Installing Rational Focal Point on WebSphere Application Server
After you set up IBM® WebSphere® Application Server,
you must install the IBM Rational® Focal Point™ application,
the financial capability feature, and the help system, and enable
integration with the OSLC CM. Then, you can start the applications.
Under Path to new Application, click Local file
system.
Under Full path, browse to fp.war in
your file system. For example, <Focal Point installation
directory>\Focal Point\artifacts\wars. Click Next.
Select Detailed - Show all installation options
and parameters, and click Next.
On the Select installation options page,
select Precompile JavaServer Pages files, and
click Next.
On the Map modules to server page,
select the fp.war check box. Select the clusters
and servers from the list and click Apply.
On the Provide options to compile JSPs page,
specify the JDK Source Level as 16.
Open the Map shared libraries page.
Select fp.war and the module check boxes. Click Reference
Shared Libraries and move the fp.jar entry
into the selected list.
Open the Map resource references to resources page.
For the focalpoint/filestorage entry, specify focalpoint/filestorage as
the target resource JNDI name. For the jdbc/focalpoint entry, specify
the target resource JNDI name as jdbc/focalpoint.
Open the Map context roots for web modules page.
In the Context Root field, type /fp.
Open the Summary page and click Finish.
Click Save directly to the master
configuration.
Click Applications > Enterprise Applications.
Click fp_war.
Modify the class loader order:
Click Manage Modules.
From the Class loader order list,
select Classes loaded with local class loader first (parent
last). Click Apply and OK.
Select fp_war and click Class
loading and update detection.
Select Override class reloading settings
for Web and EJB modules, and specify a value in the Polling
interval for updated files field. For example, 3
seconds.
For the class loader order, select Classes
loaded with local class loader first (parent last).
Select Single class loader for application and
click OK.
Under Path to new Application, click Local
file system.
Under Full path, browse to the location of FinancierREST.war;
for example, <Focal Point installation directory>\Focal
Point\artifacts\wars. Click Next.
Select Detailed - Show all installation options
and parameters, and click Next.
On the Map modules to server page,
select the FinancierREST.war check box. Select
the clusters and servers from the list and click Apply.
On the Map resource references to resources page,
for the jdbc/focalpoint entry, specify the target resource JNDI name
as jdbc/focalpoint.
On the Map context roots for Web modules page,
in the Context Root field, type /FinancierREST.
On the Summary page, click Finish.
Click Save directly to the master
configuration.
Installing the OSLC CM integration feature
Procedure
To enable integration with an Open Services for Lifecycle
Management Collaboration - Configuration Management (OSLC-CM) system,
deploy the net.jazz.web.war file.
Under Path to new Application, click Local file
system.
Under Full path, browse to the location of fphelp.war;
for example, <Focal Point installation directory>\Focal
Point\artifacts\wars. Click Next.
Select Detailed - Show all installation options
and parameters, and click Next.
On the Map modules to server page,
select the fphelp.war check box. Select the
clusters and servers from the list and click Apply.
On the Map context roots for Web modules page,
in the Context Root field, type /fphelp.
On the Summary page, click Finish.
Click Save directly to the master
configuration.
Note: Only the base help is installed in
the application server. Rational Focal Point help
is not included with the product. You must download the help from
the IBM® Local Help System Updater Web site to enable the users to
access the help contents. For more information, see Downloading Rational Focal Point help
Starting the applications
Procedure
Click Applications > Enterprise Applications.
Select the fp_war, Financier_war, FinancierRest_war, jazzui_war,
and fphelp_war check boxes. Click Start. A green arrow indicates that the application started.