Preparing to host applications

Rather than use the default application server provided with the product, you can configure a new server and set of resources.

About this task

The default application server and a set of default resources are available to help you begin quickly. You can choose instead to configure a new server and set of resources. Here is what you need to do in order to set up a runtime environment to support applications.

Procedure

  1. Configure an application server.
  2. Create a virtual host.
  3. Configure a web container.
  4. Configure an EJB container.
  5. Create resources for data access.
  6. Create a JDBC provider and data source.
  7. Create a URL and URL provider.
  8. Create a mail session.
  9. Create resources for session support.
  10. Configure a Session Manager.

What to do next

Test the server and resources.