Taking your first steps after installing WebSphere Commerce

After installing WebSphere Commerce, you can install additional software, or you can perform advanced configuration.

Procedure

• Install and configure the additional software that is provided with WebSphere Commerce.
• Perform advanced configuration tasks. Advanced configurations for WebSphere Commerce include federation, clustering, removing a node, and adding cluster members.
  • WebSphere Commerce federation
  • WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment clustering mechanism
• Set up IBM Health Center to collect data for performance analysis and tuning.
• If you plan to use managed assets, use a separate process to propagate files to your staging and production servers. For more information, see Managed asset deployment.
• Review the Hardening site security checklist. WebSphere Commerce was designed with security in mind. However, like any software product, it must be properly configured, used, and maintained to remain secure.

What to do next

If you upgrade WebSphere Application Server 7.0.0.3 to a later version, you must install and use WebSphere Application Server Update Installer using the WebSphere Commerce non-root user. This restriction is required because your original WebSphere Application Server 7.0.0.3 was installed using the WebSphere Commerce non-root user.