Deployment, installation, and configuration

Before you use the multilingual solution, you must deploy, install and configure the multilingual solution extensions, and the also update and configure your system.

Multilingual deployment
Deployment of multilingual sites can be centralized, running out of single environment, or decentralized where locales are served from different environments.
Installing the multilingual extensions
The multilingual solution consists of a set of extensions to Web Content Manager that can be used to manage the authoring, workflow, and configuration of your multilingual system.
Configuring a multilingual system
After you install the multilingual extensions, you then must configure your system to support multilingual authoring and rendering.
Optimizing the performance of the extensions
How to optimize your system for best performance of the multilingual solution.
Capacity planning for multilingual sites
It is important to consider the additional load that is placed on the authoring server in comparison with single language websites.
Changing the multilingual solution context root
The default context root for the multilingual solution application is /wps. With Version 8.5 CF3, you can change this setting to match the WebSphere® Portal context root to better suit the requirements of your organization.
Uninstalling the multilingual solution extensions
The following steps are required to uninstall the multilingual solution extensions. These must be run on every server on non-clustered systems, or on the primary cluster node.

Parent topic: IBM Web Content Manager Multilingual Solution