Starting and configuring default deployment manager profiles on IBM i

WebSphere® Application Server Network Deployment provides a configurable default deployment manager profile that you create using the manageprofiles command after installation.

Before you begin

Read the Network Deployment deployment manager profile article. The article describes the profile and how to change TCP/IP ports that it uses.

About this task

After you install WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment, you can start, configure and run the default deployment manager profile.

1. Start the default deployment manager.
   1. On the Control Language (CL) command line, run the Start Qshell (STRQSH) command.
   2. At the Qshell prompt, run the following commands:

      cd app_server_root/bin
      startServer dmgr

      The startServer command starts the QWAS85 subsystem if it is not already started.

2. Verify that the deployment manager is running

   Use the Work with Active Jobs (WRKACTJOB) command to determine when the deployment manager is ready to accept administrative requests through the administrative console.

3. Add a node to the network deployment profile, as described in Adding nodes to deployment manager profiles on IBM i.

   Run the addNode command from the Qshell command shell to federate the default application server profile into the Network Deployment cell.

4. Verify that the node agent is running, as described in Verifying that the node agent is running on IBM i.

   Use the Work with Active Jobs (WRKACTJOB) command to determine when the node agent is ready to accept administrative requests through the administrative console.

5. Start the administrative console for the deployment manager.

   Open the administrative console in a web browser, as described in Starting the administrative console for deployment managers on IBM i.

6. Verify that the node exists, as described in Verifying that nodes exist on IBM i.

   Use the administrative console to verify that the WebSphere Application Server node was successfully added to the deployment manager domain.

Results

The addNode command creates a new server, the node agent, under the application server profile being added to the Network Deployment domain. The node agent server is started as a side effect of adding the node to the domain.

What to do next

Repeat the previous steps for each node (or application server profile) that you want to manage using your deployment manager profile.