Web Content Manager environments

To use a Web Content Manager system, you need to deploy a set of Web Content Manager environments within your overall WebSphere® Portal system. Reviewing the Web Content Manager environments help you understand what happens in each environment and how you might want to set up your physical severs. Web Content Manager is installed by using the WebSphere Portal installation user interface.

Each server or cluster in your web content system requires a separate data repository, but they would usually share LDAP. A Web Content Manager system can be deployed in isolation or in parallel with a WebSphere Portal system.

Web content system overview
The type of web content system you deploy is determined by the size of your web content system, the type of website, and the number of users that create content, or view your web content.
Web content authoring environments
An authoring environment is used to create and manage web content and is used by your content authors and website designers.
Web content testing environments
Testing environments can be simple or complex. A simple example is a stand-alone server where content and non-content items are tested before they are sent to the live site. A complex environment is a complete replica of your delivery environment. A more complex environment is used to test content, theme, and application changes and the performance of your delivery environment.
Web content delivery environments
A production delivery environment is the environment that hosts your website. If you have a IBM Web Content Manager only license, you can deliver your website without using WebSphere Portal features.

Parent topic: Planning to install WebSphere Portal