Use the IBM® Installation Manager to
install IBM Rational® Publishing Engine.
Before you begin
- If you have already installed Rational Publishing Engine 1.1.2
and are upgrading to Rational Publishing Engine 1.1.2.1
or 1.1.2.2, see Upgrading Rational Publishing Engine instead
of completing this task.
- Verify that your environment meets the hardware and software system requirements.
Procedure
- Download the Rational Publishing Engine package
from IBM Passport Advantage®.
- Extract the Rational Publishing Engine archive.
- Run the Rational Publishing Engine executable
file.
: launchpad.exe
: launchpad.sh
Installation
Manager opens.
- Click Install IBM Rational Publishing Engine.
- Select I accept the terms in the license agreement and
click Next.
- In the Install Packages window, the Create
a new package group option is selected by default. Click Next.
- 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.
- 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 , 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 , you open the local version of the documentation.
- Access help from a server on your intranet:
From the application, when you click , you open documentation
that is installed on a common server. Enter the server and port number
for the common server.
- Select and enter the
license server elements. Click Next.
- Review the summary information. To change a selection,
click Back to return to your selections.
- 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.