Installing Rational Publishing Engine Version 1.1.2 and later

Use the IBM® Installation Manager to install IBM Rational® Publishing Engine.

Before you begin

Procedure

  1. Download the Rational Publishing Engine package from IBM Passport Advantage®.
  2. Extract the Rational Publishing Engine archive.
  3. Run the Rational Publishing Engine executable file.
    • Windows icon: launchpad.exe
    • Linux icon: launchpad.sh
    Installation Manager opens.
  4. Click Install IBM Rational Publishing Engine.
  5. Select I accept the terms in the license agreement and click Next.
  6. In the Install Packages window, the Create a new package group option is selected by default. Click Next.
  7. Select the features to install. The Launcher and Document Studio features are selected by default.
    • Install Addins: If you use IBM Rational DOORS® or IBM Rational Tau, you can start the publishing processes directly from your tool.
    • RPE Web Service: Relocates the publishing jobs.
    • Monitor and Control Servlet: Administers your publishing jobs.
    • Data Services Adapters: For connecting to data sources that use a REST interface.
    Click Next.
  8. In the Common Configurations window, select a method for accessing the documentation from the installation.
    • Access help from the Web: From the application, when you click Help > Help Contents, you open the online version of the documentation.
    • Download help and access the content locally: When you open the application for the first time, the documentation is downloaded automatically onto your local computer. When you click Help > Help Contents, you open the local version of the documentation.
    • Access help from a server on your intranet: From the application, when you click Help > Help Contents, you open documentation that is installed on a common server. Enter the server and port number for the common server.
  9. Select Common Configurations > Common Licensing and enter the license server elements. Click Next.
  10. Review the summary information. To change a selection, click Back to return to your selections.
  11. To begin the installation, click Install. When the installation is finished, click Finish.

What to do next

Deploy the web applications you installed:
Configure the add-ins:
  • If you installed the IBM Rational Tau Add-in, activate it from the Rational Tau add-ins page of the Customize window. In the Customize window, you can enable the Rational Publishing Engine add-in in the application.
  • If you must extract Rational DOORS data with DXL security settings, see Extracting Rational DOORS data with DXL security settings.

If you are installing the documentation on an intranet server, see the Intranet help (Enterprise solution) section of the Methods for accessing help topic.


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