What is WebSphere Portal?
WebSphere Portal is a framework including a run time server, services, tools, and many other features--that one can use to integrate our enterprise into a single, customizable interface called a Portal. An enterprise portal combines components, applications, processes, and content from a wide variety of sources into a unified presentation, which our users can access from a wide variety of devices.
One can customize the portal based on user or job roles, security needs, device settings, personal preferences, and administrative settings. One can also define workflows to support our business processes. One can manage our portal’s content using IBM's Web Content Management, which is integrated with WebSphere Portal.
While WebSphere Portal binds ones work environment into a cohesive interface, it also provides services to enhance the user experience so that the unified interface is much richer than if one is using the individual components.
For example, it provides single sign-on services so that, once users are logged into our portal, they can access all the underlying applications without having to re-enter user credentials (such as user-ids and passwords). One can plug in the look-and-feel for our portal's pages using customizable themes. Using the collaboration services API, one can enable users to easily engage peers to expedite work processes. Using cooperative portlets, applications can exchange information, either automatically or with user control. These are just a few examples of the ways one can easily extend our portal environment and optimize our users' experience with it.
WebSphere Portal is a core part of IBM Workplace. Numerous other related products, including WebSphere Voice and the WebSphere Everyplace products, work with WebSphere Portal to enable users to access applications running on virtually any operating system. Users can access the portal from all types of devices, such as Web browsers, rich clients, mobile phones, and PDAs.
Below are the common commands and some very important directory locations that every WPS developer should know.
Starting WebSphere Portal Server
Stopping WebSphere Portal Server
Where startServer and stopServer is the batch command to start the portal server and WebSphere_Portal is the instance of the of the installed base portal.
Logs of WebSphere Portal Server
Error Logs of WebSphere Portal Server
Starting WebSphere Application Server- server1
Stopping WebSphere Application Server- server1
Where StartServer is the batch command to start the portal server and server1 is the instance of the underlying application server of the installed base portal.
Logs of WebSphere Application Server- server1
Error Logs of WebSphere Application Server- server1
To Access the WebSphere Portal Console UI use the URL as mentioned below.
http://localhost:10040/wps/myportal
After Login to server you will see the WebSphere Portal 6.1 interface as shown below.
The Getting Started page is one of the default pages provided by WebSphere Portal. You can create your own portal page(s) as per your requirement.
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| Developer's view of WebSphere Portal |
One can customize the portal based on user or job roles, security needs, device settings, personal preferences, and administrative settings. One can also define workflows to support our business processes. One can manage our portal’s content using IBM's Web Content Management, which is integrated with WebSphere Portal.
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| Company's view of WebSphere Portal |
While WebSphere Portal binds ones work environment into a cohesive interface, it also provides services to enhance the user experience so that the unified interface is much richer than if one is using the individual components.
For example, it provides single sign-on services so that, once users are logged into our portal, they can access all the underlying applications without having to re-enter user credentials (such as user-ids and passwords). One can plug in the look-and-feel for our portal's pages using customizable themes. Using the collaboration services API, one can enable users to easily engage peers to expedite work processes. Using cooperative portlets, applications can exchange information, either automatically or with user control. These are just a few examples of the ways one can easily extend our portal environment and optimize our users' experience with it.
WebSphere Portal is a core part of IBM Workplace. Numerous other related products, including WebSphere Voice and the WebSphere Everyplace products, work with WebSphere Portal to enable users to access applications running on virtually any operating system. Users can access the portal from all types of devices, such as Web browsers, rich clients, mobile phones, and PDAs.
Exploring WebSphere Portal Server
Below are the common commands and some very important directory locations that every WPS developer should know.
Starting WebSphere Portal Server
\IBM\WebSphere\wp_profile\bin\startServer WebSphere_Portal
Stopping WebSphere Portal Server
\IBM\WebSphere\wp_profile\bin\stopServer WebSphere_Portal
Where startServer and stopServer is the batch command to start the portal server and WebSphere_Portal is the instance of the of the installed base portal.
Logs of WebSphere Portal Server
\IBM\WebSphere\wp_profile\logs\WebSphere_Portal\SystemOut.log
Error Logs of WebSphere Portal Server
\IBM\WebSphere\wp_profile\logs\WebSphere_Portal\SystemErr.log
Starting WebSphere Application Server- server1
\IBM\WebSphere\wp_profile\bin\startServer server1
Stopping WebSphere Application Server- server1
\IBM\WebSphere\wp_profile\bin\stopServer server1
Where StartServer is the batch command to start the portal server and server1 is the instance of the underlying application server of the installed base portal.
Logs of WebSphere Application Server- server1
\IBM\WebSphere\wp_profile\logs\server1\SystemOut.log
Error Logs of WebSphere Application Server- server1
\IBM\WebSphere\wp_profile\logs\server1\SystemErr.log
To Access the WebSphere Portal Console UI use the URL as mentioned below.
http://localhost:10040/wps/myportal
After Login to server you will see the WebSphere Portal 6.1 interface as shown below.
The Getting Started page is one of the default pages provided by WebSphere Portal. You can create your own portal page(s) as per your requirement.
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