WA761 - WebSphere Application Server V6.1 Advanced Administration
Audience
This course is designed for administrators who install, configure, and manage Web-based applications on WebSphere Application Server. It is also helpful for webmasters and application architects. The typical participant has extensive experience with WebSphere, and other IT areas such as networking, security, and various protocols such as HTTP and IIOP.
Prerequisites
Before taking this course, students should have:
Fluency in Internet protocols such as HTTP, Internet Inter-Orb Protocol (IIOP), and HTTPS Basic WebSphere Application Server knowledge Knowledge of the Linux and Windows operating systems Basic knowledge of LDAP servers
Administration skills for a Web server such as IBM HTTP Server or Apache
Skills taught
After completing this course, students should be able to:
Explain the architecture of WebSphere Application Server V6.1. Install WebSphere Application Server executables and profiles Federate nodes into a cell to create a real-world production environment Install and configure an enterprise application in a multi-platform distributed environment Manage WebSphere Application Server and enterprise application configurations using wsadmin Configure WebSphere security using the LDAP user registry Secure an enterprise application using the Application Server Toolkit (AST) V6.1 Enable Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) for the WebSphere Application Server Explain WebSphere workload management options Configure an enterprise application for workload management Configure WebSphere Platform Messaging and discuss options Use the cluster support provided by WebSphere Application Server to improve application throughput and availability Configure HTTP session persistence and define a session database Explain advanced system configurations Use the WebSphere Edge Components to configure Web server clustering Configure WebSphere to run as non-root
Configure J2EE security
Course outline
Course introduction WebSphere Application Server architecture Introduction to the lab environment and the Trade application Exercise: Product installations Application assembly and deployment Exercise: Assembling and installing (enhanced) Trade application on test profile Exercise: IHS installation and federation WebSphere administrative security Exercise: Configuring administrative security with LDAP registry and console users WebSphere Application Server SSL configurations Exercise: Configuration of SSL for WebSphere and HIS Exercise: Enabling LDAP SSL WebSphere Application Server workload management – clustering Exercise: WebSphere clustering WebSphere Application Server workload management – sessions Exercise: Configuring and testing HTTP session and SFSB failover WebSphere Application Server workload management - edge components Exercise: Configuring IBM LoadBalancer for TCP/IP spraying Exercise: Installing and configuring the caching proxy WebSphere Application Server security – WebSphere security stack Exercise: J2EE security WebSphere Platform Messaging (SIBus) Exercise: Workload management (WLM) for WebSphere Platform Messaging (high availability & WLM) and HAManager
