WebSphere

 

Portal Express, Version 6.0
Operating systems: i5/OS, Linux, Windows

 

Configure Personalization after installation

If you chose not to configure Personalization during installation, manually configure it before you can use it.

 

Configure Personalization

To configure Portal Personalization, do the following

  1. Locate in the portal_server_root/config directory the following files:

    • wpconfig.properties

    • wpconfig_dbtype.properties

    • wpconfig_dbdomain.properties

  2. Use a text editor to open each of these configuration files. Uncomment and verify the following properties for your environment: Note the following:

    • Only one value in each type can be uncommented. Do not change any settings other than those specified in these steps. For instructions on working with these files, see Configuration properties reference for a complete properties reference, including default values.

    • Use / instead of \ for all platforms.

    • Some values, shown in italics below, may need to be modified to your specific environment.

     

    Section of properties file: WebSphere Application Server properties

    Property Value
    WasHome WebSphere Application Server install directory.

     

    Recommended Value: dir

     

    Default Value: /opt/WebSphere/AppServer

    WasUserHome Directory where WebSphere Application Server user data is created.

     

    Recommended Value: dir

     

    Default Value: /opt/WebSphere/AppServer

    WasUserid The user ID for WebSphere Application Server security authentication.

     

    Recommended Value: userid

     

    Default Custom User Registry (CUR) value: wpsbind

    WasPassword The password for WebSphere Application Server security authentication.

     

    Recommended Value: password

     

    Default Value: none

    WpsInstallLocation The directory where WebSphere Portal Express is installed

     

    Recommended Value: portal_server_root

     

    Default Value: opt/WebSphere/PortalServer

    CellName The WebSphere Application Server cell to which the application server belongs.

     

    Recommended Value: cell

     

    Default Value: cell

    NodeName The node within the cell to which the WebSphere Application Server belongs (typically this value is the same as the host name for the computer).

     

    Recommended Value: node

     

    Default Value: node

    ServerName The name of the application server where the Personalization enterprise application is deployed. This value must be unique among other application server names in the same cell.

     

    Recommended Value: WebSphere_Portal

     

    Default Value: server1

     

    Section of properties file: Database domain properties

    For these properties, dbdomain will be replaced with the database domain you are configuring. Depending on which database domain has to be configured, dbdomain will be replaced by:

    • jcr

    • feedback

    • likeminds

    Property Value
    dbdomain.DbType The type of database used with Personalization.

     

    Recommended Value: db2

     

    Default Value: db2

    dbdomain.DbUrl The JDBC URL to the WebSphere Portal Express database.

     

    Default Value: jdbc:db2:wpsdb

    dbdomain.DbUser The user ID for the database administrator.

     

    For SQL Server and Oracle only, this value MUST be set to FEEDBACK, which corresponds to the user FEEDBACK in your SQL Server or Oracle database.

     

    Default Value: db2admin

    dbdomain.DbPassword The Feedback database user password.

    A value must be set for this property; it cannot be empty.

     

    Value type: Alphanumeric text string

     

    Default Value: ReplaceWithYourDbAdminPwd

    dbdomain.DbTablespace The name of the Feedback database tablespace. Required for DB2 .

    This property is for Feedback and LikeMinds only.

     

    Recommended Value: wpsdbts

     

    Default Value: fdbk5dbs

    For these properties, dbtype will be replaced with the database domain you are configuring. Depending on which database domain has to be configured, dbtype will be replaced by:

    • db2

    • oracle

    • sqlserver

    Property Value
    dbtype.DbDriver The Java class name for the JDBC provider that Personalization uses to communicate with its databases.

     

    Default Value: com.ibm.db2.jdbc.app.DB2Driver

    dbtype.DbLibrary The directory and name of the .zip or .jar file that contains the JDBC driver class.

     

    Default Value: SQLLIBjava/db2java.zip

  3. Save the file.

  4. Enter the following commands to run the appropriate configuration tasks:

     

    Check the output for any error messages before proceeding with the next task. If any of the configuration tasks fail, verify the values in the wpconfig.properties , wpconfig_dbdomain.properties, and wpconfig_dbtype.properties files.

    • Linux:

      ./WPSconfig.sh setup-pzn -DWasPassword=password -DFeedbackDbPassword=password

    • Windows:

      WPSconfig.bat setup-pzn -DWasPassword=password -DFeedbackDbPassword=password

    • i5/OS:

      WPSconfig.sh -profileName profile_root setup-pzn-iseries -DWasPassword=password -DFeedbackDbPassword=password

      where profile_root is the name of the WebSphere Application Server profile where WebSphere Portal Express is installed; for example, pzn_profile.

    If the passwords were set in the above property files, they do not need to be entered into the command line.

 

Parent topic:

Personalizing