Chapter 1. Introduction to WebSphere Portal Server
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- What is a Portal
- An Example of a WebSphere Portal Site
- General Portal Architecture
- WebSphere Portal Products
- A Typical Network Architecture for WebSphere Portal
- WebSphere Portal Server
- WebSphere Portal Server Architecture
- Page Aggregation Modules
- Portlet
- WebSphere Portal Built-in Portlets
- Portlet Application
- Portlet Mode and State
- WebSphere Portal Information
- Java Portlet Specification v1.0 (JSR-168)
- Java Portlet Specification v2.0 (JSR-286)
- Portlet Security Overview
- Portal Access Control
- Portal User Management
- Credential Vault Service
- Best Practices For Development
- Summary
- Review Questions
- Review Answers
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Chapter 2. Installing WebSphere Portal Server
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- Installing WPS
- WPS Components
- Optional Component: Database
- Optional Component: LDAP Server
- Optional Component: WebSphere Process Server
- Optional Component: HTTP Server
- Hardware Requirements
- Operating Systems
- Supported Databases
- Supported LDAP Servers
- Supported Web Servers
- Preparing the OS
- Preparing the OS
- Installation Source
- Running the Install Program
- Simple Install Example
- Install Complete
- Test
- Starting Portal Server
- Accessing The Home Page
- The Portal Home Page
- The Portal Administration Page
- Stopping Portal Server
- Getting Server Status
- Looking At Log Files
- SystemOut.log
- Summary
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Chapter 3. Configuration for Production and Scalability
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- Installation Architectures
- Development Environment
- Functional Testing
- Integration Testing
- Production Environment
- Clustering Considerations
- Configuration Utilities
- ConfigEngine Utility
- ANT Script File
- How ConfigEngine Uses ANT
- More on Properties
- Property Precedence
- What Can You Do with ConfigEngine?
- Migrating Database
- Database Domains
- Migrate to DB2
- Migrate to Oracle
- Summary
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Chapter 4. Problem Determination
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- 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
- Debugging
- IBM Tools
- Application Server Does Not Start
- High CPU Usage
- Application Server Hanging
- Portal Server Installation Logs
- Portal Server Runtime Logs
- Portal Server Tracing
- Summary
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Chapter 5. WebSphere Portal Security - Authentication
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- Authentication
- Authentication
- LDAP Security Basics
- LDAP Data Structure
- Example
- Distinguished Name (DN)
- DN and RDN Example
- Searching
- User Registries
- Portal User Registry
- Alternate Security Registries
- The ConfigWizard
- The ConfigWizard
- When to Configure Security
- Enabling Security with Standalone User Registry
- Property Extension Database
- Configure a Property Extension Database
- Adding Properties to the Property Extension Database
- Summary
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Chapter 6. Portal Page Hierarchy
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- Portlets
- Portlets In Action
- Portlet Catalog
- Administrative Portlets
- Utility Portlets
- Application Portlets
- Elements of a Portal Site
- Page and Label
- Page/Label Hierarchy
- Creating Pages and Labels
- Setting Page Properties
- Layout Of A Page
- Layout Of A Page
- Adding Portlets To A Page
- Page Locking
- Private Page
- URL Mapping
- URL Mapping Portlet
- URL
- Behavior of the Back Button
- Configuring Anchors
- Delayed Cleanup Of Deleted Portal Pages
- Deleting Orphaned Data
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Chapter 7. Portlet Administration
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- Terminologies
- Portlet
- Portlet Modes
- Example of Using Edit Mode
- Portlet Window States
- Portlet API
- Portlet Deployment Descriptors
- Installing a Portlet Web Module
- How is a Portlet Web Module Installed?
- Deploying Portlets Within an EAR
- Managing Portlet Web Modules
- Managing Portlet 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
- Portlet Caching
- Cache Scope
- Enabling Portlet Caching
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Chapter 8. Portal Resource Security
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- Key Concepts
- Authorization
- How Does Authorization Work?
- Roles
- Role Membership
- More on Authorization
- Resources
- Common Access Rights
- Delegated Administration
- Managing Users and Groups
- Setting Resource Permissions
- Resource Permissions GUI
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Chapter 9. Portal Credential Vault
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- Credential Vault
- Credential
- Components of Credential Vault
- Structure of the Credential Vault
- Slot Scope
- Slot Scope
- Credential Access Level
- Single Sign-on Scenario
- Vault Administration
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Chapter 10. Portal Attribute-Based Configuration
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- Global Settings
- Portal Configuration Services
- 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
- Localizer Service
- Persistent Session State
- Persistent Session State Options
- Session State Level
- HTTP Proxy
- Unique Names
- Custom Unique Names Portlet
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Chapter 11. Composite Applications
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- What Is A Composite Application?
- What Is A Component?
- Components and Applications
- Benefits Of Composite Applications
- Template
- Enabling Composite Application Support
- 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
- Summary
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Chapter 12. Integrating External Content
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- Importing Content
- Web Page Portlet
- Web Clipping Portlet
- Configuring the Web Clipping Portlet
- Clipping Options
- Clipping Type
- HTML Clipping
- Add the Clipping
- RSS Portlet
- Configure the RSS Portlet
- Add the RSS Portlet
- Document Management Changes
- Third Party Portlets
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Chapter 13. Web Content Management Basics
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- 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 Content
- Security and Workflow of Content
- Components
- Showing a Component from an Authoring Template
- Rendering Content in a Web Site
- The Web Content Viewer Portlet
- Summary
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Chapter 14. Customizing the Look and Feel
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- Customization Basics
- Theme
- Screen
- The Home Screen
- Skin
- Container
- How is a Page Rendered?
- Theme Customizer Tool
- Using the Theme Customizer
- Portal Designer in RAD
- Manual Customization Technique
- Theme Resources
- Creating a Theme
- Customizing the New Theme
- Creating a Skin
- Skins And Layouts
- Customizing a Skin
- Client-side Aggregation Theme
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Chapter 15. Portlet Administration Automation
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- Introduction to xmlaccess
- Running xmlaccess
- Example Input File
- Basic Syntax
- XML Input Structure
- Export Example
- Deleting Users and Groups
- Detailed XML Script Reference
- Portal Resources Represented in XML
- Object ID
- Looking up Objects
- Symbolic Reference
- Symbolic Reference Example
- Additional Examples - Create Users
- Additional Examples - Deploy Theme
- Additional Examples - Deploy Portlet
- Guidelines
- Portal Scripting Interface - Introduction
- Portal Scripting Interface – Benefits
- Portal Scripting Interface – Usage
- Using Portal Scripting Interface in a Cluster
- JACL
- JACL Grammar
- 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
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Chapter 16. Virtual Portals and Realms
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- What are Virtual Portals?
- Characteristics of Virtual Portals
- Virtual Portals
- Virtual Portals – Scoped Resources
- Creating Virtual Portals
- Pre-configuring Virtual Portals
- Virtual Portals - Actions
- Virtual Portal User Population
- Leveraging Realms with Virtual Portals
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Chapter 17. Portal Server Clustering
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- What is Clustering?
- Sample Clustered Topology
- Basic Steps
- Install WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment
- Configure the Deployment Manager
- Configure Primary Node to Communicate with DM
- Federate and Cluster the Primary Node
- Configure External Web Server with Portal Cluster
- Configure WCM Content through External Web Server
- Add Additional Members: Horizontal Clustering
- Add Additional Members: Vertical Clustering
- Session Failover
- Configure Session Failover
- Start and Validate the Cluster
- Installing a Portlet Web Module
- Unfederating a Node
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Chapter 18. Portal Promotion From Staging to Production
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- 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
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Chapter 19. Overview of WebSphere Architecture
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- WebSphere Platform
- WebSphere Features
- WebSphere Editions
- Role of Network Deployment Software
- IBM HTTP Server
- WebSphere Profiles
- Creating Profiles
- Benefits of Profiles
- Product Files Directories
- Profile Directories
- Cell/Node/Server
- Config Directory
- Network Deployment Cell
- Deployment Manager and Node Agents
- Network Deployment Profiles
- Configuration File Synchronization
- Synchronization Problems
- Firewall Issues
- Federating Nodes
- Federating an Application Server Profile
- Federating a Custom Profile
- Federating Nodes
- Web Server Integration
- Benefit of a Web Server
- IBM HTTP Server Installation
- Web Server Plug-in
- Web Servers in WebSphere
- Mapping Applications to Web Servers
- Plug-in Configuration
- Workload Management (WLM) Basics
- Cluster
- Vertical Scaling
- Horizontal Scaling
- "Mixed" Scaling
- Reference
- Summary
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