IBM WebSphere Application Server provides a variety of graphical and non-graphical user interfaces. The product GUIs are described, as well as some key scripting and command-line tools. For a complete list of available commands, and for more information about commands, see the section, Command-line syntax in the Reference view of the information center.
Tools for installing, upgrading, and migrating
Tools for developing applications
IBM WebSphere Application Server is not an application development tool. The WebSphere Studio Application Developer product line offers development environments and tools that complement each edition of the Application Server. For more information, see Product family overview.
Tools for assembling applications
As described in Assembling or packaging, assembly is a necessary packaging and configuration step prior to deploying an application onto the server.
Use this tool to configure deployment descriptors that define the resources needed by application clients. For more information, see Assembling application clients on workstation platforms.
Tools for deploying and administering
As described in Deploying, deploying involves putting an application onto a particular server.
Tools for monitoring and tuning
Tools for troubleshooting