WA1030 WebSphere Server V4.0 Administration
Course Outline
1. Introduction to IBM WebSphere
  • Building Enterprise Web Applications with IBM WebSphere
    • Network Architecture of Enterprise Web Applications
    • Design Pattern of Enterprise Web Applications
    • Infrastructure for Enterprise Web Applications
    • WebSphere Studio 4.0
    • VisualAge for Java V4.0
    • IBM HTTP Server
    • WebSphere Application Server
    • WebSphere Edge Server
    • WebSphere Commerce Suite
    • WebSphere Site Analyzer
  • Introduction to WebSphere Application Server
    • WebSphere Application Server Architecture
    • WebSphere Administrative Topology
    • WebSphere Application Server Components
2. WebSphere Application Server Installation
  • Installing WebSphere Application Server AE
  • Security and Database Options
  • HTTP Server Configuration and Test
  • Testing the installation
  • Migration from the Previous Version
3. WebSphere Application Server Administration
  • Concepts of the J2EE Application Models
    • Java Programs
    • Java Servlets
    • JavaServer Pages
    • Enterprise JavaBeans
    • EJB Container Functionality
    • Persistence Management
    • Transaction Management
    • J2EE Enterprise Application Modules
    • Web Modules - WAR
    • Enterprise Archive - EAR
  • Introduction to WebSphere Application Server Administration Tasks and Tools
    • Application Administration
    • Administrative Repository
    • Tools for Administering WebSphere Repository
  • WebSphere Application Administration with the Administrator's Console
    • The Topology View
    • Setting Up a Runtime Environment
    • Configuring an Application Server
    • Creating a New Application Server
    • Create a Virtual Host
    • JDBC Provider Properties
4. Deploying J2EE Applications in WebSphere
  • Assembling J2EE Application Models with the WebSphere Application Assembly Tool (AAT)
    • Deployment Descriptor
    • Application Assembly Tool
    • Creating an EJB Module
    • Creating a Web Module
    • Creating a New Application
  • Setting Classpath
    • WebSphere Classpath Tree and Class Loaders
    • Search Orders of Classpaths
    • Module Visibility
  • WebSphere Application Administration with the Administrator's Console
    • Installing Applications
    • Administering Applications
    • Maintaining and Updating Applications
5. Managing WebSphere Security
  • Concepts of WebSphere Application Security
    • Challenge Mechanism
    • Basic Challenge
    • Client Certificates
    • Form-based Authentication
    • Authentication Mechanism
    • User Registry
    • LDAP
    • HTTP Single Sign On (SSO)
    • J2EE Authorization Model
    • WebSphere Authorization Model
    • Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
  • WebSphere SSL Configuration
    • Configuring SSL for Web servers
    • Configuring SSL for WebSphere Application Server
    • Default SSL Settings
    • HTTPS SSL Settings
    • LDAPS SSL Settings
  • WebSphere Security Configuration
    • Enable WebSphere Security
    • Define New Security Roles
    • Define Special Security Roles
    • EJB Module Security
    • Web Module Security
6. Managing Multi-Server Environments
  • Management of Multi-Server Environments
    • WebSphere Multi-Server Topologies
    • Cloning Application Servers
    • Workload Management
    • Web Container Load Balancing
    • EJB Workload Management
    • Workload management Failover Strategies
    • Session Management and WLM
    • Session Persistence
  • Cloning WebSphere Application Servers With WebSphere Admin Console
    • Creating Server Groups
    • Enable Session Persistence
    • Enable/Disable Admin Server WLM
7. Using WebSphere XMLConfig and WebSphere Control Program (WSCP)
  • WebSphere Administration with XMLConfig
    • XML Configuration Management Tool
    • XML Overview
    • Processing XML using Java
    • WASCML Grammar
    • Using XMLConfig
  • WebSphere Administration with WebSphere Control Program (WSCP)
    • Using WSCP in an Interactive Mode
    • Using TCL Commands in WSCP
8. Administering Web Services
  • Introduction to Web Services
    • Technologies for Implementing Web Service Functionality
    • How Web Services Work
    • What is SOAP ?
    • UDDI
    • Service Discovery
    • Web Service Description
    • WSDL
    • Using Web Services in WebSphere
    • Options for Securing SOAP Services in WebSphere
    • SOAP Signature
    • Verification Component Configuration
  • Deploying a SOAP-Accessible Web Service in WebSphere
    • WebSphere SOAP Services Deployment
    • Apache SOAP Deployment Descriptors
    • Standard Java Class Deployment descriptor
    • EJB Deployment Descriptor
    • WebSphere Web Modules for SOAP
    • Using the SOAP Admin Tool
9. WebSphere Application Tracing and Trouble Shooting
  • Problem Determination in WebSphere
    • Message and Trace Events
    • WebSphere Logs
    • Application Tracing
    • Tools for Tuning and Trouble Shooting
  • Configuring WebSphere Application Server Trace with WebSphere Admin Console
    • WebSphere Event Viewer
    • Configure Application Server Traces
    • Viewing Transactions
  • Using WebSphere Log Analyzer
    • Adjust Log Analyzer Settings
    • Use Log Analyzer
  • Using Object Level Trace and Distributed Debug
    • Tracing Distributed Applications with OLT
    • Trace Web Applications
    • Trace Client Applications
    • Read the OLT trace
10. WebSphere Performance Monitoring and Tuning
  • Concepts for Performance Monitoring and Tuning
    • Problem Determination v.s. Performance Tuning
    • Performance Monitoring Infrastructure (PMI)
    • Rating of Performance Data in WebSphere
  • WebSphere Resource Analyzer
    • Setting the Instrumentation Level
    • Displaying Performance Data
    • Storing and Replaying Data from a Log File
  • WebSphere Performance Tuning
    • WebSphere Tuning
    • HTTP Server Tuning
    • WebSphere Application Server Tuning
    • JVM Tuning
    • Web Container Tuning
    • EJB Container Tuning
    • Security Tuning
    • DB Connection Pooling
    • Using WebSphere Performance Tuner Wizard
11. WebSphere Site Analysis
  • Usage Analysis
  • Content Analysis
  • Configure and Start Site Analyzer
  • Create Content Analysis
  • View Content Analysis
  • Create Usage Analysis
  • Creating a Report