Use an alternate installation method when SSL is enabled
on the Build Forge system.
Before you begin
The current versions of Eclipse and Rational Application Developer
are not enabled for SSL. Therefore the Eclipse and Rational Application
Developer plug-ins cannot be installed from the Build Forge system
when the Build Forge system has SSL enabled. As a workaround, make
the plug-in installation files available on a non-secure web server
or distribute them to users manually.
To package the files:
- Create a directory named prism.
- In prism, create a directory named eclipse.
- In eclipse, create a directory named updateSite.
Copy the following files from
<bfinstall>/webroot/public/prism/eclipse/updateSite to
the
updateSite directory you created:
- features directory
- plugins directory
- site.xml file
About this task
After you have made the prism directory
available, users perform these steps from within their IDE:
Procedure
- Select .
- Click the Search for new features to install radio
button, and then click Next. The
system displays the Update Sites to Visit dialog.
- Create a new site. Choose one of the following
procedures.
- Getting the files from a remote server:
- Click the New Remote Site button. The system
displays the New Remote Site dialog.
- Enter "Build Forge Update Site" in the name field.
- Enter the location of the files:
http://host/path/prism/eclipse/updateSite/site.xml
The host is
the host name or IP address of the web server.
The path is
the path from the server root to where you placed the files.
- Click OK.
- Getting the files from the local host:
- Click the New Local Site button. The system
displays the New Local Site dialog.
- Enter "Build Forge Update Site" in the name field.
- Enter the location of the files:
file://path/prism/eclipse/updateSite/site.xml
The path specifies
the location of the files.
- Click OK.
- In the Update sites to visit dialog,
select the Build Forge Update Site check box,
and then click Finish.
- The system displays a list of available plug-ins in the Search
Results dialog. Select all the offered plug-ins, and then
click Next.
Note: The
Reflector plug-in requires the Frequency plug-in. It will not run
if installed alone.
- Read the license agreements, select I accept
the terms in the license agreements, and then click Next.
- Select the location where you want to install the features. To add a new location, click New Location,
and then browse to the location you want.
- Click Finish.
- If a Feature Verification dialog
is shown, click Install. The dialog
appears because the plug-ins are unsigned features. The dialog is
shown once for each feature installed unless you selected Install
All.
- You are asked to restart Eclipse to make the changes take
effect. Click Yes.