You can deploy the Rational® Publishing Engine web
services on a Apache Tomcat server to run the remote reports, the
REST data services, and the data adapter services.
Before you begin
You must install
Rational Publishing Engine on
the server before deploying the web services.

On Linux
computers, set these environment variables before deploying the web
services:
Table 1. Rational Publishing Engine environment
variables for LinuxVariable Name |
Description |
Example |
RPE_HOME |
The path to the root folder of the Rational Publishing Engine installation. |
/opt/IBM/Rational/Publishing Engine/version |
LD_LIBRARY_PATH |
The path to the lib folder
in the Rational Publishing Engine installation. |
/opt/IBM/Rational/Publishing Engine/version/lib |
Procedure
- Open the Apache Tomcat Manager in
a browser: http://server:port/manager/html. Example: http://localhost:8080/manager/html.
- In the Deploy section, enter the details for the rpe.war file.
- If the .war file
is on a different server than Apache Tomcat, enter the following information
in the Deploy directory or WAR file located on server section:
- Context Path: Enter /rpe as
the name for the web services application. This entry is a part of
the URL used for configuring the client.
- XML Configuration file URL: You
are not required to enter a value in this field.
- WAR or Directory URL: The path to rpe.war.
Example: %RPE_HOME%\web services\engine\rpe.war
- If the .war file
is on the same server as Apache Tomcat, enter the following information
in the WAR file to deploy section:
- Select WAR to upload: The path to rpe.war.
Example: %RPE_HOME%\web services\engine\rpe.war
- Click Deploy.
What to do next
Confirm that the application is deployed:
- Open the introductory page of the Rational Publishing Engine web
services in a browser: http://server:port/rpe/.
- Copy the link to the web services definition schema: http://server:port/rpe/services/RPEService?wsdl.
This link is required to complete the Configuring the client applications for remote publishing task.
- If a load balancer is deployed, enter http://server:port/rpe/wsgate into
a browser to verify that the same web services definition schema link
displays: http://server:port/rpe/services/RPEService?wsdl.