Use the graphical user interface (GUI), which is
provided by the Profile Management tool plugin, to create profiles
for WebSphere® Extended Deployment
Compute Grid Version
6.1. A profile is a set of files that define the runtime environment.
Before you begin
Ensure that your
environment meets all of the hardware and software requirements.
- Install WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment Version
6.1 and the latest WebSphere Application Server fix pack.
- Install WebSphere Extended Deployment
Compute Grid Version
6.1. and the latest WebSphere Extended Deployment fix pack.
For more information, see
Using the Update Installer to install maintenance packages
.
Avoid trouble: If your environment contains
WebSphere Application Server
Network Deployment Version 7.0, you must
install WebSphere Extended Deployment Version 6.1.0.5 before augmenting
profiles to use with WebSphere Extended Deployment. Do not augment
profiles to use with WebSphere Extended Deployment during the installation
of Version 6.1.
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About this task
To utilize the product features, the Profile Management
tool plugin enables the graphical user interface (GUI) to assist you
in setting up profiles, such as a WebSphere Application Server profile,
a deployment manager profile, a cell profile, and a custom profile.
Procedure
- Start the Profile Management tool plugin.
- Select Profile Management Tool from the
First steps console.
- Use the Start menu to access the Profile
Management Tool.
- Issue the following command from the install_root/bin/ProfileManagement directory:
- Click Create to
start the profile creation wizard and create a new profile for the
product. This panel is displayed
only if there is an existing profile and an existing profile template
present. Review the Welcome page, and click Next.
- Select the type of environment to create, and click Next.
- Select
a profile type to include in the selected environment, and click Next.
Available profile types are stand-alone
application server, deployment manager, cell, and custom.
- Stand-alone application server profile
- A stand-alone application server profile represents an unmanaged
endpoint that is used to deploy applications.
- Deployment manager profile
- A deployment manager administers application servers that are
federated into a cell.
- Cell profile
- A cell profile creates both a deployment manager and a federated
node.
- Custom profile
- A custom profile is an empty node that you customize through the
deployment manager to include application servers, clusters, or other
Java processes.
- Select a profile creation option, and click Next.
Select Typical profile creation to
create a profile that uses the default configuration settings. Enable
security by clicking Enable administrative security,
provide a user name and password to access the administrative tools,
and click Next.
To specify unique configuration settings, select
Advanced
profile creation. Next, provide the values for the settings
in the panels that are displayed when you select the advanced option
only:
- Clear the check box to choose not to deploy the administrative
console and applications, and click Next. Sample
applications are not selected by default.
- Type the name of the profile, the path to its intended location,
and click Next. The default values are AppSrv_ProfileNumber and install_root/profiles/profileName.
- Type the node name and the host name of the profile, and click Next.
The default values are shortHostname_Node_NodeNumber and hostName.
- Click Enable administrative security, provide
a user name and password to access the administrative tools to enable
security. Click Next. If you selected the sample
applications in step a., you must provide a password for the username samples.
- Type the port values for the specific profile, and click Next.
- Choose to create a service for the server, and click Next.
- Select the web server definition options, and click Next.
- Review
the summary of your selections, and click Create.
As the wizard creates the profile, a
panel displays the details of the creation process.
- Review the Profile Augmentation Complete page,
and click Finish to exit the wizard.
Click Launch the First steps
console for WebSphere Extended Deployment to access additional
product information and features, such as an installation verification
test. You can also start and stop application servers in the First
steps console.
Results
You created a profile that is augmented to use
the features of specific products.
What to do next
You can create
additional profiles or augment existing profiles. To restart the Profile
Management tool, run the ./pmt.sh|bat command from
the install_root/bin/ProfileManagement directory,
or select Profile Management Tool in the First
steps console.
You can also continue establishing
your product environment. Start the deployment manager and federate
one or more nodes into the cell from the administrative console or
by running the addNode command.