Front cover -- Contents -- Notices -- Trademarks -- Preface -- The team that wrote this redbook -- Become a published author -- Comments welcome -- Part 1 Getting started -- Chapter 1. Introduction to IBM WebSphere Application Server -- 1.1 WebSphere overview -- 1.2 WebSphere family -- 1.3 WebSphere foundation and tools products -- 1.3.1 WebSphere Application Servers -- 1.4 What's new? -- Chapter 2. IBM WebSphere Application Server architecture -- 2.1 Server architecture -- 2.1.1 Express configuration -- 2.1.2 Base configuration -- 2.1.3 Network Deployment configuration -- 2.1.4 Enterprise configuration -- 2.2 Cells, nodes and servers -- 2.3 Servers -- 2.3.1 Application server -- 2.3.2 JMS server -- 2.3.3 Clusters -- 2.4 Containers -- 2.4.1 Web container -- 2.4.2 EJB container -- 2.4.3 Client application container -- 2.5 Application server services -- 2.5.1 JCA services -- 2.5.2 Transaction service -- 2.5.3 Dynamic caching -- 2.5.4 Message listener service -- 2.5.5 Object Request Broker service -- 2.5.6 Name service -- 2.5.7 PMI service -- 2.5.8 Security service -- 2.5.9 Admin service -- 2.5.10 Enterprise services -- 2.6 Business process engine -- 2.7 Virtual hosts -- 2.8 Session management -- 2.8.1 Session persistence -- 2.9 Web services -- 2.9.1 IBM WebSphere UDDI Registry -- 2.9.2 Web Services Gateway -- 2.10 Security -- 2.10.1 User registry -- 2.10.2 Authentication -- 2.10.3 Authorization -- 2.10.4 Security components -- 2.10.5 Security flows -- 2.11 Resource providers -- 2.11.1 JDBC resources -- 2.11.2 JavaMail -- 2.11.3 JCA resource adapters -- 2.11.4 URL providers -- 2.11.5 JMS providers -- 2.11.6 Resource environment providers -- 2.12 Administration -- 2.12.1 Administration tools -- 2.12.2 Configuration repository -- 2.12.3 Centralized administration -- 2.13 The flow of an application -- 2.14 Developing and deploying applications.

Part 2 Installing WebSphere -- Chapter 3. Topology selection -- 3.1 Topology selection criteria -- 3.1.1 Security -- 3.1.2 Performance -- 3.1.3 Throughput -- 3.1.4 Scalability -- 3.1.5 Availability -- 3.1.6 Maintainability -- 3.1.7 Session management -- 3.1.8 Topology selection criteria summary -- 3.2 WebSphere component coexistence -- 3.2.1 Multiple WebSphere instances -- 3.2.2 Multiple server instances using a single installation -- 3.2.3 Coexistence of WebSphere Application Server and Network Deployment -- 3.2.4 Single versus multiple Web servers -- 3.3 Topologies -- 3.3.1 Terminology -- 3.3.2 Topology 1: vertical scaling -- 3.3.3 Topology 2: HTTP server separation -- 3.3.4 Topology 3: reverse proxy -- 3.3.5 Topology 4: horizontal scaling with clusters -- 3.3.6 Topology 5: horizontal scaling with IP sprayer -- 3.3.7 Topology 6: multiple WebSphere cells -- 3.3.8 Topology 7: multiple clusters on a node -- 3.3.9 Topology 8: combined topology -- 3.4 Closing thoughts on topologies -- 3.5 For more information -- Chapter 4. Installation approach -- 4.1 Selecting a topology -- 4.1.1 Using the embedded HTTP transport as opposed to a stand-alone Web server -- 4.2 Packaging -- 4.2.1 Determining which features to install -- 4.3 Selecting the platform and checking the requirements -- 4.4 Silent versus GUI installation -- 4.5 Planning for IBM HTTP Server -- 4.5.1 Checking for IP port conflicts -- 4.5.2 Run as a Windows service -- 4.5.3 Installation and configuration -- 4.6 Planning for WebSphere Application Server -- 4.6.1 Selecting the features to install -- 4.6.2 Checking for IP port conflicts -- 4.6.3 Run as a service (Windows only) -- 4.6.4 Embedded messaging considerations (UNIX systems) -- 4.6.5 Installation and post-installation tasks -- 4.7 Planning for Network Deployment -- 4.7.1 Selecting the features to install -- 4.7.2 Checking for IP port conflicts.

4.7.3 Run as a service (Windows) -- 4.7.4 Installation and post-installation tasks -- 4.8 Planning for and installing messaging products -- 4.8.1 Installing and verifying the WebSphere JMS provider -- 4.8.2 Installing WebSphere MQ as the JMS provider -- 4.8.3 Installing and defining a generic JMS provider -- Chapter 5. Windows 2000 installation steps -- 5.1 Product installation root variables -- 5.2 Installing the IBM HTTP Server and/or Web server plug-in -- 5.2.1 Installation -- 5.2.2 Configuring IBM HTTP Server -- 5.2.3 Verifying the IBM HTTP Server installation -- 5.2.4 Verifyingthe Web server plug-in installation -- 5.3 Installing IBM WebSphere Application Server -- 5.3.1 Installation -- 5.3.2 Verifying the IBM WebSphere Application Server installation -- 5.3.3 Starting and stopping server1 -- 5.3.4 Accessing the administrative console -- 5.3.5 Accessing applications on WebSphere -- 5.3.6 Generating the Web server plug-in installation -- 5.3.7 Implementing security -- 5.4 Installing IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment -- 5.4.1 Verifying the Deployment Manager installation -- 5.4.2 Starting and stopping the Deployment Manager -- 5.4.3 Accessing the administrative console -- 5.4.4 Adding nodes to the cell -- 5.4.5 Accessing applications -- 5.5 Installing WebSphere Application Server - silent mode -- 5.5.1 Default response file -- 5.5.2 Customized response file -- 5.5.3 Performing a silent installation -- 5.6 Installing Network Deployment - silent mode -- 5.6.1 Default response file -- 5.6.2 Customized response file -- 5.6.3 Performing a silent installation -- Chapter 6. AIX installation steps -- 6.1 Product installation root variables -- 6.2 Install AIX -- 6.3 Installing the IBM HTTP Server and/or Web server plug-in -- 6.3.1 Installation -- 6.3.2 Configuring the IBM HTTP Server -- 6.3.3 Verifying the IBM HTTP Server installation.

6.3.4 Verifying the plug-in installation -- 6.4 Installing WebSphere Application Server -- 6.4.1 Installation -- 6.4.2 Verifying the WebSphere installation -- 6.4.3 Starting and stopping server1 -- 6.4.4 Accessing the administrative console -- 6.4.5 Accessing applications on WebSphere -- 6.4.6 Generating the Web server plug-in installation -- 6.4.7 Implementing security -- 6.5 Installing WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment -- 6.5.1 Installing Network Deployment -- 6.5.2 Verifying the Deployment Manager installation -- 6.5.3 Adding a WebSphere node into an existing cell -- 6.6 Installing WebSphere Application Server - silent mode -- 6.6.1 Default response file -- 6.6.2 Customized response file -- 6.6.3 Performing a silent installation -- 6.7 Installing Network Deployment - silent mode -- 6.7.1 Default response file -- 6.7.2 Customized response file -- 6.7.3 Performing a silent installation -- Part 3 Configuring WebSphere -- Chapter 7. Administration overview -- 7.1 Key features -- 7.2 System management tools -- 7.2.1 WebSphere administrative console -- 7.2.2 Command-line operational tools -- 7.3 Topology -- 7.3.1 Definitions -- 7.3.2 Operation -- 7.4 Distributed administration -- 7.4.1 Administration layers -- 7.4.2 Administration points within a cell -- 7.4.3 Role-based administration -- 7.4.4 Common administration functions -- 7.4.5 Required administration services -- 7.4.6 Required administrative applications -- 7.5 Configuration and application data repository -- 7.5.1 Repository directory structure -- 7.5.2 Variable scoped files -- 7.5.3 Manual editing of configuration files -- 7.5.4 Application data files -- 7.5.5 Base versus Network Deployment repositories -- 7.5.6 Repository files used for application execution -- 7.6 Application management -- 7.6.1 Application installation -- 7.6.2 Application distribution.

7.6.3 Application operational control -- 7.6.4 Application upgrade -- 7.6.5 Application assembly tools -- 7.7 Common system management tasks -- 7.7.1 Adding a node to a cell -- 7.7.2 Removing a node from a cell -- 7.7.3 Forcing synchronization of the node configuration -- 7.7.4 Cleaning up a node -- 7.7.5 Backing up a node configuration -- 7.7.6 Restoring a node configuration -- 7.7.7 Backing up the cell configuration -- 7.7.8 Restoring the cell configuration -- 7.7.9 Creating multiple instances (nodes) on a single machine -- 7.7.10 Starting the Network Deployment environment -- 7.7.11 Stopping the Network Deployment environment -- 7.7.12 Enabling process restart on failure -- Chapter 8. WebSphere administration basics -- 8.1 Introducing the WebSphere administrative console -- 8.2 Starting the administrative console -- 8.2.1 Logging into the administrative console -- 8.3 The graphical interface -- 8.3.1 Taskbar -- 8.3.2 Navigation tree -- 8.3.3 Workspace -- 8.3.4 Status and Messages areas -- 8.4 Using the administrative console -- 8.4.1 Finding an item -- 8.4.2 Updating existing items -- 8.4.3 Adding new items -- 8.4.4 Removing items -- 8.4.5 Starting and stopping items -- 8.4.6 Saving work -- 8.4.7 Getting help -- 8.5 Securing the administrative console -- 8.6 Common administrative tasks -- 8.6.1 Using variables -- 8.6.2 Managing nodes -- 8.6.3 Managing application servers -- 8.6.4 Managing clusters -- 8.6.5 Managing virtual hosts -- 8.6.6 Managing enterprise applications -- 8.6.7 Managing shared libraries -- 8.6.8 Generating the Web server plug-in -- Chapter 9. Session management -- 9.1 Session management -- 9.2 Version 4 versus Version 5 session management -- 9.3 Session manager configuration -- 9.3.1 Session management properties -- 9.3.2 Accessing session management properties -- 9.4 Session scope -- 9.5 Session identifiers.

9.5.1 Choosing a session tracking mechanism.