Configure features of WebSphere Extended Deployment to enhance
WebSphere Portal for Multiplatforms.
Before you begin
WebSphere Extended Deployment is installed and started, and at least
one WebSphere Portal for Multiplatforms node is federated.
Procedure
- Create and configure the On Demand Router (ODR). See Creating ODRs
for more information.
- Configure the dynamic operations. See Preparing the hosting environment for dynamic operations
for more information.
- This process installs several applications along with WebSphere
Portal. Remap all of the applications to the new dynamic
cluster by clicking Map Modules to Servers.
- Modify the WPS_HOME/config/wpconfig.properties file.
In the administrative console,
- Click System administration > Cell to change the cell name to the
name of your WebSphere Application Server cell.
- Click System administration > Nodes to change the node name to
name of the node on which WebSphere Portal is installed.
- Click Servers > Application servers to change the name of the server
name to the name of the application server for the dynamic cluster.
- Click Servers > Application Servers > server_name > Ports to
change the value of WpsHostPort to the port value of WC_defaulthost.
- Modify the WPS_HOME/shared/app/config/services/DeploymentServices.
properties file by changing the name of the application server
to the name of the dynamic cluster.
- Configure the virtual hosts. Check for the following
entries:
- Host name: *, Port: 443
- Host name: *, Port: WpsHostPort
If the entries do not exist, create them and save the changes. See Configuring virtual hosts for more information.
- Configure the database sources. See Configuring a JDBC provider using the administrative console for
more information.
- Configure the service policies. See Defining a service policy
for more information.
- Configure the health monitoring. See Configuring health management
for more information.
- Configure the autonomic managers. See Configuring the autonomic request flow manager
for more information.
- Configure the dynamic clusters to run in automatic mode.
- Monitor the remote servers. See Enabling external monitoring with the remote agent
for more information.
- Configure the runtime operations. See Enabling external monitoring with the remote agent
for more information.
- Secure your environment and test your connection to the WebSphere
Portal server. See the WebSphere Portal Information Center.