About this information

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This Information Center is for planners, installers, administrators, developers, and others who plan to install, configure, administer, and develop for WebSphere Portal.

WebSphere Portal provides a comprehensive solution for the business. The information in this Information Center is designed to help you design and implement the portal solution. Because every portal deployment is unique, it is important to also refer to the the Additional resources section for links to other information about WebSphere Portal. There are links to IBM Redbooks, articles, and much more.

Portal administrators should have experience supporting Internet servers running on iSeries operating systems. In addition, installers and administrators should have skills in database software, general networking, and firewalls. Portlet developers should have Java programming skills.

• Information Center change history

• Conventions

 

Information Center change history

Edition	Date	Updates
Edition 12	March 2, 2005	Corrections to various topics including: Manage documents > Document Manager > Running Document Conversion Services on an AIX server (new) Install > Web Server Install > Database > Configuring databasees > DB2 removed Customizing Web Clipper Customize the portal Use Active Directory and SSL Securing the portal > LDAP > Setting up LDAP over SSL Additional Resources > Resources and Support Troubleshooting Collaboration Center Create a vertical cluster on a single machine Install WebSphere Portal in a cluster environment
Edition 11	January 4, 2004	Corrections to various topics including: Administer > Portal Administration portlets Troubleshooting Document Manager and Productivity Components Troubleshooting Administration
Edition 10	December 7, 2004	Corrections to various topics including: Troubleshooting databases Configuration task reference Troubleshooting WebSphere Portal installation Changing WebSphere Portal schema in the database added topic: Slow login when using Active Directory as LDAP Troubleshooting LDAP and Security Can Lotus Collaborative Environments share an LDAP server? Changing the WebSphere Portal URI Searching multiple object classes in WebSphere Portal Manage Documents
Edition 9	November 2, 2004	Corrections to various topics including: Web clipping Install WebSphere Portal in a cluster environment Enabling Security > Configuring LDAP Developing portlets > IBM Portlet API > Configuration objects
Edition 8	October 5, 2004	Corrections to various topics including: Changing LDAP hostname in a cluster Configure Document Manager Member Manager Configuration Set up SSL for WebSphere Portal
Edition 7	September 3, 2004	Corrections to various topics including: Changes to Struts Application Deploying customized themes and skins Set up SSL for WebSphere Portal Hardware and software requirements Portlet API tag quick reference Tags used by the portal JSPs
Edition 6	August 5, 2004	Corrections to various topics including: Install WebSphere Portal in a cluster environment Improving Performance Install Moving from a test to production server using the XML configuration interface Configure WebSphere Portal for Active Directory Use IBM Content Manager as a datastore for Document Manager
Edition 5	July 7, 2004	Corrections to various topics including: Supported hardware and software Install WebSphere Portal Configure the Web server Tivoli Access Manager Clustering Create databases and users for DB2 Machine Translation Configure security Improving performance Packaging the JARS in the portlet WAR file Configuration property reference Migrate credential vault Corrected corrupt PDF version of the Developer's Guide.
Edition 4	January 23, 2004	Update of the Information Center and provided translated on the Web. Refer to the WebSphere Portal Version 5.0.2 release notes for change history details.
Edition 3	December 12, 2003	Update of the Information Center and provided translated on the Web. Refer to the WebSphere Portal Version 5.0.2 release notes for change history details.
Edition 2	November 21, 2003	Update to the Information Center for WebSphere Portal Version 5.0.2. This edition is available, in English, on the product CDs for iSeries, and provided translated on the Web. Refer to the WebSphere Portal Version 5.0.2 release notes for change history details.
Edition 1	October 29, 2003	Initial Information Center that was translated and included on the WebSphere Portal Version 5.0.2 product CDs.

 

Conventions

Following are some conventions that can help you interpret the information that is provided in this Information Center:

• File names, directories, and commands appear in Courier font. For example:

  • File name: install.bat

  • Directory: /opt/WebSphere/PortalServer

  • Command: startServer WebSphere_Portal

• Variables are either italicized, enclosed in brackets, or both. For example:

  • http://<hostname.yourco.com>/wps/portal

• The following variables are used to indicate a root installation directory:

  • WebSphere Portal root installation directory: <wp_root> or wp_root
  • WAS root installation directory: </Qibm/ProdData/WebAS5/PME/> or /Qibm/ProdData/WebAS5/PME/

• Directories are shown with forward slashes (/), unless operating-system specific information is provided. On Windows systems, use backward slashes (\) when typing at a command line, unless otherwise noted.
  

• Operating-system specific information is provided. For example:

  • iSeries: WPSconfig.sh backup-main-cfg-file

• Tips on how to use specific topics are marked with a green check. For example:

  • How to use this planning section

• Most topics include a Related information section that links to other relevant topics. See the last section for an example.
  

• The term WebSphere Portal might be used to reference the WebSphere Portal - Express product or the portal server component.

 

 

See also

• What's new

• Product description

• Key features

• Components overview

• Accessibility features

• Resources and support

• Resources for learning

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