WebSphere Portal Express and Express Plus V5 for the IBM eServer iSeries Server

WebSphere Portal Express and Express Plus V5 for the IBM eServer iSeries Server

by Aleksandr Nartovich, Marcela Adan, Nadeem Ahmed, Bob Cancilla, Rafal Jablonski, Nitin Raut, Patrick Wildt, Stefan Witte, Henk Wurtz
Released August 2004
Publisher(s): IBM Redbooks
ISBN: None

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Book description

This IBM Redbooks publication provides extensive information about IBM WebSphere Portal - Express for Multiplatforms V5.0.2 (WebSphere Portal Express). It is designed to help system administrators, application developers, and IT consultants install and use this product on the IBM eServer iSeries platform. It presents an overview of each part of WebSphere Portal and related products to help you fully understand the place and significance of each product in overall picture.

Most of the information in the book is described based on scenarios. This approach provides the best way for you to follow the instructions and implement a similar solution in a customer environment. Apart from providing easy-to-follow instructions, the book includes many links to other excellent sources of information to deliver the complete picture of WebSphere Portal on iSeries and its environment.

Table of contents

  1. Notices
    1. Trademarks
  2. Preface
    1. The team that wrote this redbook
    2. Become a published author
    3. Comments welcome
  3. Part 1: IBM WebSphere Portal Express: An overview
    1. Chapter 1: Practical benefits and real-world scenarios
      1. Why you need WebSphere Portal Express
        1. Web site management
        2. Improved programmer productivity
        3. System integration
      2. Real-world scenarios (1/2)
      3. Real-world scenarios (2/2)
        1. Corporate communications
        2. Employee services
        3. Integrated applications
        4. Business applications
        5. The public Web site
        6. Customer Web sites
        7. Putting it all together
    2. Chapter 2: Preliminary preparation
      1. Before you begin
        1. Topologies
        2. System development lifecycle support
      2. High-level overview of the implementation steps
      3. Components and products that are included
      4. Where to look for more help
  4. Part 2: Installation, configuration, and customization
    1. Chapter 3: Installation and configuration
      1. Installation requirements (1/2)
      2. Installation requirements (2/2)
        1. Hardware requirements
        2. Software prerequisites
        3. Installation user profile
        4. Network setup
        5. Optional software
      3. Installing WebSphere Application Server V5.0 Enterprise Enablement (1/2)
      4. Installing WebSphere Application Server V5.0 Enterprise Enablement (2/2)
        1. Graphical installation
        2. Verifying WebSphere Application Server V5.0 Enterprise Enablement installation
        3. Console installation
        4. Silent installation with a response file
        5. Installing the PTFs
      5. Installing WebSphere Portal (1/2)
      6. Installing WebSphere Portal (2/2)
        1. Graphical installation
        2. Console installation
        3. Verifying the installation
      7. Configuring a portal instance (1/5)
      8. Configuring a portal instance (2/5)
      9. Configuring a portal instance (3/5)
      10. Configuring a portal instance (4/5)
      11. Configuring a portal instance (5/5)
        1. Basic configuration
        2. Creating a basic WebSphere Portal instance
        3. Testing the instance
      12. Uninstalling WebSphere Portal
        1. Uninstalling the WebSphere Portal instance
        2. Uninstalling WebSphere Portal
        3. Uninstalling WebSphere Application Server V5.0 Enterprise Enablement
    2. Chapter 4: Advanced configuration
      1. Configuring an extended portal instance with the wizard (1/5)
      2. Configuring an extended portal instance with the wizard (2/5)
      3. Configuring an extended portal instance with the wizard (3/5)
      4. Configuring an extended portal instance with the wizard (4/5)
      5. Configuring an extended portal instance with the wizard (5/5)
        1. Basic configuration
        2. Proxy configuration
        3. Securing a portal instance with LDAP
        4. Deploying default portlets
      6. Manual configuration (1/2)
      7. Manual configuration (2/2)
        1. Configuration tasks environment
        2. Configuration tasks
        3. Configuration properties
        4. Parent properties files
        5. Configuration templates
        6. Creating stream files
      8. Configuration tasks reference (1/6)
      9. Configuration tasks reference (2/6)
      10. Configuration tasks reference (3/6)
      11. Configuration tasks reference (4/6)
      12. Configuration tasks reference (5/6)
      13. Configuration tasks reference (6/6)
        1. Overview of configuration tasks
        2. Startup tasks
        3. HTTP server tasks
        4. General purpose tasks
        5. Portlet tasks
        6. Security tasks
        7. Setup tasks
        8. Database tasks
        9. Validation tasks
        10. Lotus configuration tasks
      14. Configuration scenarios (1/7)
      15. Configuration scenarios (2/7)
      16. Configuration scenarios (3/7)
      17. Configuration scenarios (4/7)
      18. Configuration scenarios (5/7)
      19. Configuration scenarios (6/7)
      20. Configuration scenarios (7/7)
        1. Scenario 1: Configuring a manual instance
        2. Scenario 2: Configuring an external HTTP server
        3. Scenario 3: Configuring security using LDAP for authentication
    3. Chapter 5: WebSphere Portal and single signon
      1. Web application authentication concepts
        1. Forms of authentication
        2. User registry and user repository
        3. Passing credentials in an authenticated session
        4. Single signon and LTPA
      2. Portal authentication via WebSphere Application Server security (1/2)
      3. Portal authentication via WebSphere Application Server security (2/2)
        1. WebSphere Portal Form-based authentication
        2. Flow of control for a request in a session not yet authenticated
        3. Request in a session that is already authenticated
        4. Verifying the LTPA token during Portal login
        5. WebSphere Portal and single signon
      4. Enabling SSO for WebSphere Portal and Web applications (1/2)
      5. Enabling SSO for WebSphere Portal and Web applications (2/2)
        1. Configuring LDAP server
        2. Enabling WebSphere Portal security with LDAP
        3. Exporting the portal server LTPA keys to a file
        4. Configuring SSO in other WebSphere application servers in the domain
        5. Importing LTPA keys
      6. Putting it all together: Portal SSO scenarios (1/2)
      7. Putting it all together: Portal SSO scenarios (2/2)
        1. Testing the scenarios
        2. Scenario 1: Single HTTP server, application server, and DNS domain
        3. Scenario 2: Multiple HTTP servers, application servers, DNS subdomains
        4. Scenario 3: HTTP server and Portal server in different DNS domains
    4. Chapter 6: Integrating Lotus products with WebSphere Portal
      1. Integration scenarios (1/2)
      2. Integration scenarios (2/2)
        1. Scenario overview
        2. Single-user directory environments
        3. Separate directory environments
        4. Summary
      3. Configuring Lotus components in WebSphere Portal (1/11)
      4. Configuring Lotus components in WebSphere Portal (2/11)
      5. Configuring Lotus components in WebSphere Portal (3/11)
      6. Configuring Lotus components in WebSphere Portal (4/11)
      7. Configuring Lotus components in WebSphere Portal (5/11)
      8. Configuring Lotus components in WebSphere Portal (6/11)
      9. Configuring Lotus components in WebSphere Portal (7/11)
      10. Configuring Lotus components in WebSphere Portal (8/11)
      11. Configuring Lotus components in WebSphere Portal (9/11)
      12. Configuring Lotus components in WebSphere Portal (10/11)
      13. Configuring Lotus components in WebSphere Portal (11/11)
        1. Creating a new WebSphere Portal instance
        2. Enabling single signon
        3. Adding Lotus portlets to your WebSphere Portal instance
        4. Lotus Collaboration Center
  5. Part 3: Integrating iSeries applications
    1. Chapter 7: iSeries portlets
      1. A portal and portlet overview (1/2)
      2. A portal and portlet overview (2/2)
        1. Portal
        2. Portlet
        3. WebSphere Portal concepts
        4. WebSphere portlet catalog
        5. Integration with WebSphere Portal
      3. Integrating iSeries applications, data, and other resources (1/9)
      4. Integrating iSeries applications, data, and other resources (2/9)
      5. Integrating iSeries applications, data, and other resources (3/9)
      6. Integrating iSeries applications, data, and other resources (4/9)
      7. Integrating iSeries applications, data, and other resources (5/9)
      8. Integrating iSeries applications, data, and other resources (6/9)
      9. Integrating iSeries applications, data, and other resources (7/9)
      10. Integrating iSeries applications, data, and other resources (8/9)
      11. Integrating iSeries applications, data, and other resources (9/9)
        1. Accessing iSeries applications using a 5250 session portlet
        2. Accessing the iSeries using the iSeries Access for Web iFrame portlet
        3. New iSeries Access for Web portlets
        4. Accessing iSeries applications using the HATS portlet
        5. Accessing iSeries data using JDBC Builder
        6. Integrating the WebFacing applications
  6. Part 4: Maintaining WebSphere Portal
    1. Chapter 8: WebSphere Portal performance tuning tips
      1. WebSphere Application Server tuning (1/2)
      2. WebSphere Application Server tuning (2/2)
        1. Java Virtual Machine heap size
        2. Session timeout
        3. Class garbage collection
        4. Servlet engine thread pool size
        5. Data source connection pool size
        6. Statement cache size
      3. Database server tuning
      4. Web server tuning tips
        1. ThreadsPerChild
        2. KeepAliveTimeout
        3. MaxKeepAliveRequests
      5. Security filters (LDAP filters)
      6. WebSphere Portal service properties
      7. Startup performance tuning
    2. Chapter 9: Maintenance
      1. Introduction to Integration Assistant for iSeries (1/2)
      2. Introduction to Integration Assistant for iSeries (2/2)
        1. What Integration Assistant provides
        2. What Integration Assistant does not provide
        3. Assisted products
        4. Installing IA1
        5. What is installed with IA1 base
        6. The IA1 assisted product option 1: WebSphere Portal V5.0.2
      3. Choosing a fix strategy
        1. WebSphere Portal Update Installer
        2. Pros and cons of using Integration Assistant PTFs and WebSphere Portal Update Installer
      4. Maintaining log files
        1. Installation logs
        2. Configuration logs
        3. Runtime logs
      5. WebSphere Portal runtime code
    3. Chapter 10: Logging and tracing
      1. IBM Web Administration for iSeries (1/2)
      2. IBM Web Administration for iSeries (2/2)
        1. Managing WebSphere Portal
        2. Viewing creation logs
        3. Viewing logs
        4. Example of working with problems
      3. Log files
        1. WebSphere Portal Configuration Wizard log files
        2. WebSphere Portal installation log files
      4. Portal tracing
        1. Temporary tracing
        2. Extended tracing
        3. Logging using WebSphere Application Server
      5. Validation tasks
      6. Serviceability Tool
        1. Installing the Serviceability Tool
        2. Running the Serviceability Tool
        3. Browsing the result file
  7. Part 5: Appendixes
    1. Appendix A: Installing, configuring Lotus Instant Messaging and Web Conferencing, Lotus Team Workplace
      1. Integrating Lotus Collaboration Components with WebSphere Portal Express
      2. Process overview
      3. Selecting the LDAP implementation to use
      4. Domino server
      5. Authorities
      6. Preparing the TCP/IP environment
      7. Creating the first Domino server
      8. Modifying the server configuration
      9. Creating the Directory Assistance document
      10. Installing Lotus Sametime 3.1 for iSeries
      11. Before you install Sametime 3.1
      12. Installing Sametime 3.1
      13. Locating additional information for Sametime
      14. Configuring Lotus Sametime 3.1
      15. Preparing the TCP/IP environment
      16. Registering the new additional server in an existing Domino domain
      17. Creating a Lotus Sametime server (1/2)
      18. Creating a Lotus Sametime server (2/2)
      19. Updating the server configuration document for the Sametime server (1/2)
      20. Updating the server configuration document for the Sametime server (2/2)
      21. Adding Sametime to the Domino server
      22. Configuring the Sametime server with LDAP (1/3)
      23. Configuring the Sametime server with LDAP (2/3)
      24. Configuring the Sametime server with LDAP (3/3)
      25. Installing Lotus QuickPlace 3.01 for iSeries
      26. Installing the QuickPlace 3.01 software
      27. Configuring Lotus QuickPlace 3.01
      28. Registering the new additional server in an existing Domino domain
      29. Creating a Lotus QuickPlace server (1/2)
      30. Creating a Lotus QuickPlace server (2/2)
      31. Updating the server configuration document for the QuickPlace server
      32. Adding QuickPlace to the Domino server
      33. Configuring QuickPlace to use the LDAP server
      34. Enabling QuickPlace integration with Sametime (1/7)
      35. Enabling QuickPlace integration with Sametime (2/7)
      36. Enabling QuickPlace integration with Sametime (3/7)
      37. Enabling QuickPlace integration with Sametime (4/7)
      38. Enabling QuickPlace integration with Sametime (5/7)
      39. Enabling QuickPlace integration with Sametime (6/7)
      40. Enabling QuickPlace integration with Sametime (7/7)
    2. Appendix B: IBM Directory Server (LDAP)
      1. Directory concepts
      2. Directories
      3. Advantages of using a directory
      4. Directory components
      5. Setting up LDAP
      6. Planning LDAP
      7. Changing the LDAP properties
      8. Adding WebSphere Portal directory entries into LDAP
    3. Appendix C: WebSphere Portal wizard updates (1/5)
    4. Appendix C: WebSphere Portal wizard updates (2/5)
    5. Appendix C: WebSphere Portal wizard updates (3/5)
    6. Appendix C: WebSphere Portal wizard updates (4/5)
    7. Appendix C: WebSphere Portal wizard updates (5/5)
  8. Related publications
    1. IBM Redbooks
    2. Other publications
    3. Online resources
    4. How to get IBM Redbooks
    5. Help from IBM
  9. Index (1/3)
  10. Index (2/3)
  11. Index (3/3)
  12. Back cover

Product information

  • Title: WebSphere Portal Express and Express Plus V5 for the IBM eServer iSeries Server
  • Author(s): Aleksandr Nartovich, Marcela Adan, Nadeem Ahmed, Bob Cancilla, Rafal Jablonski, Nitin Raut, Patrick Wildt, Stefan Witte, Henk Wurtz
  • Release date: August 2004
  • Publisher(s): IBM Redbooks
  • ISBN: None