WebSphere Application Server-Express V5.0.2 administrator handbook / [Carla Sadtler].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sadtler, Carla.

Contributor:

International Business Machines Corporation. International Technical Support Organization.

Series:

IBM redbooks.

IBM redbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Application software.

WebSphere.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

[S.l.] : IBM, International Technical Support Organization, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Front cover

Contents

Notices

Trademarks

Preface

The team that wrote this redbook

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Comments welcome

Chapter 1. Planning and installation approach

1.1 Installation planning

1.1.1 Supported platforms and requirements

1.1.2 Roles

1.1.3 Installation directory references

1.1.4 Planning for Studio Site Developer

1.1.5 Planning for Express Application Server

1.1.6 Planning for team development

1.1.7 Planning for security

1.1.8 Planning for a database server

1.1.9 Planning for Web services

1.2 Planning for backup and recovery

1.2.1 Express configuration backup

1.2.2 Application recovery

1.2.3 Database backup

1.3 Installation approach

1.3.1 Installation scenario 1

1.3.2 Installation scenario 2

1.3.3 Installation scenario 3: Production environment

1.4 Using an external Web server

1.5 Finding information

Chapter 2. Express Application Server architecture

2.1 An inside view of the application server

2.1.1 Cells, nodes, and application servers

2.1.2 Application server components

2.2 Administration

Chapter 3. Administration overview

3.1 Administration overview

3.2 Using the administrative console

3.2.1 Accessing the console

3.2.2 Administrative console layout

3.2.3 Setting console preferences

3.2.4 Finding an item

3.2.5 Updating existing items

3.2.6 Viewing application server runtime information

3.2.7 Adding new items

3.2.8 Removing items

3.2.9 Starting and stopping items

3.2.10 Saving work

3.2.11 Getting help

3.2.12 Using variables

3.2.13 Recovering from an interrupted session

Chapter 4. Managing servers

4.1 Starting and stopping application servers

4.1.1 Starting an application server

4.1.2 Stopping an application server

4.1.3 Problem determination.

4.2 Modifying the server configuration

4.2.1 Updating application server end points

4.2.2 Updating or changing HTTP transport values

4.3 Creating an application server

4.3.1 Add the new HTTP transports to the virtual hosts

4.3.2 Install the administrative console application

4.3.3 Open the administrative console

4.4 Session management configuration

4.5 Creating a virtual host

Chapter 5. Accessing databases

5.1 Administration task overview

5.2 Installing database drivers

5.3 Update the database driver variable

5.4 Database security

5.4.1 Creating a J2C authentication entry

5.5 Define database (JDBC) providers

5.6 Define databases (data sources)

5.7 Tuning for performance

5.7.1 Connection pooling

5.7.2 Prepared statement cache size

5.8 Example: using IBM DB2 on Windows

5.8.1 Install DB2

5.8.2 Working with DB2

5.8.3 Create a database

5.8.4 Authorize a user to the database

5.8.5 Create a schema

5.8.6 Create the database tables

5.8.7 Populate the tables with data

5.8.8 Grant privileges on the table

5.8.9 Define the remote database

5.8.10 Open the Express Application Server console

5.8.11 Update the WebSphere variable for the database driver

5.8.12 Create the J2C authentication entries

5.8.13 Define the JDBC provider and data sources

Chapter 6. Managing applications

6.1 Application packaging (.ear files)

6.1.1 Enterprise application files

6.1.2 Web module files

6.1.3 Install location

6.2 Gathering information

6.3 Installation strategy

6.4 Installing applications

6.4.1 What to do if the installation fails

6.5 Managing applications

6.5.1 Starting or stopping an application

6.5.2 Removing an application

6.5.3 Upgrading an enterprise application

6.5.4 Updating a resource reference binding

6.5.5 Updating role mapping.

6.5.6 Exporting an enterprise application

6.6 Finding information about installed applications

6.6.1 Finding the URL for an application

6.6.2 Finding server information for an application

6.6.3 Finding the virtual host for a Web module

6.6.4 Finding the context root of an application

6.6.5 Finding the entry page of an application

6.6.6 Viewing application deployment descriptors

6.6.7 Viewing Web modules

6.7 Defining shared libraries

Chapter 7. Managing JavaMail resources

7.1 Configuring JavaMail resources

7.1.1 Configuring the mail provider

7.1.2 Configuring JavaMail sessions

7.1.3 More information

Chapter 8. Using a Web server plugin

8.1 Installation

8.2 Test the installation

8.3 Generate the plugin

Chapter 9. Implementing security

9.1 Express security overview

9.2 Basic concepts

9.2.1 Authentication

9.2.2 Authorization

9.2.3 User registries

9.2.4 Firewalls

9.3 Security implementation scenarios

9.3.1 Scenario 1: Local OS, SWAM

9.3.2 Scenario 2: Local OS, SWAM, and SSL

9.3.3 Scenario 3: LDAP, LTPA, and SSL

9.4 Defining the server and administrative users

9.4.1 Defining the server ID to the user registry

9.4.2 Defining administration user IDs to the user registry

9.5 Configuring the user registry

9.5.1 Using the local operating system user registry

9.5.2 Using an LDAP user registry

9.6 Assigning users to administrative roles

9.6.1 Mapping a user to an administrator role

9.6.2 Mapping a group or special subject to an administrator role

9.7 Configuring the authentication mechanism

9.7.1 Using LTPA as the authentication mechanism

9.8 Enabling global security

9.9 Using SSL

9.9.1 Storing certificates (key files and trust files)

9.9.2 Generating a self-signed certificate

9.9.3 Requesting a certificate signed by a CA.

9.9.4 Configuring Express Application Server to use a key store

9.9.5 Configuring the Web container to use SSL

9.10 Using SSL to the LDAP server

9.10.1 Create and exchange certificates

9.11 Using SSL between the plugin and Web container

9.12 Securing applications

Chapter 10. Diagnosing problems

10.1 What to do if things go wrong

10.2 Administrative console messages

10.3 Server logs

10.3.1 JVM (standard) logs

10.3.2 Process (native) logs

10.3.3 IBM service (activity) log

10.4 Dumping the JNDI name space

10.4.1 dumpNameSpace format

10.5 Tracing an application server

10.5.1 Diagnostic trace service

10.6 Working with IBM service

10.6.1 First Failure Data Capture (FFDC)

10.6.2 The Collector tool

10.7 IBM Agent Controller settings and status

10.8 Product installation information

10.8.1 Locating Express Application Server version information

10.8.2 Finding the JDK version

10.9 Resources for problem determination

Appendix A. Classloaders

Express Application Server classloader overview

Application classloader settings

Application classloader policy

Application classloader mode

Reload settings

WAR classloaders

Example

Appendix B. Commands

startServer

Notes

Syntax

Examples

stopServer

serverStatus

backupConfig

restoreConfig

dumpNameSpace

Appendix C. Installing a CVS server

Installing the CVS server on Windows

Create a directory for the repository

Related publications

IBM Redbooks

Online resources

How to get IBM Redbooks

Index

Back cover.

Notes:

"September 2003."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC:

560101465