in the WebSphere Portal Information Center.
- IBM recommends that the WebSphere Portal server runs on the WebSphere Application Server runtime installed by Rational Application Developer 7.5.4 or later.
- WebSphere Application Server 7.0.0.5 or later.
Using WebSphere Portal 6.1 with other versions of WebSphere Application Server is not a supported configuration. If the Portal 6.1 configuration already exists, with WebSphere Application Server 6.1, contact the administrator for information regarding migrating to WebSphere Application Server 7.
- Rational Application Developer version 7.5.4 or later must be installed to develop and test WebSphere Portal with WebSphere Commerce 7.0.
- When installing Rational Application Developer version 7.5.4 or later follow the custom installation path and select to use a preinstalled WebSphere Application Server, or install the WebSphere Application Server that is packaged with Rational Application Developer.
- You must select to install WebSphere Portal tools and WebSphere Application Server version 7.0.0.5 or later when installing Rational Application Developer. For more information, refer to the Rational Application Developer version 7 Information Center.
- You have installed the WebSphere Portal V6.1 test server into the Rational Application Developer v7.5 environment. For more information refer to Supported hardware and software for WebSphere Portal v6.1.
Prerequisite tasksVerify the system meets the following requirements:
- Ensure the IP addresses of the WebSphere Commerce Server and WebSphere Portal Server are registered in a DNS server, and that they can access each other by hostname.
- The system clocks of the WebSphere Portal machine and the WebSphere Commerce machine should be synchronized.
- Enable WebSphere Portal security with a LDAP user registry.
Related concepts
WebSphere Commerce integration with WebSphere Portal
Single sign-on (SSO) and WebSphere Commerce Portal
Related tasks
Configure WebSphere Portal with WebSphere Commerce