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The Web Administration for i5/OS interface provides an easy to use wizard to configure WebSphere Portal on your System i environment.

IBM recommends that you install the latest PTFs to upgrade to the latest level of the HTTP Server for i5/OS.

IBM recommends that you use the Create WebSphere Portal wizard in the IBM Web Administration for i5/OS interface when configuring your WebSphere Portal server. This reduces the time required to configure and start the Portal server and reduces the complexity of the many different features of the Portal server. Information documenting the installation and configuration of the Portal server on an i5/OS environment is located in the WebSphere Portal Product Documentation Web site.

WebSphere Portal is a J2EE application that runs on WebSphere Application Server. WebSphere Portal creates an environment that provides connectivity, administration, and presentation services that allow portal users a means for doing business efficiently and with high satisfaction.

The wizard will help you create and configure the elements of a portal server.

The following elements are configured through the wizard:

• WebSphere Application Server

• HTTP Server:

  The HTTP server routes the incoming URL requests to the proper locations. All dynamic requests are routed by the HTTP server to the application server, which then displays the required portlets.

• WebSphere Portal:

  WebSphere Portal consists of the middleware, portlets, and development tools for building and managing secure business portals. A portal is a Web site that provides end users with a single point of access to Web-based resources.

• LDAP:

  The LDAP server controls who has access to the portal server.

  In the portal environment, it stores, updates, and retrieves user-specific data related to authentication such as users and passwords.

• Database: DB2® database is used by the WebSphere Portal as a repository for user customized portal Web pages and portal configuration information.

 

Prerequisites and assumptions

Minimum hardware requirements

You can use the IBM Workload Estimator for help with sizing all system configurations. It might be possible to use systems that do not meet the recommended minimums in environments that support a limited number of users and where longer server initialization times can be tolerated, but performance may suffer.

• Processor: Recent System i5 and eServer™ i5 models with at least 3800 CPW. Production environments should consider servers with a higher CPW rating.

• Physical memory: 5 GB at a minimum. Production environments and environments featuring multiple profiles require more memory.

• Disk space: The following values are required if you use the installation program to install WebSphere Application Server, extensions and fixes, and WebSphere Portal Express. These values assume a minimum of 6 disk arms and do not account for any other products or components that could be installed on the WebSphere Portal Express machine. Refer to the documentation for the other products for additional hardware requirement information. You can perform a custom installation of the components. The following list shows the space requirements by component:

  Component	Install directory	Temp directory
  WebSphere Portal Express and WebSphere Application Server V6.0.2.15 and each WebSphere Application Server profile configured for use with WebSphere Portal Express V6.0	3.5 GB	750 MB

Minimum software requirements

• 5722DG1 Option *BASE – HTTP Server
• 5722JV1 Option *BASE – Java
• 5722JV1 Option 6 - Java 1.4
• 5722TC1 Option *Base – TCP/IP
• 5722SS1 Option 12 – Host Servers
• 5722SS1 Option 30 – Qshell
• 5722SS1 Option 33 – PASE
• 5722SS1 Option 43 – OS/400 Additional fonts – required for Document Manager on i5/OS
• 5733W60 Option*Base - WebSphere Application Server V6.0.x
• 5733W60 Option 2 - WebSphere Application Server V6.0.x
• WebSphere Portal 6.0

 

Start the WebSphere Portal wizard

The Web Performance Advisor can be started from the Web Administration for i5/OS interface:

1. In iSeries Navigator, expand your_system_i –> Network –> Servers, and select TCP/IP.

2. Right-click HTTP Administration, and select Start.

3. Start a Web browser.

4. Type http://[your_system_i]:2001 in the URL field to start the i5/OS Tasks Web page, where [your_system_i] is the name of your IBM i5/OS system. Example: http://mysystemi.acme.com:2001

5. Click IBM Web Administration for i5/OS.

6. From the IBM Web Administration for i5/OS interface, select Manage -> Application Servers -> Common Tasks and Wizards -> Create WebSphere Portal .

The WebSphere Portal wizard walks you through the creation of a new WebSphere Portal instance.

 

Parent topic:

Web tasks