Portal Express, Version 6.0
Operating systems: i5/OS, Linux, Windows
Install coexisting WebSphere Portal Express profiles on the same machine
You can install more than one copy of IBM® WebSphere® Portal Express on the same machine and have each copy operate independently of the others. Each copy of WebSphere Portal Express will be installed on a separate IBM WebSphere Application Server profile.
Installing multiple copies of WebSphere Portal Express on the same machine impacts performance because all copies share the same system resources, such as processor capacity and memory. Also, because the installation program creates a private copy of DB2 for each copy of WebSphere Portal Express, you need to specify a different DB2 administrator user ID and password for each copy; second and subsequent installations are therefore slower than the first installation.
To install each copy of WebSphere Portal Express, follow these instructions:
- Review Configuring the WebSphere Portal Express ports to decide which configuration method to use to avoid port conflicts.
- Install WebSphere Portal Express. You can:
- Install each copy of WebSphere Portal Express with a new copy of WebSphere Application Server. For instructions, see Installing with a new instance of WebSphere Application Server.
- Install each copy of WebSphere Portal Express on an existing version of WebSphere Application Server. For instructions, see Installing a new version on an existing version of WebSphere Application Server.
- Verify that you can start and access the WebSphere Application Server administrative server and the WebSphere_Portal application server:
- Open a command prompt and change directory to was_profile_root/bin.
- Enter the following commands:
- Windows :
startServer server1 startServer WebSphere_Portal
- Linux :
./startServer.sh server1 ./startServer.sh WebSphere_Portal
- Windows :
- Access the administrative console for WebSphere Application Server by requesting the following Web address from a browser:
http://hostname:10001/ibm/console/
where hostname is the fully-qualified host name of the machine where WebSphere Application Server is installed. For example, http://www.ibm.com:10001/ibm/console/. - Access WebSphere Portal Express by requesting the following Web address from a browser: http://hostname.example.com:10038/wps/portal, where hostname.example.com is the fully qualified host name of the machine where WebSphere Portal is running and 10038 is the default transport port that is created by WebSphere Application Server.
- If you are unable to access either WebSphere Portal Express or the administrative server for WebSphere Application Server, refer to Troubleshooting to determine the cause of your problem and the steps required to correct it.
- When performing certain tasks, you might need to increase your JVM heap size; see Setting the JVM max heap size for information about when and how to increase your heap size.
Next steps
At this point, you can login and start using WebSphere Portal Express or you can continue to extend your WebSphere Portal Express environment.
- To learn how to login, refer to Logging in to the portal and to explore WebSphere Portal Express, refer to Take a test drive of the site.
- To transfer WebSphere Portal Express data to another supported database, refer to Configuring databases.
- To configure WebSphere Portal Express to connect to a user registry, such as LDAP or another database, refer to Configuring security.
- To integrate with Lotus Domino and add collaboration function, such as Lotus Sametime instant messaging, refer to Lotus Domino Integration.