WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment Patterns software components

Software components provide function in your patterns. You can configure components and define interactions between components to create an IBM® WebSphere® Application Server Network Deployment Patterns environment that is fully operational when you deploy your pattern in the cloud.

To create an operational IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment Patterns environment in the cloud, you define the properties and interactions of the environment's software components. When the patterns that contain those components are deployed, the components become virtual machines in the virtual application instance.

You can configure the following components in your pattern:

Lifecycle components

Each software component contains four lifecycle scripts that control how WebSphere Application Software is installed, configured, started, and stopped. These scripts are called during pattern provisioning and during various PureApplication Lifecycle operations. See the following descriptions for each lifecycle script.
Install
Installs the WebSphere Application Server software during the initial deployment of the pattern.
Configure
Creates the necessary profile based for the software component chosen.
Start
Performs the following operations:
  • During the initial deployment, establishes the relationship between the software component data dependencies that are established in the pattern.
  • Starts the appropriate WebSphere Application Server process based on the software component. For example, the deployment manager software component start lifecycle starts the deployment manager JVM.
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  • Stops the appropriate server process based on the software component. For example, the deployment manager software component stops only the deployment manager and leaves any federated nodes that are running.
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Linux on POWER Little Endian support

If your PureApplication Installation Manager repository contains the WebSphere Application Server Power LE binaries, you will see additional software components that are LE specific. These software components are denoted with the Little Endian wording.

The following list describes the differences between Power LE and non-Power LE software components.
  • Linux on POWER Little Endian supports WebSphere Application Server 8.5.5.9 and higher.
  • Linux on POWER Little Endian supports only the 64 bit JVM.
  • JDK 7.1 is the only supported SDK on Linux on POWER Little Endian.