WebSphere Portal V6: Administration 1 UK Classes & Lessons (IBM)

Also known as: WP710GBGB

About this class

In this hands-on lab course, students explore the operational aspects of an IBM WebSphere Portal version 6.0 installation. The student will practice such tasks as installation. migration of data to a relational database, and utillization of a LightWeight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directory. This course focuses on the deployment and management of portal resources, such as portlets, pages, themes and skins. Students will manage page heirarchies, configure resource permissions on portal resources, and configure virtual portals.

Who will the lesson benefit?

The target audience for this course is Independent Software Vendors, Systems Integrators, and IBM technical staff. Architects and developers responsible for implementing solutions using WebSphere Portal version 5 will benefit as well.

What prerequisites are required

The prerequisites for this course include

Intermediate administration skills using WebSphere Application Server version 6.0, acquired through experience and/or completion of IBM WebSphere Application Server V6 Administration(SW246 or WF381)
Basic knowledge of portals and WebSphere Portal, acquired by completing IBM WebSphere Portal Version 6.0 Fundamentals(WP010)

Contents of this class

Introducing WebSphere Portal

What are portals and why implement a portal?
WebSphere Portal as a portal
Basic infrastructure and components
Personalization vs. customization

Understanding portal terminology

Portlets
Themes and skins
Menus

Installing WebSphere Portal

Planning for an installation
Steps for successful installation
Verifying installation
Basic command-line commands
Troubleshooting installations
Post-installation migration to a DB2 (relational) database
Post-installation configuration of WebSphere Portal version 6 to access an LDAP user registry

Understanding the WebSphere Portal architecture

Overall conceptual architecture
Administration architecture
Data configuration split
Key standards
Port assignments
Impact of LDAP and security
Cluster definitions and scalability basics

Navigating WebSphere Portal

Nodes: pages, labels and URLs
Site structure
Administration pages
Breadcrumb trail
Palettes
Context menus
Drag and drop

Managing portal page hierarchy

Create new pages in the page hierarchy
Configure page properties
Portlet installation and configuration

Configuring access control

Authentication vs. authorization
Authorization (access control)
Role types, resources and roles
Role inheritance
Role blocking
Traversal permissions
Shared vs. private resources

Implementing attribute based administration

Visibility rules
Resource policies
Personalization and attribute based administration