In this post, I’ll explain how to create a profile in IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment. This assumes you’ve installed the IBM WAS in Linux environment. Before jumping into profile creation, let’s understand what is a profile in IBM WAS? The profile is a complete runtime environment which combines the WAS binary and Profile (User data/configuration).
There are multiple types of profile available in WebSphere.
Cell – a combination of DMGR and federated application server Standalone Management Custom profile
You can create a WebSphere Application Server profile in two ways. In this post, will use GUI to create a Cell profile.
Login to server where WAS is installed Go to WAS binary location » bin » ProfileManagement (in default installation location, it will be /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/bin/ProfileManagement) Launch Profile Management Tool
It will open a “WebSphere Customization Toolbox” window, click Create
Select “Cell” environment and click Next
In next screen, you will have the option to select the profile creation process. There are two processes.
Let’s proceed with “Typical” profile creation, click Next Enter the user and password for DMGR, if you don’t want DMGR to be password protected then you can uncheck the “Enable administrative security” box.
Review the profile summary and click “Create”. If you want you can copy the information from this screen as it will contain a lot of useful information like.
It will take few minutes for profile creation and once done, you should see a confirmation.
If you notice, I’ve kept default option “Launch the First steps console” in above screen. This will open first steps wizard where you can verify the installation. Verification is essential so you know your profile is functional and ready to deploy the necessary application for your business.
Click “Installation verification”
The verification process involves starting and stopping the DMGR and you should see something like below. This concludes profile is created successfully. Let’s try to access the DMGR URL
Well done! you’ve created a cell environment profile and ready for you to deploy an application and do the necessary configuration. I hope this is useful to a WebSphere Administrator. Let me know what you think.
