- Planning the installation
In preparation for installation, this topic describes common product
topologies that you can install with WebSphere Application Server, Version
6 products.
- Configuring the product after installation
This topic describes what to do after installing the product.
If you are using Network Deployment, you
must configure a profile.
You can display the First Steps tool, an easy
way to get started with the product.
- Configuring ports
This topic provides information about port number settings for Version
6 and previous versions, for use in coexistence and interoperability situations.
- Communicating with Web servers
This topic describes how to install and configure WebSphere plug-ins
for Web servers, enabling communication between Web servers and application
servers.
- Creating and deleting profiles
This topic describes how to 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.
- Setting up the administrative architecture
This topic describes how
to set up logical administrative domains, including cells and nodes.
- Configuring virtual hosts
This
topic describes how to configure cell-wide settings for virtual hosts to assist
in handling requests among Web applications, Web containers, and application
servers.
- Configuring WebSphere variables
This topic
describes how to configure cell-wide settings for variables to assist in handling
requests among Web applications, Web containers, and application servers.
- Managing shared libraries
This
topic describes how to configure cell-wide settings for shared libraries to
assist in handling requests among Web applications, Web containers, and application
servers.
- Working with server configuration files
This topic describes how to change the default locations of configuration
files, as needed. Application server configuration files define the available
application servers, their configurations, and their contents.
- Administering application servers
This topic describes how to configure individual application servers
to provide services for running enterprise applications and their components.
- Balancing workloads with clusters
This topic describes how to configure clusters, which are sets of servers
that are managed together and participate in workload management.
- Setting up a high availability environment
This topic describes 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.
- Setting up the proxy server
This topic describes how to configure the proxy server to route HTTP
requests to content servers.