Field reference for WebSphere Portal nodes

If you are creating one or more IBM WebSphere® Portal nodes, the wizard prompts you for required information to create each portal server node.
Wizard field Description
Setup Type (full portal vs. admin portlets only) You can select one of two WebSphere Portal installation types: full and administration.

Select Full Portal to install all of the portlets and administration portlets that come with the product. Select this option if you plan to use most of the standard features that come with the product.

Select Administration Portlets Only to install administration portlets and welcome pages. Select this option if you do not need all the standard features. You can add composite applications or common mail portlets later, if needed.

Default setup type: None

WebSphere Portal Home Directory

Enter the installation root directory on the target system where the WebSphere Portal core product files are to be installed.

Windows example: C:\IBM\WebSphere\PortalServer

Linux example: /opt/IBM/WebSphere/PortalServer

Default installation path: None

WebSphere Portal Starting Port Number During installation, a set of ports is assigned for the portal server processes to use.

To override this behavior, specify a starting port number for the set of ports for the portal server processes to use. This port is used as the base, or starting port, for assigning port values.

Application Server Starting Port Number During installation, a set of ports is assigned for the application server processes to use.

To override this behavior, specify a starting port number for the set of ports for the application server processes to use. This port is used as the base, or starting port, for assigning port values.

Node Agent Starting Port Number During installation, a set of ports is assigned for the node agent processes to use.

To override this behavior, specify a starting port number for the set of ports for the node agent processes to use. This port is used as the base, or starting port, for assigning port values.

Primary Node Select the node that is the primary portal node in the network deployment cell. In a clustered environment, applications that are installed on the portal primary node are shared by the cluster members.

Default value: None

Configure WCM for this WebSphere Portal Cell Select yes to install IBM® Lotus® Web Content Management (WCM) and to enable and configure the Web Content Management module for web content authoring and delivery.

Default value: None


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