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While each item may have been reviewed by IBM for accuracy in a specific situation, there is no guarantee that the same or similar results will result elsewhere. Customers attempting to adapt these techniques to their own environments do so at their own risk. © Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2011. All rights reserved. This document Accompanyingmay not be reproduced in whole or in part without the prior written permission of IBM. Note to U.S. Government Users — Documentation related to restricted rights — Use, duplication or disclosure is subject to restrictions set forth in GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. ii © Copyright IBM Corp. 2011. All rights reserved. Course materials may not be reproduced in whole or in part without the prior written permission of IBM. Contents Contents Trademarks . ii Course description. xv Course agenda . xvii Lesson 1. Introduction. 1 Objectives. .distribution . 1 Topic A: WebSphere Portal software stack and architecture . 2 View of the stack . 2 Topic B: WebSphere Portal and the WebSphere Applicatioforn Server. 8 Lesson 2. Page management . 11 Objectives. not. 11 Topic A: Navigating and managing WebSphere Portal 7.0 . 12 Administrative interface . 12 Pages and page hierarchy . 12 Topic B: Creating pages and page management. 14 Designing the page hierarchy . 14 WebSphere Portal nodes . SPVC;. 15 Page layout . 22 Portlets and pages . for. 24 Page Builder. 27 Lab 2: Exploring portal page hierarchy and portal commands . 29 Objectives. 29 Task 1: Startingguide and stopping WebSphere Portal . 30 Checking the server status of WebSphere Portal and WebSphere Portal Application Server . 30 Task 2: Signing up as a new user to the portal . 32 Task 3: Exploring the portal Administration area as an administrator . 34 Task 4: Creating a new portal page and placing a portal on it . 35 Customizing the Reminder portlet . 38 Stopping the WebSphere_Portal instance . 40 Task 5: Backing up the WebSphere Portal configuration. 41 Lesson 3. Deploying portlets . 43 Objectives. 43 Topic A: Portlet deployment . 44 AccompanyingStand-alone environment. 45 Clustered environment . 45 © Copyright IBM Corp. 2011. All rights reserved. iii Course materials may not be reproduced in whole or in part without the prior written permission of IBM. Installation and Administration of IBM WebSphere Portal 7.0 on Windows: Student Guide Topic B: Page hierarchy and portlets . 51 Exporting and importing the page hierarchy . 51 Lab 3: Deploying a portlet . 55 Objectives. 55 Task 1: Verifying that WebSphere Portal is started and logging in . 56 Verifying that WebSphere Portal is started . 56 Logging in to WebSphere Portal . 56 Task 2: Deploying a portlet. 57 Lesson 4. WebSphere Portal security management . 63 Objectives. .distribution . 63 Topic A: Overview of role-based security. 64 Privileges . 64 Traversal . .for . 66 Topic B: Defining the portal resource security mechanism . 67 Defining the portal resource security mechanism . 67 Exploring the resources and roles . not. 67 Topic C: Blocking propagation and role inheritance. 67 Blocking propagation . 68 Blocking inheritance . 69 Topic D: Access control settings . 70 Initial access control settings . 70 Initial portlet access control settingsSPVC; . 71 Initial page access control settings . 71 Topic E: Granting privilegesfor . 72 Granting privileges to a portlet . 72 Granting different privileges on a single portlet . 75 Topic F: Creating anonymous pages . 76 Analyzing role interactions on pages and Portlets . 76 Topic G: Traversalguide . 77 The need for traversal . 77 Traversal scenario . 78 Configuring traversal . 78 Topic H: Securing your portal page hierarchy . 79 Setting resource permissions. 79 Lab 4: Implementing security and creating a Developer Administration page. 81 Objectives. 81 Task 1: Verifying that WebSphere Portal is started and logging in . 83 Verifying that WebSphere Portal is started . 83 Logging in to WebSphere Portal . 83 AccompanyingTask 2: Importing the Human Resources page hierarchy . 84 Task 3: Viewing the initial security permissions . 85 iv © Copyright IBM Corp. 2011. All rights reserved. Course materials may not be reproduced in whole or in part without the prior written permission of IBM. Contents Task 4: Setting and verifying page permissions. 88 Task 5: Allowing customization . 92 Task 6: Setting and verifying portlet permissions. 96 Task 7: Configuring traversal permissions . 100 Task 8: Creating an Administration page for developers . 102 Lesson 5. Wikis and blogs. 109 Objectives. ..