IBM WebSphere Portal Primer Book

	Foreword	xiv
	Introduction	xv
Chapter 1	Enter the Portal	1
	The WebSphere platform	1
	WebSphere Portal	3
	WebSphere Portal server	4
	Portlets	5
	Portlet applications	6
	The Portlet API	6
	Portal architecture	7
	WebSphere Portal components	8
	Personalization	8
	Search	9
	Site Analyzer	10
	Collaborative Components	10
	Content management	11
	Door closings	12
Chapter 2	A Portal blueprint	13
	J2ee architecture in WebSphere Portal	13
	What is J2EE?	14
	J2EE platform roles	18
	J2EE compliance	19
	MVC paradigm and architecture	20
	Packaging J2ee applications	22
	Topologies	24
	One-node configuration	24
	Two-node configuration	26
	Three-node configuration	29
	Notes about the configurations	30
	Other configurations	32
	Door closings	34
Chapter 3	Putting up the doorway	35
	Planning the installation	36
	Installation options	36
	High-level steps	37
	Pre-installation	39
	Installing on Windows 2000	41
	Installation steps	41
	Verifying the installation	61
	WebSphere Portal Extend Edition	63
	Installing WebSphere Portal Extend Edition	80
	Installing on Solaris	88
	Solaris prerequisites	88
	Oracle 8i on Solaris	89
	Post-Oracle installation steps on Solaris	92
	Installing Netscape Directory Server on Solaris	95
	Importing the Idif file	103
	Installing WebSphere Portal Enable Edition	105
	Installing on Linux	120
	Linux OS prerequisites	121
	Installing WebSphere Portal Enable Edition--development	122
	Linux installation notes	128
	Installing on AIX	130
	Hardware and software prerequisites	130
	Installing AIX	131
	Installing WebSphere Portal	132
	Post-installation steps	133
	Uninstalling WebSphere Portal	133
	Starting/stopping Websphere Portal server	137
	Door closings	138
Chapter 4	Customizing the Portal	139
	Default Portal look	139
	"Forgot Password" feature	141
	Self-registration feature	142
	Help feature	143
	Login feature	144
	Logging on and off as the portal administrator	145
	Default portlets	147
	Self-registering a new Portal user, and more	153
	Layout	156
	Themes and skins	160
	Aggregation search order	165
	Creating a new look	167
	Deploying the new look	171
	Enhancing the new look	177
	Door closings	178
Chapter 5	Building blocks	179
	Portlet concepts	179
	Portlet and Servlet API	180
	Portlet lifecycle	181
	Portlet application	182
	Portlet modes	183
	Portlet states	183
	Portlet development	184
	Building a portlet	184
	Testing the portlet	194
	Programming a portlet	195
	Examples	205
Example 1	Adding functionality to remember the URI of a portlet	206
Example 2	Using action events	208
Example 3	Implementing portlet-to-portlet communication	209
Example 4	Showing how portlectonfig is used	211
Example 5	Demonstrating the use of portletsettings	212
Example 6	Demonstrating the use of PortletData	213
	Door closings	216
Chapter 6	Personalizing the Portal	217
	Overview of WebSphere personalization	217
	Types of personalization	218
	Personalization components	219
	Runtime environment components	220
	Rules-based personalization development process	220
Step 1	Identify your business requirements	221
Step 2	Develop your user and content models	221
Step 3	Implement the resource engine API	222
Step 4	Design the page layout	222
Step 5	Add content spots to your JSPs	222
Step 6	Develop business rules defining what each visitor sees	222
Step 7	Associate the rules with content spots	224
Step 8	Test and deploy the pages	224
	Developing a simple portlet using rules-based personalization	224
	Create a portlet application project in WSAD	225
	Create user and content resources	228
	Create the content spots	233
	Create a JSP, add the content spot and code	235
	Export the resource classes	239
	Publish the resource classes to WebSphere personalization	240
	Create a personalization workspace project	242
	Create the rules	244
	Publish the project	254
	Export the WAR file	255
	Deploy the portlet into WebSphere Portal	255
	Test the portlet	256
	Door closings	258
Chapter 7	Portal gatekeeper	259
	Users and groups	259
	Member groups	260
	User repository	261
	Authentication and authorization	268
	Setting up portal security	269
	Access control	272
	ACL portlet	272
	Initial settings	276
	Access-control scenario	276
	Directory server support	288
	LDAP configurations	290
	LDAP entries during installation	292
	Single sign-on	293
	SSO using LTPA tokens	294
	SSO using the Credential Vault	294
	Configuring Tivoli Access Manager vault adapter	299
	Credential Vault creation	300
	Trust association interceptors	305
	Configuring Tivoli Access Manager TAI	306
	Configuring Netegrity SiteMinder TAI	309
	Configuring RSA Clear Trust TAI	313
	Door closings	316
Chapter 8	Portal and beyond	317
	Search	317
	WebSphere Portal search	318
	Extended Search	326
	EIP Search	340
	Site analytics	340
	Site Analyzer installation	341
	SA usage	346
	Websphere Content Publisher (WCP)	364
	WCP installation	365
	WCP configuration	369
	Import LWF files	372
	Verifying WCP installation	375
	WCP user interface tour	376
	WCP features	378
	WCP usage	381
	Lotus workflow tour	391
	Door closings	394
Chapter 9	Portal crossings	395
	Out-of-the-box portlets	396
	FileServer portlet	398
	JSP portlet	400
	ServletInvoker portlet	401
	CSV File Viewer portlet	402
	XSLT portlet	403
	OCS News Feed portlet	405
	Webpage portlet	407
	Document Viewer portlets	408
	ContentAccessService portlet	409
	iFrame portlet	410
	Clipper portlets	410
	Portlet-to-portlet communication	419
	Portlet messaging	419
	Click-to-Action	420
	Web services portlets	424
	Web services in WebSphere Portal	426
	More on UDDI	430
	Collaborative components	437
	Collaborative places	437
	Collaborative portlets	438
	What are collaborative components?	441
	Steps to deploy the collaborative components	441
	Lotus domino integration	445
	Portal settings to support Domino	445
	Domino server settings	445
	Domino LDAP settings	447
	Adding People Awareness to a Portlet	450
	Internationalization support	450
	Supported Languages	451
	Selecting and changing the language	451
	Door closings	459
Appendix A	Installation planning worksheet	461
Appendix B	Jlog properties file	475
Appendix C	Portal-related Web sites	495
	Index	497