You can create profiles, which define runtime environments,
using the Profile Management Tool.
Using profiles instead of multiple product installations saves disk
space and simplifies updating the product because a single set of
core product files is maintained.
Before you begin
Before
you use the Profile Management Tool,
install the product files.
The Profile Management Tool is the graphical
user interface for the manageprofiles command. See
the description of the manageprofiles command
for more information.
You must
provide enough system temporary space to create a profile. For information,
read about the file system requirements for profiles.
You cannot use the Profile Management
Tool to create profiles for WebSphere Application Server installations
on 64-bit architectures except on the Linux for zSeries platform.
However, you can use the Profile Management Tool on other 64–bit architectures
if you use a WebSphere Application Server 32–bit installation.
About this task
You
can have the installation procedure create a default profile. After
installing the core files for the product, use the Profile Management Tool or the manageprofiles command to create
additional profiles.
Procedure
-
Create a cell profile.
With a cell profile, you
can create a deployment manager profile and a profile for a federated
application server node in a single pass through the Profile Management
tool. Use the cell profile creation option to create the deployment
manager profile and the federated application server node profile,
unless you have a specific reason to create them separately.
-
Create a management profile with a deployment manager server.
With a deployment manager you can create the administrative
node for a multinode, multi-machine group of application server nodes
that you create later. This logical group of application server
processes is known as a cell.
- Create a management profile with an administrative agent
server.
You can create a management profile for
the administrative agent to administer multiple application servers
that run customer applications only. The administrative agent provides
a single administrative console to administer the application servers.
-
Create a management profile with a job manager server.
You
can create a management profile for the job manager to coordinate
administrative actions among multiple deployment managers, administer
multiple unfederated application servers, asynchronously submit jobs
to start servers, and a variety of other tasks.
- Create an application server profile.
Create
an application server profile so that you can make applications available
to the Internet or to an intranet, typically using Java™ technology.
-
Create a custom profile.
A custom profile is an
empty node that you can customize through the deployment manager to
include application servers, clusters, or other Java processes, such as a messaging server.
Create a custom profile on a distributed machine and add the node
into the deployment manager cell to get started customizing the node.
-
Create a secure proxy profile.
You can create a
secure proxy profile to serve as the initial point of entry into your
enterprise environment. Typically, a secure proxy server exists in
the DMZ, accepts requests from clients on the Internet, and forwards
the requests to servers in your enterprise environment.
Results
You have created one or more profiles using the Profile Management Tool.
What to do next
See the description of the manageprofiles command
to learn more about the command-line alternative method of creating
a profile and to see examples of using the command.
Read about
planning for installation for examples of configurations that you
can create by creating profiles.