Hunter Tweed WebSphere Portal Level 2 Support Technical Lead IBM Raleigh Lab
August, 2013 © Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2013. All rights reserved.
This guide describes a comprehensive procedure for installing, configuring, and building an IBM® WebSphere® Portal v8.0.0.1 dynamic cluster using:
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IBM WebSphere Portal 8.0.0.1 CF7 IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.5.5 – 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 update 8 DB2 v9.7 fixpack 4 IBM Tivoli Directory Server v6.3
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Table of Contents
A Step-By-Step Guide to Configuring a WebSphere Portal v8.0.0.1 Dynamic Cluster..............1 Introduction.............................................................................................................................3 Cluster Concepts....................................................................................................................4 Using this Guide......................................................................................................................5 Before you begin.....................................................................................................................8 Main Guide..................................................................................................................................9 1 – Install IBM WebSphere Portal on the Primary node.........................................................9 2 – Configure the Primary Portal node to an external database..........................................25 3 – Create the WebSphere Portal profile template...............................................................30 4 – Install the Deployment Manager.....................................................................................32 5 – Configure the Deployment Manager...............................................................................43 6 – Federate the Primary