For learning WPS 6.1, the step would be to set up the dev environment.
For developing portlets Rational Application Developer can be used. Also Websphere Portlet Factory can be used.
For certification, we have the following topics to learn.
Compile, packaging, and deploying portal artifacts using Rational Application Developer
Configuring Rational Application Developer for remote testing and debugging with WebSphere Portal
Create portlets in Rational Application Developer and WebSphere Portlet Factory
Creating Portal projects in Rational Application Developer
So I installed RAD. It takes around 3GB in my machine.
WPS 6.1 is also installed. This took another 3GB.
Both of them comfortably running in a 4GB Vista machine.
This is my dev environment.
How to run WPS 6.1?
Use cmd prompt and navigate to the \AppServer\bin directory.
Following shows the list of options for StartServer.bat
D:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\bin>startServer.bat
Usage: startServer [options]
options: -nowait
-quiet
-logfile
-replacelog
-trace
-script [] [-background]
-timeout
-statusport
-profileName
-recovery
-help
Run startServer.bat
D:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\bin>startServer.bat
D:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\bin>startServer.bat WebSphere_Portal -trace
ADMU0116I: Tool information is being logged in file
D:\IBM\WebSphere\wp_profile\logs\WebSphere_Portal\startServer.log
ADMU0128I: Starting tool with the wp_profile profile
ADMU3100I: Reading configuration for server: WebSphere_Portal
ADMU3200I: Server launched. Waiting for initialization status.
ADMU3000I: Server WebSphere_Portal open for e-business; process id is 5836
How will I know that the server is running?
While installing, I had configured a host, rocky3, which listens to the default port of the WPS 10040.
Open a browser and use the following url.
http://:10040/wps/myportal
This will open a page, telling us the server is working.
How to stop the server?
Following shows the list of options for stopServer.bat
D:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\bin>stopServer.bat
Usage: stopServer [options]
options: -nowait
-quiet
-logfile
-replacelog
-trace
-timeout
-statusport
-conntype
-port
-username
-password
-profileName
-help
Run the stopServer.bat
D:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\bin>stopServer.bat WebSphere_Portal
ADMU0116I: Tool information is being logged in file
D:\IBM\WebSphere\wp_profile\logs\WebSphere_Portal\stopServer.log
ADMU0128I: Starting tool with the wp_profile profile
ADMU3100I: Reading configuration for server: WebSphere_Portal
ADMU3201I: Server stop request issued. Waiting for stop status.
ADMU4000I: Server WebSphere_Portal stop completed.
D:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\bin>
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