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developerWorks > WebSphere >

Software as a Service: Building multi-tenant applications using WebSphere Portal Server

Level: Introductory

Mary Taylor (marytaylor@us.ibm.com), Senior IT Architect, IBM

08 Oct 2007


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The primary issue faced by customers who want to implement a Software as a Service solution is how to construct their multi-tenant environment. This demo shows how multi-tenancy can be implemented using the Virtual Portal feature of WebSphere® Portal Server.

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Sample implementation artifact for building SaaS solutions on IBM middleware

A sample Apache ANT build script for creating virtual portals in WebSphere Portal Server for multiple tenant banks (shown in the sample banking application): build.xml (5KB)
A sample WebSphere Portal XMLAccess script for configuring portlets in the virtual portal in WebSphere Portal Server (for a bank in the sample banking application): sasbase_portal.xml (112KB)

Duration

Less than 10 minutes.

Resources

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Read the developerWorks article, "Building SOA composite business services, Part 7: Supporting multi-tenancy for composite business services"
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About the author


		Mary Taylor is a senior software engineer. She is working in the Strategic Technology Architecture and Incubation team, and she is currently working on an SOA CBS pilot. Her interests include DB2 and DataStage.