WebSphere Application Server V9 Administration

• Course introduction
• WebSphere product family overview
• WebSphere Application Server architecture - stand-alone
• Exercise: Profile creation
• WebSphere Application Server administrative console
• Exercise: Exploring the administrative console
• Introduction to the PlantsByWebSphere application
• Application assembly
• Exercise: Assembling an application
• Application installation
• Exercise: Installing an application
• Problem determination
• Exercise: Problem determination
• Introduction to wsadmin and scripting
• Exercise: Using wsadmin
• WebSphere security
• Exercise: Configuring WebSphere Application Server security
• Exercise: Configuring application security
• Performance monitoring
• Exercise: Using the performance monitoring tools
• Course summary

This course is designed for administrators who configure and manage web-based applications on WebSphere Application Server. Web administrators, application developers and deployers, security specialists, and application architects can also benefit from this course.

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• Basic operational skills for the Linux operating system
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• Administrative skills for a web server, such as IBM HTTP Server or Apache
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• Basic understanding of cloud concepts, private, public, and hybrid clouds, and traditional on-premises environments
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After completing this course, you should be able to:

• Relate WebSphere Application Server to the WebSphere family of products
• Describe the features and standards in WebSphere Application Server V9
• Describe the use of WebSphere Application Server in cloud, hybrid cloud, and on-premises environments
• Describe the architectural concepts that are related to WebSphere Application Server
• Assemble and install server-side Java enterprise applications
• Use WebSphere administrative tools to configure and manage enterprise applications
• Use wsadmin scripting
• Configure WebSphere Application Server security
• View performance information about server and application components
• Troubleshoot problems by using problem determination tools and log files

Exercises

• Exercise 1: Profile creation
• Exercise 2: Exploring the administrative console 
• Exercise 3: Assembling an application 
• Exercise 4: Installing an application 
• Exercise 5: Problem determination 
• Exercise 6: Using wsadmin
• Exercise 7: Configuring WebSphere Application Server security 
• Exercise 8: Configuring application security 
• Exercise 9: Using the performance monitoring tools