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Installing WebSphere Portal - Express for MetroSphere

Nicholas ChaseWeb Developer
Nicholas Chase, a Studio B author, has been involved in Web site development for companies such as Lucent Technologies, Sun Microsystems, Oracle, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Nick has been a high school physics teacher, a low-level radioactive waste facility manager, an online science fiction magazine editor, a multimedia engineer, and an Oracle instructor. More recently, he was the Chief Technology Officer of Site Dynamics Interactive Communications in Clearwater, Florida, and is the author of four books on Web development, including XML Primer Plus (Sams).

Summary:  The first step in the MetroSphere project is to install IBM WebSphere Portal - Express, version 4.1. WebSphere Portal - Express is intended to provide a simple, easy way to get up and running with WebSphere Portal server. This tutorial explains the necessary prerequisites for installing the software and describes the process of getting it installed and working. It also tells you what to do if things don't run quite as smoothly as you'd like them to.

Date:  24 Nov 2004
Level:  Intermediate
PDF:  A4 and Letter (3640 KB | 46 pages)Get Adobe® Reader®

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While installing IBM WebSphere Portal -- Express for the MetroSphere project, we ran into several difficulties that we were able to solve by manually installing pieces that the Setup Manager had trouble with. All in all, the process went as follows:

  • Prepare the server and operating system
  • Run the Quick Install from the Setup Manager
  • Manually deploy Personalization
  • Manually complete setup and deploy portlets

Once all of this was completed, Portal - Express was running fine, and we can now move on to the next step: getting to know Portal - Express.

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