WAS for z/OS Liberty Profile (ESB4G)

Unit 1. Overview

• Describe the Liberty profile
• Describe Liberty profile runtime architecture
• Describe the functions provided by Liberty profile
• Describe Liberty product packaging
• Describe Liberty feature configuration
• Describe the different options for using WebSphere Liberty in the Cloud
• Describe the platform specific features of Liberty for z/OS
• Describe the reasons to migrate your applications to Liberty

UNIT 2. Installing WebSphere V8.5.5 Liberty on z/OS

• Identify key tasks for WebSphere Liberty for z/OS implementation
• Explain the installation methods
• Explain the role of the Installation Manager
• Design a WebSphere Liberty for z/OS configuration for initial install
• Execute the WebSphere Liberty for z/OS installation jobs
• Configure the Java Runtime
• Update the Liberty profile runtime code

UNIT 3. Working with Liberty profile servers

• Describe the architecture of WebSphere Liberty for z/OS servers
• Set up the Liberty profile
• Create the Liberty profile server
• Start the server
• Start a Liberty Profile server from the UNIX command line
• Start the server and Angel process as z/OS started task
• Work with the server.xml file
• Add new configuration options
• Deploy an application
• Configure dynamic application updates
• Describe the z/OS Extensions to the Liberty Profile

UNIT 4. Administration and management

• Configure and manage a Liberty profile runtime environment.
• Deploying an application
• by adding configuration elements
• by using a monitored directory
• Use tools to monitor, tune, and troubleshoot Liberty profile resources
• Use the monitor feature, monitor the server status
• Use the Administration Center to manage Liberty servers
• Use jConsole
• Monitor the Liberty profile runtime remotely using a REST connector
• Implement multi-server Liberty deployments
• Describe scalability and failover options of Liberty server
• Setting up a Liberty collective
• configure a Liberty collective consisting of a controller and a member.
• add a new member and set up a Liberty cluster

UNIT 5. Security

• Enable Liberty security services
• Authentication
• Authorization
• SSL
• Configure the basic security setup
• Implement Liberty administrative security
• Enable z/OS authorized services on the Liberty profile for z/OS
• Configure SAF (RACF) Security
• Configure SAF Authorization
• Configure SAF authentication
• Enable SSL using z/OS SAF Keyrings
• Implement z/OS System Security Access Domain
• Configure data sources and application security
• Configure authentication aliases for the Liberty profile.
• Enable sync to OS thread z/OS security