IBM WebSphere Liberty Administration
 
Course Description
IBM WebSphere Liberty Administration is a comprehensive, hands-on training program designed to teach system administrators, DevOps engineers, and application support professionals how to deploy, manage, secure, and optimize applications running on IBM WebSphere Liberty. This lightweight, cloud-ready application server is widely used for modern Java workloads, and this course equips you with the skills needed to operate it effectively in enterprise environments.
 
You’ll learn Liberty’s architecture, server configuration model, installation methods, runtime environments, and key administrative tasks. The course covers packaging and deploying applications, configuring SSL and security, managing resources, enabling monitoring, and troubleshooting server and application issues. You’ll also explore advanced features such as collective controller management, dynamic configuration, clustering, containerization options, and integration with CI/CD pipelines.
Through hands-on labs and real-world operational scenarios, you’ll gain the practical experience required to confidently administer Liberty servers across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments.
 
What You’ll Learn
WebSphere Liberty architecture, design principles, and runtime model
Installing, configuring, and managing Liberty servers and profiles
Deploying Java EE and Jakarta EE applications
Managing resources such as JDBC, JNDI, connection pools, and caching
Configuring SSL/TLS, authentication, and role-based security
Monitoring, logging, performance tuning, and health checks
Troubleshooting server and application issues
Using Liberty Collectives for centralized management
Running Liberty in containers and cloud-native environments
Automating deployments and integrating with DevOps workflows
 
Who This Course Is For
WebSphere administrators and Java application administrators
DevOps and platform engineers supporting Java workloads
IT professionals managing enterprise middleware environments
Anyone transitioning from traditional WebSphere ND to Liberty
Developers seeking operational knowledge of Liberty-based deployments