WA1511 WebSphere Portal v6 Administration and Deployment Training and Courseware Course Outline

WA1511 WebSphere Portal v6 Administration and Deployment Training and Courseware Course Outline

1. Introduction to the WebSphere Portal Server
	Topics What is a Portal An Example of A WebSphere Portal Site Benefits of Portal Sites General Portal Architecture The Major Components of Horizontal Portals The Major Components of Horizontal Portals cont WebSphere Portal Goals WebSphere Portal Components WebSphere Portal Components cont WebSphere Portal Components cont WebSphere Portal Accessibility WebSphere Portal Packaging WebSphere Portal Requirements A Typical Network Architecture for WebSphere Portal WebSphere Portal Server WebSphere Portal Server Architecture Portal Container Portal Engine Architecture Page Aggregation Modules Portlet WebSphere Portal Built-in Portlets Portlet Application Portlet Mode and State WebSphere Portlet Content Publishing (WPCP) Portal Document Manager (PDM) Search Engine WebSphere Portal Information Summary

2. WebSphere Application Server Overview
	Introduction Application Server Base vs. Network Deployment Node Cell A Typical Cell Configuration Repository Administration Service Cluster Web Container Web Request Processing Plugin Configuration Virtual Host Managed Process Basics Key Possibilities Coexistence Scenarios Common Topologies All in One Vertical Scaling Server Separation Multi-tier Horizontal Scaling Web Server Horizontal Scaling J2EE Modules J2EE Application Assembly Web Module Configuring Web Applications EJB Modules Enterprise Application Modules Installing an Enterprise Application Relationship Between WAS and WPS Relationship Between WAS and WPS

3. Installing WebSphere Portal Server
	Objectives Installing WPS WPS Components Optional Component: Database Optional Component: LDAP Server Process Server Optional Component: HTTP Server Installation Architectures Development Environment Functional Testing Integration Testing Production Environment Clustering Considerations Hardware Requirements Software Requirements Supported Databases Supported LDAP Servers Supported Web Servers Preparing The OS Installation Source Running The Install Program Simple Install Example Install Complete Test Summary

4. Basic Administration
	Starting Portal Server Accessing The Home Page The Portal Home The Portal Admin Page Portlets Portlets In Action Portlet Catalog Administrative Portlets Utility Portlets Application Portlets Stopping Portal Server Getting Server Status Looking At Log Files SystemOut.log

5. Portal Page Hierarchy
	Topics Elements of a Portal Site Screen The Home Screen Screen Page and Label Page/Label Hierarchy URL Theme Skin Skin Putting it all together Creating Pages and Labels Setting Page Properties Layout Of A Page Page Locking Private Page Adding Portlets To A Page Delayed Cleanup Of Deleted Portal Pages Deleting Orphaned Data Creating URL URL Link Behavior Of The Back Button Configuring Anchors

6. Portlet Administration
	Topics Terminologies Portlet Instance Types Portlet Instance Types (cont.) Instance Type Summary Portlet Applications and Concrete Portlet Applications Portlet Modes Example of Using Edit Mode Portlet Window States Portlet API Portlet Deployment Descriptors portlet.xml (IBM API) portlet.xml (IBM API) cont portlet.xml JSR-168 portlet.xml JSR-168 Relationship between web.xml and portlet.xml Relationship between Portlet and Concrete Portlet Installing a Portlet Web Module How is a Portlet Web Module Installed? Managing Applications Managing Applications Managing Portlets Adding A Portlet To A Page Configuring A Portlet Copying A Portlet Application Copy A Portlet Removing A Portlet From A Page Uninstalling A Portlet Application

7. Customizing the Look and Feel
	Topics Customization Basics Customization Technique Theme Basics Creating a Theme How Does a Theme Work Theme at Work Customizing the New Theme Creating a Skin Skins And Layouts How Does a Skin Work Customizing a Skin

8. Business Integration
	Business Integration Portlet Templates CSV Portlet Template Copy the CSV Add the Portlet Configure the Portlet View the CSV HTML Portlet Template Copy The HTML Resources Configure The Portlet Add the Portlet JSP and Servlet Portlet Template Importing Content From External Sites Web Page Portlet Web Clipping Portlet Configuring the Web Clipping Portlet Clipping Options Clipping Type HTML Clipping HTML Clipping - Example Add the Clipping RSS Portlet Configure the RSS Portlet Add the RSS Portlet Third Party Portlets

9. Document Manager
	Topics What is Portal Document Manager (PDM)? Productivity Components Creating A Document Library Configuring the PDM Portlet Document library Management PDM Operations Access Control Document Search Approval Workflow Versioning Versioning Versioning

10. Search Engine
	Topics Key Features Taxonomy and Categorization Summarization and Stemmer Support Administrator Tasks Administering Portal Search Search Engine Organization Creating Document Collection Add A Content Source: General Add A Content Source: Advanced Add A Content Source: Scheduling Add A Content Source: Filters Add A Content Source: Security Crawl The Source Collection Status Search Center Portlet Using the Search Portlet

11. Security
	Topics Key Concepts Authentication Portal User Registry Alternate Security Registries LookAside Enabling The ConfigWizard Using An Alternate Database Enabling Security with LDAP Enable Security With LDAP Single Sign On (SSO) Authorization How Does Authorization Work? Roles Role Membership More on Authorization Resources Common Access Rights Managing Users and Groups Setting Resource Permissions Resource Permissions GUI Enabling SSL Credential Vault Credential Components of Credential Vault Structure of the Credential Vault Slot Scope Credential Access Level Single Sign-on Scenario Vault Administration Vault Administration

12. Composite Applications
	What Is A Composite Application? What Is A Component? Components and Applications Benefits Of Composite Applications Template Composite Application Design and Use Creating A Template Configuring A Template Edit The Template Layout Creating The Application Configuring The Application Using The Application Protecting Applications and Templates Defining Roles Roles Portlet Assign Application Members

13. Web Content Management Basics
	Objectives Introduction Key Features Main Components of WCM How Does it Work? Enabling WCM Accessing WCM Authoring Tools Using the WCM Tool Authoring Template Creating Authoring Template Presentation Template Corporate News Presentation Template Presentation Template XML Markup Site and Site Area Example Site and Site Area Content Content Example Creating a Content Security and Workflow of a Content Components Showing a Component from an Authoring Template Rendering Content in a Web Site The Web Content Viewer Portlet Summary

14. WCM Security and Workflow
	Objectives Common Security Requirements Where is Security Configured? Super User Access to WCM Setting Library Access Structure Designers Granting Access for a Component Authors Readers Workflow Basics Workflow Example Content Status Content Rejection Basic Steps to Create a Workflow Creating Actions Creating Stages Creating a Workflow Following the Workflow Summary

15. Portal Configuration
	Global Settings Portal Configuration Services The WAS Admin Console Using The WAS Admin Console Using the WAS Admin Console Changing A Parameter Configuring Various Services Credential Vault Service External Access Control Service Auditing Service Enabling Auditing Service Persistent Session State Persistent Session State Options Session State Level Portlet Filters Enable Filtering Register The Filter Assign The Filter To Portlet HTTP Proxy URL Mapping URL Mapping Portlet Unique Names Custom Unique Names Portlet

16. Configuration Management
	Topics Configuration Utilities wpsconfig Utility ANT Script File How wpsconfig Uses ANT? More on Properties Property Precedence What Can You Do With wpsconfig? ConfigWizard Using The ConfigWizard Transfer Database Database Domains Transferring To A Database Create The Database Use the ConfigWizard Select The Domains Specify the Drivers Specify The Database Password And Finish Introduction to xmlaccess Running xmlaccess Example Input File Basic Syntax XML Input Structure Export Example Deleting Users Detail XML script reference Portal Resources represented in XML Object ID Looking up objects Symbolic Reference Example Symbolic Reference Example Additional examples - Create users Additional examples - Deploy theme Additional examples - Deploy Portlet Additional examples - Deploy Portlet Continued Guidelines Portal Scripting Interface Portal Scripting Interface Benefits Portal Scripting Interface Usage Portal Scripting Interface Usage JACL JACL Grammar JACL Script Beans Script Beans - $Portal Script Beans - $Content Script Beans - $Layout Script Beans - $Portlet Script Beans - $Look Profile Scripts Example Add Pages Running the example Summary

17. Problem Determination
	Objectives Problem Determination Types of Problems Problem Isolation Steps to Follow HTTP Server Access Log HTTP Server Error Log HTTP Server Start Up Error WebSphere Specific Notes Tools for Resolving WebSphere Problems Admin Console Messages Configuration Problems Runtime Messages Message Details Important Log Files Log Types Log Detail Levels Configuring Log Files Viewing Logs Log File Format Configuring Tracing Reading Java Exceptions dumpNameSpace Tool Debugging IBM Tools Problem With Installation Application Server Does Not Start 404 File Not Found 500 Internal Server Error Cannot Find Server or DNS Error Virtual Host Not Found JSP Compilation Problem Class Not Found Error JNDI Name Not Found High CPU Usage Application Server Hanging Portal Server Logs Portal Server Tracing

18. Portal Server Clustering
	Topics What is Clustering Sample Topology Basic Steps Install Network Deployment Install/Federate Primary Node Federating Primary Node Create The Cluster Install Additional Nodes Add Additional Members: Horizontal Add Additional Members: Vertical Enable Security Generate plugin-cfg.xml Start and Validate the Cluster Installing a Portlet Web Module Deploying Themes and Skins Deploying Themes and Skins Configuring Dynamic Cache

19. Performance Tuning WebSphere Portal Server
	Topics Basic Concepts WebSphere Tuning JVM Heap Tuning Database Tuning topas Advanced topas Use svmon Generating svmon Reports The monitor Tool Network Buffer Tuning Network Dropped Packets Resolution Network Statistics Report TCP/UDP Buffer Tuning System Activity Report Disk I/O Report Reduce IO Bottleneck Using filemon Using vmstat Tuning VMM Policy The vmstat Command The mpstat Command The iostat Command The netstat Command netstat (cont.) Increasing the Connection Backlog Minimize Packet Fragmentation Reduce Socket Overhead Recover from Browser Disconnects Kernel Tuning Performance Tips Performance Tips (cont.) Performance Testing Guidelines Tune Service Properties

20. ReleaseBuilder
	What is ReleaseBuilder? High Level Concepts Preparing a Staging Server Making a Release in Staging Exporting Shared Configurations Computing the Differences Applying Changes in Production Caveats

21. Virtual Portals
	What are Virtual Portals? Characteristics of virtual portals Virtual Portals Creating Virtual Portals Pre-configuring Virtual Portals Virtual Portals - Actions Virtual Portals Content & Search

WA1511 WebSphere Portal v6 Administration and Deployment Training and Courseware Course Outline

1. Introduction to the WebSphere Portal Server

2. WebSphere Application Server Overview

3. Installing WebSphere Portal Server

4. Basic Administration

5. Portal Page Hierarchy

6. Portlet Administration

7. Customizing the Look and Feel

8. Business Integration

9. Document Manager

10. Search Engine

11. Security

12. Composite Applications

13. Web Content Management Basics

14. WCM Security and Workflow

15. Portal Configuration

16. Configuration Management

17. Problem Determination

18. Portal Server Clustering

19. Performance Tuning WebSphere Portal Server

20. ReleaseBuilder

21. Virtual Portals