Set up the application serving environment

 

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Set up your application serving environment by...

  1. Installing and configuring the WAS product
  2. Setting up Web servers and appservers
  3. Configuring the appservers to serve applications.

Plan the installation

Common product topologies that you can install with WAS, Version 6 products.

Configure the product after installation

What to do after installing the product.

If you are using ND, configure a profile.

You can display the First Steps tool, an easy way to get started with the product.

Configure ports

Information about port number settings for Version 6 and previous versions, for use in coexistence and interoperability situations.

Communicate with Web servers

Install and configure WebSphere plug-ins for Web servers, enabling communication between Web servers and appservers.

Create and delete profiles

Create and delete profiles. A profile is the set of files that define the runtime environment. At least one profile must exist to run the product.

Set up the administrative architecture

Set up logical administrative domains, including cells and nodes.

Configure virtual hosts

Configure cell-wide settings for virtual hosts to assist in handling requests among Web applications, Web containers, and appservers.

Configure WebSphere variables

Configure cell-wide settings for variables to assist in handling requests among Web applications, Web containers, and appservers.

Manage shared libraries

Configure cell-wide settings for shared libraries to assist in handling requests among Web applications, Web containers, and appservers.

Work with server configuration files

Change the default locations of configuration files, as needed. Application server configuration files define the available appservers, their configurations, and their contents.

Administer appservers

Configure individual appservers to provide services for running enterprise applications and their components.

Balance workloads with clusters

Configure clusters, which are sets of servers that are managed together and participate in workload management.

Set up a high availability environment

Planning ahead for high availability support, which is important in order to avoid the risk of a failure without failover coverage. In a properly set up high availability environment, a high availability manager can reassess the environment it is managing and accept new components as they are added to the environment.

Set up the proxy server

Configure the proxy server to route HTTP requests to content servers.




Sub-topics

Virtual hosts
Configure virtual hosts
Variables
Configure WebSphere variables
Manage shared libraries
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