Installing and Configuring Rational RequisiteWeb

Introduction

Rational RequisiteWeb allows clients to read, create, and modify Rational RequisitePro project requirements across an intranet. RequisiteWeb uses the browsers Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer to provide platform-independent, thin-client access to RequisitePro project data. RequisiteWeb can only be installed on a Windows server.

RequisiteWeb Configuration Overview

RequisiteWeb is configured on a server running the Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000 Server operating system and Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS).

The RequisiteWeb server configuration requires the installation of several RequisiteWeb components including: RequisitePro Extensibility Interface (RPX), RequisiteWeb JSP and HTML files, a RequisitePro project catalog file, Microsoft Word, and access to a project database.

Note: The RequisiteWeb server cannot be implemented on a Primary Domain Controller or Backup Domain Controller, because RequisiteWeb uses a local user to generate documents.

For instructions on setting up RequisiteWeb refer to the RequisiteWebWindowsInstall.html document.

RequisiteWeb System Requirements

Server Requirements

The following table summarizes the requirements for the RequisiteWeb server.

RequisiteWeb Server Requirements
Item
 		Requirement
Operating System

 		One of the following:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server

NT Server 4.0, Service Pack 6A or later; NT 4.0 Option Pack

HTTP Server
 		One of the following:

Internet Information Server (IIS) 4.0 and Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS) 2.0

Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.0

Processor
 		400 MHz or greater
Memory
 		128 MB. For projects with more than 10,000 requirements or Web sites with more than 10 concurrent users, 256 MB or more is recommended.
Disk space
 		RequisiteWeb (includes system DLLs) -- 40 MB
Other products

Microsoft Word 2000
Note: Microsoft Word licenses are required for all concurrent RequisiteWeb end users.

Oracle, version 7.3 or greater, client software (for accessing projects in an Oracle database).

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5, 6
or Internet Explorer 4 with the XML parser available at http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/tools/xmlparser/xmldl.asp


Client Requirements

To access RequisiteWeb from client machines, you must install one of the following Web browsers on the client system. No additional client installation is required for use of RequisiteWeb.

Note: For proper RequisiteWeb operation, you must set your browser to allow cookies.