Creating a profile on a local WebSphere Application Server traditional V8.5, V8.0, or V7.0
How to create runtime environments for a local WebSphere® Application Server traditional V8.5, V8.0, or V7.0. Each runtime environment is created within a profile. A profile is the set of files that define the runtime environment.
Before you begin
The Profile Management tool is a graphical user interface to the WebSphere Application Server command line tool, manageprofiles for creating profiles. You can use the development workbench in this product to start the Profile Management tool that is provided by the WebSphere Application Server product.
You can use the Profile Management tool to create multiple profiles on the same server. The need for defining multiple profiles to create multiple runtime environments on the same server is common. An example use case is allowing different teams to test independently of each other on the same server by using their own profiles. Another example use case is allowing a developer to create separate profiles of the application server for development and testing.
- See the Profiles: required disk space topic from the WebSphere Application Server information center to verify that you have the required disk space.
- Set the user of your operating system to have administrator authority,
which is the default setting to run the Profile Management tool for WebSphere Application Server.
For example, the root user on Linux.
For details to create a profile with a non-root user, see the Managing
profiles for non-root users topic available in the WebSphere Application Server
information Center:
- For WebSphere Application Server V8.5, see the Managing profiles for non-root users link
- For WebSphere Application Server V8.0, see the Managing profiles for non-root users link
- For WebSphere Application Server V7.0, see the Managing profiles for non-root users link
- Note: Concurrent profile creation is not supported for one set of core WebSphere Application Server product files. Concurrent attempts to create profiles result in a warning about a profile creation already in progress.