2.2. Install WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment V7.0 and verify the installation (e.g., Installation Verification Tool (IVT), default application (i.e., snoop and/or hitcount.))

2.2. Install WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment V7.0 and verify the installation (e.g., Installation Verification Tool (IVT), default application (i.e., snoop and/or hitcount.))
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	[WAS_7.0_INFOCENTER] `firststeps` command

Figure 2.1. First steps console

The firststeps command starts the First steps console. The First steps console is a post-installation ease-of-use tool for directing WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment elements from one place. Options display dynamically on the First steps console, depending on features that you install and the availability of certain elements on a particular operating system platform. Options include verifying the installation, starting and stopping deployment manager and application server processes, creating profiles, accessing the administrative console, launching the Migration wizard, accessing the online information center, and accessing the Samples gallery.

The location of the firststeps command that starts the First steps console for a profile is:

profile_root/firststeps/firststeps.sh

Option descriptions:

Installation verification
This option starts the installation verification test. The test consists of starting and monitoring the deployment manager or the standalone application server during its start up.
If this is the first time that you have used the First steps console since creating a deployment manager or standalone application server profile, click "Installation verification" to verify your installation. The verification process starts the deployment manager or the application server.
The IVT provides the following useful information about the deployment manager or the application server:
- The name of the server process
- The name of the profile
- The profile path, which is the file path and the name of the profile
- The type of profile
- The cell name
- The node name
- The current encoding
- The port number for the administrative console, which is 9060 by default
- Various informational messages that include the location of the SystemOut.log file and how many errors are listed within the file
- A completion message
The location of the installation verification test command is:
profile_root/bin/ivt.sh
Start the server
This option toggles to "Stop the server" when the application server runs.
This option displays when the First steps console is in a standalone application server profile or a cell profile.
After selecting the "Start the server" option, an output screen displays with status messages. The success message informs you that the server is open for e-business. Then the menu item toggles to "Stop the server" and both the "Administrative console" option and the "Samples gallery" option enable.
The location of the startServer command is:
profile_root/bin/stopServer.sh server_name
When you have more than one application server on the same machine, the command starts the same application server that is associated with the First steps console.
Start the deployment manager
This option toggles to "Stop the deployment manager" when the deployment manager runs.
This option displays when the First steps console is in a deployment manager profile or a cell profile.
After selecting the "Start the deployment manager" option, an output screen displays with status messages. The success message informs you that the deployment manager is open for e-business. Then the menu item changes to "Stop the deployment manager".
The location of the startManager command is:
profile_root/bin/startManager.sh
When you have more than one deployment manager on the same machine, the command starts the same deployment manager that is associated with the First steps console.
Start the administrative agent
This option toggles to "Stop the administrative agent" when the administrative agent runs.
This option displays when the First steps console is in an administrative agent profile.
After selecting the "Start the administrative agent" option, an output screen displays with status messages. The success message informs you that the administrative agent is open for e-business. Then the menu item changes to "Stop the administrative agent".
Start the job manager
This option toggles to "Stop the job manager" when the job manager runs.
This option displays when the First steps console is in a job manager profile or a cell profile.
After selecting the "Start the job manager" option, an output screen displays with status messages. The success message informs you that the job manager is open for e-business. Then the menu item changes to "Stop the job manager".
Administrative console
This option is unavailable until the application server or deployment manager runs.
The administrative console is a configuration editor that runs in one of the supported Web browsers. The administrative console lets you work with XML configuration files for the standalone application server or the deployment manager and all of the application servers that are in the cell.
To launch the administrative console, click "Administrative console" or point your browser to http://localhost:9060/ibm/console. Substitute the host name for localhost if the address does not load. Verify the installation to verify the administrative console port number, if 9060 does not load.
The administrative console prompts for a login name. This is not a security item, but merely a tag to identify configuration changes that you make during the session. Secure signon is also available when administrative security is enabled.
The installation procedure in the information center cautions you to write down the administrative user ID and password when security is enabled during installation. Without the ID and password, you cannot use the administrative console or scripting.
Profile Management Tool
This option starts the Profile Management Tool, which can create standalone application server profiles, a management profile, a cell profile, a secure proxy profile, or a custom profile.
Each profile has its own administrative interface. A custom profile is an exception. A custom profile is an empty node that you can federate into a deployment manager cell and customize. No default server processes or applications are created for a custom profile.
Each profile also has its own First steps console except for the secure proxy profile.
The command file name is:
app_server_root/bin/ProfileManagement/pmt.sh
Samples gallery
This option starts the Samples gallery. The option is unavailable until you start the application server. The option displays when you have installed the Samples during installation.
To launch the "Samples gallery", click "Samples gallery" or point your browser to http://localhost:9080/WSsamples. The Web address is case sensitive.
Substitute your own host name and default host port number if the address does not load. Verify the port number by opening the administrative console and clicking "Servers > Application servers > server_name > [Communications] Ports". Use the WC_defaulthost port number value or the WC_defaulthost_secure value instead of 9080, which is the default.
If you do not install the Samples during the initial installation of the product, the option does not display on the First steps console. You can perform an incremental installation to add the Samples feature. After adding the Samples, the option displays on the First steps console.
Information center for WebSphere Application Server
This option links you to the online information center.
Migration wizard
This option starts the Migration wizard, which is the graphical interface to the migration tools.
The location of the migration command is:
app_server_root/bin/migration.sh