Installing on IBM i

IBM® WebSphere® Portal provides flexible deployment options ranging from proof-of-concept where you can examine and test functionality to a highly available and scalable production environment.

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Select the type of setup you need from the list of options. Follow the scenario to install and configure WebSphere Portal.
Restriction: WebSphere Portal does not support installing in console mode. You must either use an existing response file or create your own response file using an operating system that supports the graphical user interface.
  • Setting up a stand-alone production server on IBM i
    Set up a stand-alone production environment when you do not need a robust clustered environment. A stand-alone server deployment is also useful to determine and validate the needs of your deployment. You can examine and test the functions and features to decide how to accomplish business goals.
  • Setting up a cluster on IBM i
    Clusters enable you to scale your IBM WebSphere Portal configuration. Clusters also enable enterprise applications to be highly available because requests are automatically routed to the running servers in the event of a failure. There are numerous cluster configuration, such as horizontal, vertical, multiple, and dynamic.
  • Installing Web Content Manager into an existing Server installation on IBM i
    If you initially installed the IBM WebSphere Portal Server installation, you can purchase the Content license agreement and install the IBM Web Content Manager features into your existing installation.
  • Rendering documents on IBM i
    In order to enable document preview functionality for IBM Web Content Manager and the Common Mail portlet, you must set up an HTML rendering server to work with WebSphere Portal. Because IBM i does not contain native graphics support, you must install additional fonts to perform the document conversion required by these functions. Document conversion enables WebSphere Portal to convert documents produced by commonly used office programs into Web pages, so that they can be viewed and searched by users online. The additional fonts include an HTML rendering server known as X virtual frame buffer for the X server.
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