IBM Lotus Web Content Management V6.1 Standard Edition (64-bit)

IBM Lotus Web Content Management can help organizations increase the efficiency and accuracy of website deployments by placing content creation in the hands of content experts - while IT can retain control. And, through advanced personalization, Lotus Web Content Management can deliver the right information to the right audience exactly when they need it.

About the Software

IBM Lotus Web Content Management, V6.1 enables companies to rapidly build next generation Web sites based on Web 2.0 technologies with new enhancements that can be used throughout the entire content lifecycle. Improvements in authoring, management, and delivery enable companies to interact with their customers, partners, and employees in new ways.

Lotus Web Content Management

• Simple, powerful authoring tools:
  Allows business users of all skill levels to author, manage and deploy content without IT involvement
• Extensive support for personalization:
  Improve online experiences by building websites that can deliver highly targeted and dynamic content to the web user
• Configurable and re-useable workflow model:
  Ensures content lifecycle follows existing business processes and approvals before going live
• Tightly Integrated with WebSphere Portal:
  Delivers faster time to value and lowers project costs for deploying WebSphere Portal-based websites

Out of the box a number of key capabilities are provided:

• Sample portal sites, including Intranet and internet
• A New Site Wizard to instantiate new sites as virtual portals from templates
• Theme Customizer to easily customize the look and feel of the portals/sites to meet your needs.
• Integration with a local instance of IBM DB2 Enterprise Edition.

For production use the AMI is available on 64-bit 2.6.16 kernel level-based Linux OS and provides an end-to-end automation to get the AMI initially set up according to user’s requirements including:

• Root and default user password setup
• DB2 hostname localization
• Optional (recommended) Elastic Block Storage (EBS) setup for persistent data storage

When a Lotus Web Content Management AMI instance is started for the very first time, a sequence of interactive configuration screens will help the user setup their environment in a few quick steps:

1. Pre-installed OS/software license agreements screen
2. Root and virtuser user password configuration screens
3. Application Server localization progress screens
4. Amazon Web Services configuration screens
5. EBS storage configuration screens

A description of each interactive step and additional information about how to re-package the Lotus Web Content Management AMI with an ISV (Independent Software Vendor) application can be found in the accompanying documentation.

Instances created based on this AMI are configured for root-level access over secure shell (SSH) using the keypair you specify at instance creation.

Lotus Web Content Management is installed under /opt/IBM/WebSphere. DB2 Enterprise Edition is installed under /opt/ibm/db2.

Once started, Lotus Web Content Management can be accessed over the Web using the URL:

     http://[server]/wps/portal

Where [server] refers to the public DNS name of the new instance. Use the virtuser user ID to log in, using the password set during the initialization process. Note this also requires that the local HTTP Server be started. Refer to the Getting Started document under Resources and Documentation for details.

Getting Started - Quick Steps

1. Open and log into the AWS Management Console, ElasticFox, or other Management Console of your choice
2. Search for the AMI ID "ami-6c55b205" (US) or "ami-04cee670" (EU) on the AMI tab
3. Right click on the AMI to start an instance
4. Start using your instance! For more detail on getting started with this AMI please visit the Get Started with IBM WebSphere Portal Server Version 6.1 & Lotus Web Content Management Version 6.1 AMI Guide.

Getting Started - Video Tutorial

1. Get setup and configure your AMI with WebSphere Portal Server and Lotus Web Content Management
   
   • YouTube Part #1
   • YouTube Part #2
2. Customize your website or portal
   
   • Customization Demo

Prerequisites and Resources

Instance Type:

Large (m1.large) should be sufficient for most production and test usage needs. Larger instance sizes will provide additional CPU and memory capacity and should be considered for CPU and/or memory intensive portal-based solutions.

Please review Lotus Web Content Management Version 6.1 Frequently Asked Questions for more details.

Software Included:

• 2.6.16 level based SuSE SLES 10 SP 2 operating system
• WebSphere Portal Server v 6.1.0.1
• Lotus Web Content Management v 6.1.0.1
• DB2 Enterprise Edition 9.1.0.5

Resources and Documentation:

• Lotus Web Content Management Version 6.1 Frequently Asked Questions
• Get Started with IBM WebSphere Portal Server Version 6.1 & Lotus Web Content Management Version 6.1 AMI, a full installation and repackaging guide
• IBM Lotus Web Content Management Library
• IBM WebSphere Portal Library
• Please visit www.ibm.com/db2 for extensive information about the IBM DB2 data server line of products.
• IBM Product Number: 5724-I29
• The IBM License Information (IBM LI) is presented in the AMI for your acceptance in English only. If you would prefer to view the LI in another language, you can search for the product LI here using the product number and then selecting your preferred language.
• If you are interested in purchasing a new IBM Lotus Web Content Management Standard Edition license, please visit the IBM Software Online Catalog.

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