Create or augment profiles on IBM i

We can create new profiles or augment an existing dmgr profile. We can use manageProfiles.sh to enter all required parameters on a command line. This method allows us to automate the process.

Creating or augmenting a profile requires a profile template, which is used to execute the required actions. The templates can be found in...

PORTAL_HOME/profileTemplates

Choose the appropriate file to create or augment the profile:

• Create a Portal application server profile on IBM i
  The IBM WebSphere Portal installation registers the application server profile template with IBM WAS. We can use the manageprofiles.sh to create new profiles based on the template. The newly created profile's WAS administrator ID and password are set according to the input given. The portal still has the same security and database configurations, including the portal admin ID and password, as the initial profile used to run enable-profiles. If the initial profile was using the Derby database, a fresh copy is automatically created with the new profile. If your initial profile was configured to use a non-Derby database, then all the database domains of the new profile are identically configured. Likewise, any security configurations (like a stand-alone or federated LDAP that were made before running enable-profiles are preserved with the new profile.
• Create a Portal custom profile on IBM i
  Custom profiles do not contain any servers or applications; they are used as run time environments to create additional cluster members. After creating the profile, the node must be federated into an existing cell. The portal server is added when we add the additional nodes to an existing cluster.
• Augment a stand-alone default profile with WebSphere Portal on IBM i
  We can augment an existing IBM WAS default profile running in a stand-alone (non-federated) environment with IBM WebSphere Portal. The augmentation adds the WebSphere Portal configurations, applications, and application server that were saved from the baseline WebSphere Portal configuration.
• Augment a dmgr profile on IBM i
  An existing dmgr profile can be augmented with the configuration settings required to set up an IBM WebSphere Portal cluster.

Parent: Create multiple profiles on IBM i