Preparing 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. You 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 run-time environment to support applications.

1. Create an application server.

2. Create a virtual host.

3. Configure a Web container.

4. Configure an EJB container.

5. Create resources for data access.

6. Create a JDBC provider and data source.

7. Create a URL and URL provider.

8. Create a JavaMail session.

9. Create resources for session support.

10. Configure a Session Manager.

Related tasks
Deploying and administering applications