Create a WebSphere Portal profile

Overview

During the installation process, the Installation Manager creates the WebSphere Portal profile. If we need an additional profile, use the Configuration Wizard to create it.

Configuration Wizard

On the Configuration Wizard home page, click More Options to find Create a WebSphere Portal Profile.

Create a new profile

After we answer questions and provide information about your system, the wizard generates a custom configuration procedure.

Depending on our environment, the wizard generates a configuration process. The following steps reflect all possible steps in the configuration process. The steps do not represent a literal configuration. The steps are provided as a reference.

If we click View Step Command, we can see the task and properties associated with each step in the wizard.

1. Create the target profile for WebSphere Portal in the WAS

   Condition

   none

   ConfigEngine task

   none

2. Install the ConfigEngine into the target WebSphere Portal profile

   Condition

   none

   ConfigEngine task

   none

3. Register the WebSphere Portal components with the ConfigEngine

   Condition

   none

   ConfigEngine task

   install

4. Consolidate the properties files for WebSphere Portal components used in this configuration into a single properties file

   Condition

   none

   ConfigEngine task

   consolidate-properties

5. Prepare the profile for basic configuration

   Condition

   none

   ConfigEngine task

   gather-runtime-property-files

   gather-portalserver-exes

   pre-basic-config

   copy-shared-objects

   enable-oob-security

6. Validate the database connection and environment

   Condition

   none

   ConfigEngine task

   none

7. Deploy applications into the portal profile

   Condition

   none

   ConfigEngine task

   none

8. Configure the JCR, theme, and core runtime components of the portal server

   Condition

   none

   ConfigEngine task

   none

9. Deploy the administration portlets and pages to the portal

   Condition

   none

   ConfigEngine task

   none

10. Deploy the out-of-box pages and portlets to the portal

    Condition

    none

    ConfigEngine task

    none

11. Remove the application server (server1) from the profile

    Condition

    none

    ConfigEngine task

    none

12. Stop the portal server

    Condition

    none

    ConfigEngine task

    none

13. Collect the deployment manager augmentation files and profile templates required to build a cell

    Condition

    none

    ConfigEngine task

    none

14. Restart the WebSphere Portal server

    Condition

    none

    ConfigEngine task

    none

Parent WebSphere Portal

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Troubleshooting: Create a WebSphere Portal profile