This topic describes how to create run-time environments for a local WebSphere® Application Server v6.x. Each run-time environment is created within a profile. A profile is the set of files that define the run-time environment. The Profile creation wizard is a WebSphere tool which creates the profile for each run-time environment. It is also a graphical user interface to the WebSphere command-line tool, wasprofile. You can use the development tools in this product to start WebSphere's Profile creation tool.
When WebSphere Application Server is installed, the installation procedure creates one profile named default for an application server named server1. You can use the Profile creation wizard to create more application server processes. For example, a second profile can allow two different teams in a department to test independently of one another using the same machine.
When creating WebSphere v6.0 server, use these values recorded to define the fields in the WebSphere Server Settings page. The following table is a summary of the matching field entries between WebSphere's Profile creation wizard and this product's New Server wizard.
Creating a profile | Creating a server |
Profile name | WebSphere profile name |
Bootstrap port | ORB bootstrap port |
SOAP connector port | SOAP connector port |