Installing WebSphere Portal Express

IBM^® WebSphere^® Portal Express provides flexible deployment options ranging from proof of concept where you can examine and test functionality to a highly available and scalable production environment.

• Setting up a proof of concept
  Set up a proof of concept environment to determine and validate the direction of your IBM WebSphere Portal Express deployment. Examine and test the functions and features to decide how you can best use WebSphere Portal Express to accomplish your business goals.
• Setting up a production environment on i5/OS
  In a production environment, you can install and configure IBM WebSphere Portal Express on a single (primary) node and then add additional nodes in the future as your company's needs grow. You can also deploy a high availability production environment by creating and configuring clustered deployments of multiple servers running WebSphere Portal Express managed by IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment.
• Setting up a production environment on Linux
  In a production environment, you can install and configure IBM WebSphere Portal Express on a single (primary) node and then add additional nodes in the future as your company's needs grow. You can also deploy a high availability production environment by creating and configuring clustered deployments of multiple servers running WebSphere Portal Express managed by IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment.
• Setting up a production environment on Windows
  In a production environment, you can install and configure IBM WebSphere Portal Express on a single (primary) node and then add additional nodes in the future as your company's needs grow. You can also deploy a high availability production environment by creating and configuring clustered deployments of multiple servers running WebSphere Portal Express managed by IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment.