You can install the adapters for the IBM® Rational® Publishing Engine Data Services application on
an existing instance of IBM WebSphere® Application Server version
7.0 or 8.0. If you deployed the Data Services application onto WebSphere Application Server during Rational Publishing Engine installation,
you do not have to complete this task.
Before you begin
You must install
WebSphere Application Server 7.0
or 8.0 and
Rational Publishing Engine with
the
Data Services application before
deploying the
Data Services application.
Important: The Data Services application can
be deployed only on a 32-bit version of WebSphere Application Server.
You cannot deploy the Data Services application on
a 64-bit version of WebSphere Application Server.
If
you want to create a separate profile for the
Data Services application:
- Start the WebSphere Application Server profile
management tool. To launch the profile management tool, select .
- Click Next.
- Select Advanced profile creation, click Next.
- Select Deploy the administrative console and
click Next.
Important: Do not select Deploy
the default application.
- Specify the profile name as DataServices,
click Next. Do not enable administrative security.
Click Next.
- Select Run the application server process as a Windows
service, click Next, and click Create.
Procedure
To deploy the Data Services application on WebSphere Application Server:
- Start the WebSphere Application Server administrative
console in a browser. Example: http://server:port/ibm/console/logon.jsp
- Expand Applications and click New
Application.
- Click New Enterprise Application.
- In the Path to the new application window,
select the path to DataServices.war. By default,
the archive file is located in %RPE_HOME%\web services\Data
Services\DataServices.war.
- If you are using a local file, select Local file
system. Click Browse and select
the DataServices.war file.
- If you are using a remote file, select Remote file
system. Click Browse and select
the DataServices.war file.
- Select Fast Path - Prompt only
when additional information is required and click Next.
- Accept the default settings in the
following windows and click Next.
- Select installation options
- Map modules to servers
- Map virtual host for web modules
- In Map context roots for web modules,
enter the context root as /DataServices. This entry is a part of the URL used for configuring the client.
- Review the summary and click Finish. Application DataServices.war installed
successfully displays in the process log.
- Restart the Rational Publishing Engine profile
where the DataServices.war application is deployed.
- Click . The DataServices.war application
you added is listed as the context path name you entered.
- Select the DataServices.war
application check box and click Start.