Overview – Main Steps

The following main steps are required to deploy the RPM Web Services on WebSphere and they must be performed respecting the specified order.

Note: Paths must be adjusted when operating on UNIX environments.

Prerequisite: Installation of Cloudscape V10 and creation of the RPMSESSION cloudscape database in c:\. Refer to section Installing the Session Database for details.

  1. Install WebSphere 6.0.
  2. Start the WebSphere Administrative Console.
  3. Set the WebSphere variables for the DB2 and Cloudscape databases.
  4. Create the authentication aliases: servadm and RPMSESSION.
  5. Create the JDBC providers: DB2 Universal JDBC Driver Provider and Cloudscape V10 JDBC Provider.
  6. Create the data sources: jdbc/RPMDATASOURCE and jdbc/RPMSESSION.
  7. Deploy the EAR file.
  8. Start the RPMEAR enterprise application.