You
can create, delete, augment, and unaugment profiles, which are sets
of files that define the runtime environment. At least one profile
must exist to run the product.
Before you begin
This task assumes a basic familiarity with
the manageprofiles command, the Profile Management Tool, system commands,
and profile concepts.
Supported configurations: 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.
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About this task
Typically, you create a profile when you install the product.
Depending on which
WebSphere® Application Server product
you have, you might create additional profiles.
You
can create profiles using the Profile Management Tool or the manageprofiles command.
For
the WebSphere Application Server, Network Deployment product,
you can create any combination of profiles.
Non-root users can create their
own profiles so that they can manage their own application servers.
Typically, non-root users manage application servers for development
purposes.
You can delete profiles through the manageprofiles command or by
other means if necessary. You might delete a profile if the configuration
that you specified in the profile is not what you want.
Perform
any of the following tasks to manage profiles.
Procedure
Create profiles using the Profile Management Tool.
- Create profiles using the manageprofiles command.
Augment
profiles using the Profile Management Tool.
-
Augment and unaugment profiles using the manageprofiles command.
- Delete profiles.
Results
You
might have created, augmented, unaugmented, or deleted a profile depending
on the tasks that you completed.
What to do next
Depending on the action that you completed, you can start
a server or proceed to other tasks such as deploying an application.
Restriction: When you federate or unfederate
an application server that is enabled for CEA, the
Enable communications
service attribute is reset. After federating or unfederating an
application server that is enabled for CEA, you must re-enable this
attribute before running CEA applications on the application server.
- In the administrative console, click Servers > Server Types >
WebSphere application servers > server_name >
Communications Enabled Applications (CEA).
- Check the Enable communications service checkbox.
- Click OK to save the changes to the local configuration.
- Click Save to save the changes to the master configuration.
- Stop and restart the application server.