Configure Personalization after installation

If you chose not to configure Personalization during installation, manually configure it before you can use it.

Configure Personalization

To configure Personalization, do the following

1. Locate the portal_root/config/wpconfig.properties.
2. Use a text editor to open the portal_root/config/wpconfig.properties file. Uncomment and verify the following properties for your environment:

   Note the following:

   • Only one value in each type can be uncommented. Do not chane any settings other than those specified in these steps. For instructions on working with these files, see Configuration properties reference for a complete properties reference, including default values.
   • Use / instead of \ for all platforms.
   • Some values, shown in italics below, may need to be modified to your specific environment.

   Section of properties file: WebSphere Application Server properties

   Property	Value
   WasHome	Description: WebSphere Application Server install directory. Recommended Value: dir Default Value: D:/WebSphere/AppServer
   WasUserHome	Description: Directory where WebSphere Application Server user data is created. Recommended Value: dir Default Value: D:/WebSphere/AppServer
   WasUserid	Description: The user ID for WebSphere Application Server security authentication. Recommended Value: userid Default Custom User Registry (CUR) value: wpsbind
   WasPassword	Description: The password for WebSphere Application Server security authentication. Recommended Value: password Default Value: none
   WpsInstallLocation	Description: The directory where Portal is installed Recommended Value: portal_path Default Value: D:/WebSphere/
   CellName	Description: The WebSphere Application Server cell to which the appserver belongs. Recommended Value: cell Default Value: cell
   NodeName	Description: The node within the cell to which the WebSphere Application Server belongs (typically this value is the same as the host.name for the computer). Recommended Value: node Default Value: node
   ServerName	Description: The name of the appserver where the Personalization enterprise application is deployed. This value must be unique among other appserver names in the same cell. Recommended Value: WebSphere_Portal Default Value: WebSphere_Portal

   Section of properties file: Database properties

   Property	Value
   DbType	Description: The type of database used with Personalization. Recommended Value: db2 Default Value: cloudscape
   DbDriver	Description: The Java class name for the JDBC provider that Personalization uses to communicate with its databases. Recommended Value: com.ibm.db2.jdbc.app.DB2Driver Default Value: com.ibm.db2.jdbc.app.DB2Driver (Cloudscape)
   DbLibrary	Description: The fully qualified directory path name where the classes for the JDBC provider are located. Recommended Value: SQLLIB/java/db2java.zip Default Value: portal_root/shared/app/cloudscape/db2j.jar, where portal_root is the Portal installation directory. (Cloudscape)

   Section of properties file: Feedback properties

   Property	Value
   FeedbackDbUr	Description:The JDBC URL to the Feedback database. Recommended Value: jdbc:db2:fbkdb Default Value: jdbc:db2j:wpsdp;create=true (Cloudscape)
   FeedbackDbUser	Description: The Feedback database user. Note: This property is required for DB2 and DB2 for z/OS. For SQL Server and Oracle only, this value must be set to FEEDBACK. Recommended Value: dbuser Default Value:wcmdbadm
   FeedbackDbPassword	Description: The Feedback database user password. Recommended Value: dbpassword Default Value:ReplaceWithYourDbAdminPwd
   FeedbackDbNameOnZos	Description: The name of the remote Personalization Feedback database for IBM Universal Database for z/OS only. Recommended Value:wpsdbzos Default Value:fdbk5zos
   FeedbackDbTablespace	Description: The name of the Feedback database tablespace. Required for DB2 and z/OS. Recommended Value:wpsdbts Default Value: fdbk5dbs

3. Save the file.
4. Enter the following commands to run the appropriate configuration tasks:

   Note: Check the output for any error messages before proceeding with the next task. If any of the configuration tasks fail, verify the values in the wpconfig.properties file.

    

   • UNIX: ./WPSconfig.sh setup-pzn -DWasPassword=password -DFeedbackDbPassword=password

      

   • Windows: WPSconfig.bat setup-pzn -DWasPassword=password -DFeedbackDbPassword=password

   Note: If the passwords were set in the above property files, they do not need to be entered into the command line.