2/7/2015

Websphere8CreateaProfileinWindows

Subsrcibe
Follow Visit
to
WebSphere
WebSphere

WebSphere
Blog Blog
Home

WebSphereCourses

WebSphereBlog

ByCategory

WebSphereApplicationServer

ContactMe

Services:TrainingServices|ConsultingServices
Category: SearchbyTitle

Searchvalue:

Search

DateCreated:dom19dic2010
RelatedDocumentCategories:
Websphere Websphere8 Windows ProfileManagement Pmt

GetmyWebSphereApplicationServercoursehere>>
http://www.themiddlewareshop.com/products/

WebSphere8CreateaProfile
inWindows
ManuallycreatingaProfileinWebSphere8forWindows
OnceyouhaveusedtheIIM(IBMInstallationManager)toinstallthe
WebSphere8binaries,youcanusethepmt.batcommandtolaunchthe
ProfileManagementtool.
pmt.batislocatedin<was_install_root>/bin/ProfileManagementfor
example:C:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\bin\ProfileManagement
Doubleclickinexplorerorrunfromacommandline

OnetheProfileManagementToolhasloaded,click"Create"tostartthe
newprofilewizard.

http://www.webspheretools.com/sites/webspheretools.nsf/docs/Websphere%208%20Create%20a%20Profile%20in%20Windows

1/14

2/7/2015

Websphere8CreateaProfileinWindows

IntheEnvironmentalSelectionwindow,select"Applicationserver".

AnApplicationserverenvironmentrunsyourenterprise
applications.WebSphereApplicationServerismanagedfromit'sown
administrativeconsoleandfunctionsindependentlyfromallother
applicationservers.
Click"Next"tocontinue

http://www.webspheretools.com/sites/webspheretools.nsf/docs/Websphere%208%20Create%20a%20Profile%20in%20Windows

2/14

2/7/2015

Websphere8CreateaProfileinWindows

IntheProfileCreationOptionswindowasshownabove,selectthe
Advancedprofilecreationoption.
Usingtheadvancedoptionyoucancreateapplicationsusingdefault
configurationsorspecifyyourownvaluesforsettingssuchasthelocation
oftheprofileandthenamesoftheprofile,nodeandhost.Youcanassign
yourownportvalues,whichisveryusefulifyouhavemorethanone
applicationserverbeinginstalledonthesamemachine.Youcanoptionally
choosewhethertodeploytheadministrativeconsoleandsample
applications,cancreateWebserverdefinitions.Unlessyouaregoingto
createamanagementprofiletoadministermorethanonesever,youwill
needtodeploytheadministrativeconsole.Usingtheadvancedprofile
creationwizardwillalsogettheoptiontochoosewhetheryouwanta
windowsserviceinstalled.Ipersonallydon'tlikethisfortestmachines,itis
goodforproductionhowever,butfeelfreetodecideforyourself.Another
benefitoftheadvancedprofilecreationmethod,istheabilitytodecideon
howlongtheSSLcertificateswilllast,thedefaultisoneyear.
Click"Next"tocontinue

http://www.webspheretools.com/sites/webspheretools.nsf/docs/Websphere%208%20Create%20a%20Profile%20in%20Windows

3/14

2/7/2015

Websphere8CreateaProfileinWindows

AsseenaboveIhavedecidedtoinstallsampleapplications,soIhave
checked"Deploythesampleapplications".Installingthesample
applicationsallowsyoutoevaluatesomeofthelatesttechnological
advancementsthatcomewithWebSphere8.Thesampleapplicationsare
notforproduction,theyareforlearninginconjunctionwiththeInfocentreof
bookstodemonstratethenewWebSpherefeatures.
Click"Next"tocontinue

http://www.webspheretools.com/sites/webspheretools.nsf/docs/Websphere%208%20Create%20a%20Profile%20in%20Windows

4/14

2/7/2015

Websphere8CreateaProfileinWindows

BecausethisisalocaltestinstallationfordevelopmentIhaveoptedto
changethe"Serverruntimetuningsettings"optionto"Development",which
changestheWebSpheresettingstomakeWebSphereoptimisedfor
environmentswithlesspowerfulhardwareandwhereapplicationupdates
arefrequent.
Ihaveusedthedefaultinstallationlocationforthisprofile.Feelfreeto
changeasyouseefit.
Click"Next"tocontinue

http://www.webspheretools.com/sites/webspheretools.nsf/docs/Websphere%208%20Create%20a%20Profile%20in%20Windows

5/14

2/7/2015

Websphere8CreateaProfileinWindows

OntheNodesandHostsscreen,Ihaveoptedtoleavethedefaults.Ifthis
wasaproductionserver,Iwouldmanuallydecideonthenodenameand
servernameandhostnameasrequiredbyproductionnamingstandards.
Click"Next"tocontinue

http://www.webspheretools.com/sites/webspheretools.nsf/docs/Websphere%208%20Create%20a%20Profile%20in%20Windows

6/14

2/7/2015

Websphere8CreateaProfileinWindows

OntheAdministrativeSecurityscreen,Ihaveoptedtoleave
AdministrationSecurityturnedon.InWebSphere8thisisonbedefaultand
therehavealsobeensomechangesintheinitialconfigthathardenthe
overallsecurityofaWebSphereinstall.
ItisrecommendedthatyouturnonAdministrativesecurityotherwise
certainsecurityfeatureswillnotworklikeSSLmanagementforexample.

http://www.webspheretools.com/sites/webspheretools.nsf/docs/Websphere%208%20Create%20a%20Profile%20in%20Windows

7/14

2/7/2015

Websphere8CreateaProfileinWindows

InSecurityCertificatePart1,Ileavethedefaults.Whatwillhappenisthat
theinstallationwizardwillcreateanewrootCAandpersonalcertificate
signedbytherootCA.InPart2thenextscreenwecanchangetheactual
personalcertificatedetails.
click"Next"tocontinue

http://www.webspheretools.com/sites/webspheretools.nsf/docs/Websphere%208%20Create%20a%20Profile%20in%20Windows

8/14

2/7/2015

Websphere8CreateaProfileinWindows

AsseenaboveThedistinguishednameoftheissuedcertificatewillbe:

cn=T60Windows7P,ou=T60Windows7PNode01Cell,ou=T60Windows7PNode01,o=IBM
Which is issued by:
cn=T60Windows7P,ou=Root
Certificate,ou=T60Windows7PNode01Cell,ou=T60Windows7PNode01,o=IBM,c=US
Basicallythepersonalcertificated(whichcontainsthepublicandprivate
key)iswhatWebSpherewilluseforSSL,
Changethecertificateinformationasyouseefit.
Ifindoubtdosomethinglike:
cn=<host name>,ou=<host name><node name><cell_name>,ou=<host
name><node name>,o=<company name>,c=<country>
click"Next"tocontinue

http://www.webspheretools.com/sites/webspheretools.nsf/docs/Websphere%208%20Create%20a%20Profile%20in%20Windows

9/14

2/7/2015

Websphere8CreateaProfileinWindows

Usethedefaultportselectionorchoosevaluesasrequired.Ifthewizard
detectsmultipleinstallationsofWebSphereitwillautomaticallyincrement
thesevaluesforyou.
Administrativeconsoleport=9060
Administrativeconsolesecureport=9043
HTTPtransportport=9080
HTTPStransportport=9443
Bootstrapport=2809
SIPport5060
SIPsecureport=5061
SOAPconnectorport8880:
Administrativeinterprocesscommunicationport=9633
SASSSLServerAuthport=9401
CSIV2ServerAuthlistenerport=9403
CSIV2MultiAuthlistenerport=9402
ORBListenerport=9100
Highavailabilitymanagercommunicationport=9353
Serviceintegrationport=7276
Serviceintegrationsecureport=7286
ServiceintegrationMQinteroperabilityport=5558
ServiceintegrationMQinteroperabilitysecureport=5578
Click"Next"tocontinue

http://www.webspheretools.com/sites/webspheretools.nsf/docs/Websphere%208%20Create%20a%20Profile%20in%20Windows

10/14

2/7/2015

Websphere8CreateaProfileinWindows

IdonothaveIBMHTTPServerrunningformytestserver,soIwillskip
andleavethedefaulttonotcreateawebserverdefinition.Click"Next"to
reviewthesummary

http://www.webspheretools.com/sites/webspheretools.nsf/docs/Websphere%208%20Create%20a%20Profile%20in%20Windows

11/14

2/7/2015

Websphere8CreateaProfileinWindows

Click"Create"tostarttheprofilecreation.
YoucanseetheresultingProfilebelowlistedintheProfileManagement
Tool

Letsstarttheserverfromthecommandline,startacommandpromptas
Administrator(IfWindows7)

Changetobindirectoryforexample:
cdc:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\bin
Type:startServerserver1
http://www.webspheretools.com/sites/webspheretools.nsf/docs/Websphere%208%20Create%20a%20Profile%20in%20Windows

12/14

2/7/2015

Websphere8CreateaProfileinWindows

c:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\bin>startServer
Usage:startServer<server>[options]
options:nowait
quiet
logfile<filename>
replacelog
trace
script
AboutMe
SteveRobinsonhasbeenworkinginITforover20
yearsandhasprovidedsolutionsformanylarge
enterprisecorporatecompaniesacrosstheworld.
StevespecialisesinJavaandMiddleware.
InJanuary2013,Iwasawardedtheprestigous'IBM
Champion'accolade.
LinkedIn
Twitter
AboutMe
MyBlog
ContactMe

Readmybooks?
IBMWebSphereApplicationServer8.0AdministrationGuide

WebSphereApplicationServer7.0AdministrationGuide

WebSphereBlog
RecentArticles
AllArticles

WebSphereCategories
WebSphereConsultant
WebSphereApplicationServer
WebSphereMessageBroker
WebSphereMQ
Jython
JACL
Install
Rational

OtherCategories
ShellScripts
http://www.webspheretools.com/sites/webspheretools.nsf/docs/Websphere%208%20Create%20a%20Profile%20in%20Windows

13/14

2/7/2015

Websphere8CreateaProfileinWindows

JavaConsultant
JavaSampleCode
JMS
MBeans
Tomcat
Clustering&Loadbalance
WebsphereTips
Eclipse

Contact|Articles|ShellScripts|JavaCode|JACL|Jython|WebSphereMQ|WebSphereMessageBroker|
WebSphereBlog|Copyright20062013Robinson(UK)Limited

http://www.webspheretools.com/sites/webspheretools.nsf/docs/Websphere%208%20Create%20a%20Profile%20in%20Windows

14/14