WebSphere Portal 7 Administration and Deployment

Course: WSPAD7

Duration: 5 Days

Level: II

Course Summary

This course teaches the operational tasks involved in maintaining a WebSphere Portal Server environment. This course focuses specifically on the advanced configuration required to support a cluster of WebSphere Portal servers. Rather than working with a basic installation throughout the entire course, students are shown how to accomplish the tasks that will be required in a production-scale WebSphere Portal deployment. Students will initially work separately so they become familiar with administrative tasks and then will work together to create a horizontal Portal cluster.

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Topics Covered In This Course

Introduction to WebSphere Portal Server

What is a Portal
An Example of a WebSphere Portal Site
General Portal Architecture
WebSphere Portal Products
A Typical Network Architecture for WebSphere Portal
WebSphere Portal Server
WebSphere Portal Server Architecture
Page Aggregation Modules
Portlet
WebSphere Portal Built-in Portlets
Portlet Application
Portlet Mode and State
WebSphere Portal Information
Java Portlet Specification v1.0 (JSR-168)
Java Portlet Specification v2.0 (JSR-286)
Portlet Security Overview
Portal Access Control
Portal User Management
Credential Vault Service
Best Practices For Development

Installing WebSphere Portal Server

Installing WPS
WPS Components
Optional Component: Database
Optional Component: LDAP Server
Optional Component: WebSphere Process Server
Optional Component: HTTP Server
Hardware Requirements
Operating Systems
Supported Databases
Supported LDAP Servers
Supported Web Servers
Preparing the OS
Installation Source
Running the Install Program
Simple Install Example
Install Complete
Test
Starting Portal Server
Accessing The Home Page
The Portal Home Page
The Portal Administration Page
Stopping Portal Server
Getting Server Status
Looking At Log Files
SystemOut.log

Configuration for Production and Scalability

Installation Architectures
Development Environment
Functional Testing
Integration Testing
Production Environment
Clustering Considerations
Configuration Utilities
ConfigEngine Utility
ANT Script File
How ConfigEngine Uses ANT
More on Properties
Property Precedence
What Can You Do with ConfigEngine?
Migrating Database
Database Domains
Migrate to DB2

Problem Determination

Problem Determination
Types of Problems
Problem Isolation
Steps to Follow
HTTP Server Access Log
HTTP Server Error Log
HTTP Server Start Up Error
WebSphere Specific Notes
Tools for Resolving WebSphere Problems
Admin Console Messages
Configuration Problems
Runtime Messages
Message Details
Important Log Files
Log Types
Log Detail Levels
Configuring Log Files
Viewing Logs
Log File Format
Configuring Tracing
Reading Java Exceptions
Debugging
Application Server Does Not Start
High CPU Usage
Application Server Hanging
Portal Server Installation Logs
Portal Server Runtime Logs
Portal Server Tracing

WebSphere Portal Security ? Authentication

Authentication
LDAP Security Basics
LDAP Data Structure
Example
Distinguished Name (DN)
DN and RDN Example
Searching
User Registries
Portal User Registry
Alternate Security Registries
The ConfigWizard
When to Configure Security
Enabling Security with Standalone User Registry
Property Extension Database
Configure a Property Extension Database
Adding Properties to the Property Extension Database

Portal Page Hierarchy

Portlets
Portlets In Action
Portlet Catalog
Administrative Portlets
Utility Portlets
Application Portlets
Elements of a Portal Site
Page and Label
Page/Label Hierarchy
Creating Pages and Labels
Setting Page Properties
Layout Of A Page
Adding Portlets To A Page
Page Locking
Private Page
URL Mapping
URL Mapping Portlet
URL
Behavior of the Back Button
Configuring Anchors
Delayed Cleanup Of Deleted Portal Pages
Deleting Orphaned Data

Portlet Administration

Terminologies
Portlet
Portlet Modes
Example of Using Edit Mode
Portlet Window States
Portlet API
Portlet Deployment Descriptors
Installing a Portlet Web Module
How is a Portlet Web Module Installed?
Deploying Portlets Within an EAR
Managing Portlet Web Modules
Managing Portlet Applications
Managing Portlets
Adding a Portlet To a Page
Configuring A Portlet
Copying A Portlet Application
Copy A Portlet
Removing A Portlet From A Page
Uninstalling a Portlet Application
Portlet Caching
Cache Scope
Enabling Portlet Caching

Portal Resource Security

Key Concepts
Authorization
How Does Authorization Work?
Roles
Role Membership
More on Authorization
Resources
Common Access Rights
Delegated Administration
Managing Users and Groups
Setting Resource Permissions
Resource Permissions GUI

Portal Credential Vault

Credential Vault
Credential
Components of Credential Vault
Structure of the Credential Vault
Slot Scope
Credential Access Level
Single Sign-on Scenario
Vault Administration

Portal Attribute-Based Configuration

Global Settings
Portal Configuration Services
The WAS Admin Console
Using the WAS Admin Console
Changing A Parameter
Configuring Various Services
Credential Vault Service
External Access Control Service
Auditing Service
Enabling Auditing Service
Localizer Service
Persistent Session State
Persistent Session State Options
Session State Level
HTTP Proxy
Unique Names
Custom Unique Names Portlet

Composite Applications

What Is A Composite Application?
What Is A Component?
Components and Applications
Benefits Of Composite Applications
Template
Enabling Composite Application Support
Composite Application Design and Use
Creating A Template
Configuring A Template
Edit the Template Layout
Creating the Application
Configuring the Application
Using the Application
Protecting Applications and Templates
Defining Roles
Roles Portlet
Assign Application Members

Integrating External Content

Importing Content
Web Page Portlet
Web Clipping Portlet
Configuring the Web Clipping Portlet
Clipping Options
Clipping Type
HTML Clipping
Add the Clipping
RSS Portlet
Configure the RSS Portlet
Add the RSS Portlet
Document Management Changes
Third Party Portlets

Web Content Management Basics

Key Features
Main Components of WCM
How Does it Work?
Enabling WCM
Accessing WCM Authoring Tools
Using the WCM Tool
Authoring Template
Creating Authoring Template
Presentation Template
Corporate News Presentation Template
Presentation Template XML Markup
Site and Site Area
Example Site and Site Area
Content
Content Example
Creating Content
Security and Workflow of Content
Components
Showing a Component from an Authoring Template
Rendering Content in a Web Site
The Web Content Viewer Portlet

Customizing the Look and Feel

Customization Basics
Theme
Screen
The Home Screen
Skin
Container
How is a Page Rendered?
Theme Customizer Tool
Using the Theme Customizer
Portal Designer in RAD
Manual Customization Technique
Theme Resources
Creating a Theme
Customizing the New Theme
Creating a Skin
Skins And Layouts
Customizing a Skin
Client-side Aggregation Theme

Portlet Administration Automation

Introduction to xmlaccess
Running xmlaccess
Example Input File
Basic Syntax
Basic Syntax
XML Input Structure
Export Example
Deleting Users and Groups
Detailed XML Script Reference
Portal Resources Represented in XML
Object ID
Looking up Objects
Symbolic Reference
Symbolic Reference Example
Additional Examples - Create Users
Additional Examples - Deploy Theme
Additional Examples - Deploy Portlet
Guidelines
Portal Scripting Interface - Introduction
Portal Scripting Interface ? Benefits
Portal Scripting Interface ? Usage
Using Portal Scripting Interface in a Cluster
JACL
JACL Grammar
Script Beans
Script Beans - $Portal
Script Beans - $Content
Script Beans - $Layout
Script Beans - $Portlet
Script Beans - $Look
Profile Scripts
Example ? Add Pages
Running the Example

Virtual Portals and Realms

What are Virtual Portals?
Characteristics of Virtual Portals
Virtual Portals
Virtual Portals ? Scoped Resources
Creating Virtual Portals
Pre-configuring Virtual Portals
Virtual Portals - Actions
Leveraging Realms with Virtual Portals

Portal Server Clustering

What is Clustering?
Sample Clustered Topology
Basic Steps
Install WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment
Configure the Deployment Manager
Configure Primary Node to Communicate with DM
Federate and Cluster the Primary Node
Configure External Web Server with Portal Cluster
Configure WCM Content through External Web Server
Add Additional Members: Horizontal Clustering
Add Additional Members: Vertical Clustering
Session Failover
Configure Session Failover
Start and Validate the Cluster
Installing a Portlet Web Module
Unfederating a Node

Portal Promotion from Staging to Production

High Level Concepts
Preparing a Staging Server
Making a Release in Staging
Exporting Shared Configurations
Applying Changes in Production

Overview of WebSphere Architecture

WebSphere Platform
"Base" Edition
IBM HTTP Server
WebSphere Profiles
Creating Profiles
Benefits of Profiles
Product Files Directories
Profile Directories
Cell/Node/Server
Config Directory
Web Server Integration
Benefit of a Web Server
IBM HTTP Server Installation
Web Server Plug-in
Web Servers in WebSphere
Mapping Applications to Web Servers
Plug-in Configuration
Workload Management (WLM) Basics
Role of Network Deployment Software
Similarities With Base Edition
Differences With Base Edition
Network Deployment Cell
Deployment Manager and Node Agents
Configuration File Synchronization
Network Deployment Profiles
Federating Nodes
Federating an Application Server Profile
Federating a Custom Profile
Adding Nodes
Cluster
Vertical Scaling
Horizontal Scaling
"Mixed" Scaling

What You Can Expect

At the end of this course, delegates will be able to:

Plan for a portal installation
Install portal, including silent installation
Create a customized look and feel
Install new portlet applications
Configure Portal composite applications
Add portlets to pages and change page layout
Configure security using LDAP
Migrate portal configuration databases to an external database
Resolve most common problems
Perform basic performance tuning
Create multiple virtual portals
Use Web Content Management to maintain the web site

Who Should Take This Course

This is a course for administrators who are responsible for installing and maintaining a WebSphere Portal Server based web site.

Recommended Prerequisites

Prior experience with WebSphere Application Server administration is required.

Training Style

Lecture (50%) / Lab (50%)

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