Create an HCL Portal profile | HCL Digital Experience
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
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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
- none
- ConfigEngine task
- none
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Install the ConfigEngine into the target HCL
Portal profile
- Condition
- none
- ConfigEngine task
- none
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Register the HCL Portal components with the
ConfigEngine
- Condition
- none
- ConfigEngine task
- install
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Consolidate the properties files for HCL Portal
components used in this configuration into a single properties file
- Condition
- none
- ConfigEngine task
- consolidate-properties
- Prepare the profile for basic configuration
- Condition
- none
- ConfigEngine task
- gather-runtime-property-files
- Validate the database connection and
environment
- Condition
- none
- ConfigEngine task
- none
- Deploy applications into the portal
profile
- Condition
- none
- ConfigEngine task
- none
- Configure the JCR, theme, and core
runtime components of your portal server
- Condition
- none
- ConfigEngine task
- none
- Deploy the administration
portlets and pages to the portal
- Condition
- none
- ConfigEngine task
- none
- Deploy the out-of-box pages and portlets
to the portal
- Condition
- none
- ConfigEngine task
- none
- Remove the application server
(server1) from the profile
- Condition
- none
- ConfigEngine task
- none
- Stop the portal server
- Condition
- none
- ConfigEngine task
- none
- Collect the deployment manager augmentation
files and profile templates that are required to build a cell
- Condition
- none
- ConfigEngine task
- none
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Restart the HCL Portal server
- Condition
- none
- ConfigEngine task
- none