Duration
5 days
Prerequisites
Before taking this course, students should have:
- An understanding of basic Internet concepts
- Experience using a web browser
- Administrative skills for a web server, such as IBM HTTP Server or Apache
- Basic operational skills for the Linux operating system
Skills Taught
- Relate WebSphere Application Server to the WebSphere family of products
- Describe the features and standards in WebSphere Application Server V8
- Describe the architectural concepts related to WebSphere Application Server
- Install and configure WebSphere Application Server V8
- Explain the basic concepts of Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) 6
- Assemble and install server-side Java enterprise applications
- Use WebSphere administrative tools to configure and manage enterprise applications
- Use the wsadmin scripting library
- Configure WebSphere Application Server security
- Deploy applications in clustered environments
- View performance information about server and application components
- Use problem determination tools and log files to troubleshoot problems
- Configure messaging with the service integration bus
Course Outline
- Course introduction
- WebSphere product family overview
- WebSphere Application Server architecture - standalone
- WebSphere Application Server architecture - federated
- WebSphere Application Server installation
- Web server installation
- Exercise: Installing IBM Installation Manager
- Exercise: Installing IBM HTTP Server
- Exercise: Installing WebSphere Application Server
- Exercise: WebSphere Information Center installation (optional)
- WebSphere Application Server administrative console
- Exercise: Exploring the administrative console
- Java EE 6 overview for administrators
- Introduction to the PlantsByWebSphere application
- Application assembly
- Application installation
- Exercise: Assembling an application
- Exercise: Installing an application
- Monitored directory
- Exercise: Monitored directory - Drag and drop deployment
- Problem determination
- Exercise: Problem determination
- Introduction to wsadmin and scripting
- Exercise: Using wsadmin
- Federating a cell
- Exercise: Creating a federated cell
- Workload management
- Exercise: Clustering and workload management
- Introduction to WebSphere Messaging
- Exercise: Configuring the service integration bus
- Job Manager and Centralized Installation Manager
- Demonstration: Using the Job Manager
- WebSphere security
- Exercise: Configuring WebSphere security
- Exercise: Configuring application security
- Exercise: Configuring SSL for WebSphere
- Performance monitoring
- Exercise: Using the performance monitoring tools
Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.