Create an HCL Portal profile

During the installation process, the IBM Installation Manager creates the HCL Portal profile. If you are on HCL Portal Version 8.5 without a Combined Cumulative Fix applied, then you can use this option in the Configuration Wizard to create an additional profile.

Configuration Wizard

On the Configuration Wizard home page, click More Options to find Create an HCL Portal Profile.

Creating a new profile

After you answer questions and provide information about your system, the wizard generates a custom configuration procedure.

About this task

Depending on your environment, the wizard generates a configuration process. The following steps reflect all possible steps in the configuration process. The steps do not represent a literal configuration. The steps are provided as a reference.

If you click View Step Command, you can see the task and properties that are associated with each step in the wizard.

Procedure

  1. Create the target profile for HCL Portal in the WebSphere® Application Server
    Important: WebSphere Application Server Version 8.5.5.5 requires that fix PI37248 is installed when creating the managed portal profile. This step fails if PI37248 is not installed.
    Condition
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    ConfigEngine task
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  2. Install the ConfigEngine into the target HCL Portal profile
    Condition
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    ConfigEngine task
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  3. Register the HCL Portal components with the ConfigEngine
    Condition
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    ConfigEngine task
    install
  4. Consolidate the properties files for HCL Portal components used in this configuration into a single properties file
    Condition
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    ConfigEngine task
    consolidate-properties
  5. Prepare the profile for basic configuration
    Condition
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    ConfigEngine task
    gather-runtime-property-files
    gather-portalserver-exes
    pre-basic-config
    copy-shared-objects
    enable-oob-security
  6. Validate the database connection and environment
    Condition
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    ConfigEngine task
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  7. Deploy applications into the portal profile
    Condition
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    ConfigEngine task
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  8. Configure the JCR, theme, and core runtime components of your portal server
    Condition
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    ConfigEngine task
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  9. Deploy the administration portlets and pages to the portal
    Condition
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    ConfigEngine task
    none
  10. Deploy the out-of-box pages and portlets to the portal
    Condition
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    ConfigEngine task
    none
  11. Remove the application server (server1) from the profile
    Condition
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    ConfigEngine task
    none
  12. Stop the portal server
    Condition
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    ConfigEngine task
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  13. Collect the deployment manager augmentation files and profile templates that are required to build a cell
    Condition
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    ConfigEngine task
    none
  14. Restart the HCL Portal server
    Condition
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    ConfigEngine task
    none