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.

Create a profile used as an additional node:

cd WAS_HOME/bin

Choose a Node Name that is different from what you entered for the primary node.

manageprofiles -create -templatePath 
/QIBM/ProdData/WebSphere/PortalServer/V8/portal_family/profileTemplates/managed.portal 
   -profileName testManagedPortal1
   -profilePath /QIBM/UserData/WebSphere/AppServer/V8/ND/profiles/testManagedPortal1
   -cellName testCell
   -nodeName testNode
   -hostName myportal.myco.com

Use the continuation character "\" to avoid seeing the "not found" error message.

In this example, the portal profile template is installed under the /QIBM/ProdData/WebSphere/PortalServer/V8/portal_family/profileTemplates/managed.portal directory. The new profile is named testManagedPortal1 and is located under the /QIBM/UserData/WebSphere/AppServer/V8/ND/profiles/testManagedPortal1 directory.

Parent: Create or augment profiles on IBM i
Related:
Install WebSphere Portal on IBM i on the primary node