This self-paced course with hands-on exercises teaches you the skills that are needed to administer IBM WebSere Application Server V9.

This release of IBM WebSere Application Server provides enhanced support for standards (notably Java 7 EE), emerging technology, and a choice of development frameworks.

In this course, you learn how to configure and maintain IBM WebSere Application Server V9 in a single-server environment. You learn how to deploy enterprise Java applications in a single computer configuration. In addition, you learn how to work with features of WebSere Application Server V9, such as the wsadmin scripting interface, security, and performance monitoring.

Hands-on exercises throughout the course give you practical experience with the skills you develop in the lectures.

After completing this course, you should be able to:

• Relate WebSere Application Server to the WebSere family of products
• Describe the features and standards in WebSere Application Server V9
• Describe the use of WebSere Application Server in cloud, hybrid cloud, and on-premises environments
• Describe the architectural concepts that are related to WebSere Application Server
• Assemble and install server-side Java enterprise applications
• Use WebSere administrative tools to configure and manage enterprise applications
• Use wsadmin scripting
• Configure WebSere 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 WebSere Application Server security
• Exercise 8: Configuring application security
• Exercise 9: Using the performance monitoring tools  

• Course introduction
• WebSere product family overview
• WebSere Application Server architecture - stand-alone
• Exercise: Profile creation
• WebSere Application Server administrative console
• Exercise: Exploring the administrative console
• Introduction to the PlantsByWebSere 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
• WebSere security
• Exercise: Configuring WebSere 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 WebSere Application Server. Web administrators, application developers and deployers, security specialists, and application architects can also benefit from this course.

No certification available.

• Basic operational skills for the Linux operating system
• Administrative skills for a web server, such as IBM HTTP Server or Apache
• Basic understanding of cloud concepts, private, public, and hybrid clouds, and traditional on-premises environments