WebSphere Portal

First, finish your IBM® WebSphere® Portal deployment with the Configuration Wizard. Then, you can configure your environment further. For example, you can tune your servers to improve performance. You can change the default context root.

Configuring portal behavior
Configure various options related to your portal.
Changing ports
You can change the IBM WebSphere Portal ports values after installation if there are port conflicts with other cells on the system.
Changing your site URL
You can change your site URL during and after installation to create URLs that are more reflective of your site and easier to remember. If you entered a different value for the context root during installation, there are additional steps that must be performed to implement the new context root value in your site URL. If you decide to change your site URL after installation, you can use the Configuration Wizard to remove the context root and default home values (/wps/portal) from your site URL or to change these values. You can also use the Configuration Wizard to remove or add navigational state information to your URL.
Configuring managed pages
When you create a new installation of IBM WebSphere Portal 8.5, managed pages are enabled by default. However, you can also manually disable and enable the feature as needed.
Create a WebSphere Portal profile
During the installation process, the IBM Installation Manager creates the WebSphere Portal profile. If you are on WebSphere Portal Version 8.5 without a Combined Cumulative Fix applied, then you can use this option in the Configuration Wizard to create an additional profile.
Creating a new profile
After you answer questions and provide information about your system, the wizard generates a custom configuration procedure.
Remove a WebSphere Portal profile
Use the Configuration Wizard to remove a portal profile.
Removing a profile
After you answer questions and provide information about your migration, the wizard generates a custom configuration procedure.
Managing your WebSphere Portal environment
After you install IBM WebSphere Portal, you can use the IBM Installation Manager function to manage your environment. The Installation Manager function consists of updating and modifying the environment. You can also uninstall or roll back the modifications you made to your environment.
Setting up and maintaining a portal farm
The term "farm" refers to a series of identically configured, stand-alone server instances. The stand-alone servers allow the farm to be increased or decreased without having to worry about complex cluster configurations or inter-server awareness. Server farms offer a simple way to build and maintain a highly scalable, highly available server environment. Creating the farm requires an established content subscriber, two or more installed instances of IBM WebSphere Portal, and a configured web server for load balancing. The farm documentation covers only the HTTP server plug-in. However, you can use any supported web server.
Configuring the IBM License Metric Tool
IBM License Metric Tool monitors license compliance. It recognizes and monitors what product offerings and their versions, releases, and fix packs are installed and used on the system. It measures the processor value units (PVU) available to and used by these assets. The tool ensures compliance with IBM subcapacity licensing requirements and to demonstrate good IT governance. Information about installed software is collected from monitored computers by an agent that can be deployed on a range of operating systems. It is stored on a central server in a DB2® database and can be accessed through pre-configured reports that are available from a web user interface.
Upgrading your existing product offering
After your initial WebSphere Portal installation, you can purchase a license for an upgraded product offering.

Parent topic: Configuring