Getting started with installing and deploying Rational Publishing Engine

The following topics provide important information to review before you install Rational® Publishing Engine and deploy the remote applications.

Overview

You can read the following topics before you install Rational Publishing Engine and deploy the remote applications.

Conceptual help topic. Architecture
Conceptual help topic. System Requirements for Rational Publishing Engine
Conceptual help topic. Planning the installation
Conceptual help topic. Planning checklist

Getting started

Figure 1. Task flow for installing Rational Publishing Engine, Remote services application, and Reporting data services application. Click any area of the diagram to see more information about that task. Large images are resized to fit the topic pane. To display the image at its actual size, adjust the width of the topic pane or open the image in a new browser window.
Image map for getting started with installing and
deploying Application servers Rational License Key Server Data sources Installing IBM Rational Publishing Engine remote and data services Deploying the Remote services application Configuring users for the Remote services application on WebSphere Application Server Managing document generation jobs in the Monitor & Control component Managing assets in the Central Management component Deploying the Reporting data services application Deploying the Reporting Data Services Adapters on WebSphere Application Server Installation roadmap: Installing the client applications on your computer

Also, review the task flow diagram for installing only the clients and add-ins.

Figure 2. Task flow for installing the Rational Publishing Engine clients
Task flow for installing the Rational Publishing Engine clients Installing IBM Rational Publishing Engine clients for design use by users Authoring templates with Document Studio Configuring run time and formatting flags for the client applications Preferences Configuring the client applications for remote publishing

The following topics guide you through the tasks for installing Rational Publishing Engine and deploying the remote applications.

Task help topic. Installation tasks
Task help topic. Installation roadmap: Installing the remote and data services on a server
Task help topic. Required information worksheet
Task help topic. Configuring remote flags for the Remote services application on WebSphere Application Server or Apache Tomcat

Samples, tutorials, and videos

Multimedia link Rational Publishing Engine Playlist on YouTube

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