Before you start administering your portal

 

Portal Configuration Files

After the WebSphere Portal installation is complete, make sure you save certain WebSphere Portal configuration files in a safe place. The reason for this is that the configuration process during the installation writes security sensitive information into these files in order to properly perform the portal configuration. The files are not removed after the installation as they also contain valuable information about the installation configuration process. Therefore, once you do not need that information any more, remove it and move those files to a safe place, or set the file permissions so that only authorized users can read them.

Execute the following two configuration scripts to remove this security sensitive information. Before you update portal configuration files, make sure you back them up in a safe location.

1. This removes the work directory that was created by the configuration process to configure the portal during the portal installation.

   ./WPSconfig.sh cleanup-work-dir

2. Remove all passwords from the installation process from the wpconfig.properties file.

   ./WPSconfig.sh delete-passwords

 

See also

• Portal navigation and back button behavior
• Disabling anchors in portlet URLs
• Portal administration tools
• Portal configuration
• XML configuration interface
• Administering your portal

 

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