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Installation and Administration of IBM WebSphere Portal 8 on Linux

Course outline

WPL935 days

Duration

5 days

Prerequisites

You should have:

  • Understanding the WebSphere Application Server and JVM environments
  • Experience with the WebSphere Application Server and JVM environments
  • Database administration
  • Security

Skills Taught

You should be able to use the features, functions, and procedures of IBM WebSphere Portal 8.0 to:

  • Add portlets to pages using the new drag and drop of the page builder
  • Deploy a new portlet
  • Manage access
  • Set up a blog and a wiki
  • Set up tagging and rating
  • Create and apply visibility rules
  • Work with syndication feeds
  • Configure search
  • Customize or brand the portal
  • Deploy a custom theme
  • Transfer the ready-to-use data from the Derby database to DB2 Universal Database
  • Configure WebSphere Portal to use an IBM Tivoli Directory Server LDAP server
  • Create a Network Deployment cell containing a single node cluster
  • Select the best topology for your organization's needs
  • Turn on logging and tracing
  • Use XML Access to streamline management activities
  • Back up and restore data
  • Implement release management practices

Course Outline

  • Deploying portlets
  • Portal security management
  • Wikis and blogs
  • Tagging and rating
  • Personalization attribute-based administration
  • Virtual portlets and realms
  • Feed syndication
  • Portal search
  • Other miscellaneous administrative portlets
  • Usage/site analytics
  • Theme architecture (branding)
  • Installation using the NEW IBM Installation Manager
  • Creating a cell
  • Federating a portal node into a cell
  • Configuration
  • Portal security
  • Troubleshooting
  • XML access
  • Production topologies
  • Portal clusters
  • Staging to production
  • Production procedures

Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.