IBM PureSystems is a new product family
of expertly integrated systems. It combines software and hardware
to give you a pre-configured, efficient virtualization operating system.
The offering from PureSystems that function with
the WebSphere® Portal Hypervisor
Edition is the IBM PureApplication System (PureApp).
It includes IBM middleware images and patterns to customize and deploy.
It relies on the IBM Workload Deployer Appliance function
to handle image and instance management. The IBM Workload
Deployer Appliance function is a part of PureApp.
Therefore, working with the WebSphere Portal and Web Content Manager patterns within PureApp is
identical to working with them on IBM Workload Deployer Appliance.
Use the Open Virtual Archive (OVA) to experience the fully functional WebSphere Portal and Web Content Manager instance that
is deployed through IBM Workload Deployer Appliance and PureApp.
The image also includes definitions and configurations for multiple
parts of a typical WebSphere Portal and Web Content Manager deployment. Use
the images to build simple to more complex topologies quickly and
easily. In addition, the package also includes optional function available
in the IBM Connections Files and Profiles Integration Pack
for WebSphere Portal catalog deliverable.
The
WebSphere Portal OVA is
a preinstalled and pre-configured instance of the product. Instances
created based on this OVA are ready to use and pre-configured with
certain features to make it easier to get started. The product configuration includes
the following features:
- Security enablement
- WebSphere Application
Server security
is enabled with an ID that serves as both the WebSphere Portal and WebSphere Application
Server administrator
ID. During the deployment of the OVA, you are required to set the
password for the user ID.
- HTTP Server enablement
- The IBM HTTP Server is configured to provide port 80 access to WebSphere Portal. The IBM HTTP Server
is configured in its own part definition so that it can be set up
as a remote virtual machine for certain topologies instead of running
on the same server as WebSphere Portal.
Section 3.3 covers how to use the HTTP Server.
- External DB2® database
- An instance of IBM® DB2 Universal Database™ Enterprise
Server Edition is
installed and configured as the external database. It provides an
enterprise-class and high performance database environment. It is
configured in its own part definition so that it can be set up as
a remote virtual machine if wanted.
- Deployment Manager
- A Deployment Manager part is defined to run on its own virtual
server for managing a cell that contains a WebSphere Portal and Web Content Manager cluster.
- Web Content Manager enablement
- The OVA has Web Content Manager configured
for rendering and authoring. Several sample content libraries are
also provided, including support for blogs and wikis.
- IBM Connections Integration Pack
- Connections Files and Profiles function is included automatically
in your Portal deployment if you choose any of the supported cluster
patterns.