WebSphere Application Server - Express, Version 6.0.x     Operating Systems: AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Windows

How do I install an application serving environment?

 

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Install a development environment

Install a development environment.

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Check mark Plan your installation of WebSphere Application Server Express

IBM WebSphere Application Server Express, Version 6 is an integrated platform that contains an Application Server, Web development tools, a Web server, and additional supporting software and documentation. Another option is to use the base WebSphere Application Server as your the test server in your development environment. In either case, diagrams are provided to show several common installation configuration.

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Learn about late-breaking changes and limitations, particularly involving installation, migration, and configuration.

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Learn which product configurations are supported.

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Check mark Use the launch pad to explore options and start the installation

The launch pad console is the starting point for installing WebSphere Application Server products and trials.

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Use this section as a starting point to investigate the technologies used in and by applications that you deploy on the application server.

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Plan and install a production environment

Look at configuration diagrams to determine how you want your application serving environment to be. Perform the needed installations.

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Learn about the family of WebSphere Application Server products, the package that ships for each package, and the installable components on each product compact disc.

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Check mark Plan your application serving environment

Use the diagrams to decide among several popular installation scenarios.

Documentation: Planning to install WebSphere Application Server - Express

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Check mark Obtain an overview of installation

High level steps for installing the product. Tips and knowledge that will make installation easier.

Roadmap for installing the Express product

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Check mark Take your first steps in using the product

The First steps console is a post-installation ease-of-use tool for directing WebSphere Application Server elements from one place. You can verify the installation, start a server, view Samples, register the product, and other activities.

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Configure the product after installation (required)

Perform configuration. Take your first steps using the product.

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Check mark Take your first steps in using the product

The First steps console is a post-installation ease-of-use tool for directing WebSphere Application Server elements from one place. You can verify the installation of a profile, start a server, view Samples, register the product, and other activities.

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The Samples Gallery offers a set of samples that demonstrate common Web application tasks. Some Samples are installed by default. Others are available upon request.

Documentation: Accessing the Samples (Samples Gallery)

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Communicate with Web servers

Perform tasks related to HTTP serving, including installing a complementary Web server available with your Application Server, and configuring communication between the Application Server and any supported Web server.

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Check mark Install IBM HTTP Server as your Web server

Install IBM HTTP Server V6 and its plug-in, or install a plug-in for another supported Web server to enable the Web server to work with WebSphere Application Server, V6.

Documentation: Installing IBM HTTP Server

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Check mark Plan the Web server plug-ins in your application serving environment

The primary production configuration is an Application Server on one machine and a Web server on a separate machine. This configuration is referred to as a remote configuration. Contrast the remote configuration to the local configuration, which consists of the Application Server and the Web server on the same machine. Either configuration requires the Web server plug-in modules on the Web server machine.

Documentation: Selecting a Web server topology diagram and roadmap

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Check mark Install plug-ins for communicating with Web servers

After installing the Application Server and a Web server, you can install a WebSphere Application Server plug-in for a supported Web server. The binary plug-in is unique per Web server. The purpose of the binary plug-in is to provide the communication protocol between the Web server and the Application Server.

Documentation: Installing Web server plug-ins

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Check mark Configure communication with the Web server

The Web server plug-ins for Web servers running on a distributed platform are provided on a separate CD from the WebSphere Application Server product. A Web Server Plug-in Installation Wizard that is also provided on that CD.

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Check mark Configure the HTTP channel within the application server

The HTTP channel provides client applications with persistent HTTP connections to remote hosts that are either blocked by firewalls and/or require an HTTP proxy server (including authentication). An HTTP channel is used to exchange application data in the body of an HTTP request and HTTP response sent to and received from a remote server. HTTP channels enable client-side applications to poll the remote host and to use HTTP requests to either send data from the client or to receive data from an application server. In either case, neither the client nor the application server are unaware that HTTP is being used to exchange the data.

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Check mark Enable your Web server to use HTTPS in addition to HTTP

If you intend to use the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) transport (also known as HTTPS), in addition to the plug-in files, you must also install the Global Security Kit (GSKit) on the workstation hosting your Web server. This kit helps the Web server connect to your Application Server.

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Check mark Establish virtual hosts

Virtual hosts enable you to isolate, and independently manage, multiple sets of resources on the same physical machine. A virtual host is a configuration enabling a single host machine to resemble multiple host machines. Resources associated with one virtual host cannot share data with resources associated with another virtual host, even if the virtual hosts share the same physical machine.

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Check mark Configure Edge Side Include (ESI) for performance

The Web server plug-in contains a built-in ESI processor. The ESI processor has the ability to cache whole pages, as well as fragments, providing a higher cache hit ratio. The cache implemented by the ESI processor is an in-memory cache, not a disk cache, therefore, the cache entries are not saved when the Web server is restarted.

Documentation: Configuring Edge Side Include caching

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Check mark Troubleshoot Web server plug-in configurations

Use these troubleshooting tips to solve problems.

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Maintain the installation

Apply fixes and uninstall the product, as needed.

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Use the update installer program to install interim fixes, cumulative fixes, and fix packs. The update installer program is also known as the updateInstaller program or the Update installation wizard.

Documentation: Applying service

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Check mark Uninstall the product

Uninstall WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment from the root user on a Linux platform or a UNIX-based platform, or from a user ID that belongs to the administrator group on a Windows platform.

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Troubleshoot the installation

Troubleshoot installation problems and apply fixes as needed.

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Obtain help with a variety of installation problems.

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