Creating application components from the Virtual Web Application Manager portlet

When using the IBM® Web Application Bridge to integrate your existing web applications with IBM WebSphere Portal, you must install the web applications using a content provider description xml file.

1. Log on to IBM WebSphere Portal using the fully qualified host name.
2. From the Administrative portlets, select Manage web application.
3. Optional: Click New > Application category to create a new category for your application.
4. Click New > Application component to create a new application.
5. Enter the following information on the required Basic tab:
   1. Select HTTP or HTTPS to define the URI scheme.
   2. Select the appropriate Host from the list of available web servers.
   3. Enter a display name for your application.
   4. Enter a description for your application.
   5. Select the appropriate category for your application.
   6. Add users and groups to define access control permissions for the available roles.
      CAUTION:
      If you do not define the access control permissions for the available roles, every user can view all content.
6. On the Connection, Authentication, and Localization tabs, you can accept the defaults or update the information according to your business requirements:
   1. On the Connection tab, define how the browser communicates with the web application:
      • Select the allowed HTTP methods.
      • Choose to forward the existing user agent or select a custom user agent.
      • Click the Persist Connection button to change between allowing the connection to persist or not allowing it.
      • Enter a value for the read timeout.
      • Enter a value for the connection timeout.
      • Enter a value to define the number of allowed cookies.
   2. On the Authentication tab, define how users authenticate with the web application:
      • Select one of the following authentication types and then enter values for the parameters that display based on your selection:
        • None
        • HTTP
        • Form
          Restriction: If you select Form, the user must enter the correct credentials in the Personalize mode. The user remains logged in for the session timeout duration. By design, when the session times out, the Web Application Bridge re-authenticates with the backend server. Therefore, until the user logs out or the session times out, if a user provides incorrect credentials in the Personalize mode, there is no error message about the wrong credentials.
        • IWA
      • Add required parameters for headers, cookies, and filters that are used for authentication.
   3. On the Localization tab, add any additional languages supported for the web application.
7. Click Save to save your application.