Installation tasks

Review this overview of the installation tasks that you might perform, including installing IBM® Rational® Publishing Engine and configuring Rational Publishing Engine Remote services application, Reporting data services application, and the Monitor & Control component.
The following list displays the installation and configuration tasks that you might perform and their related help topics:
  1. Installing the application server
  2. Installing the license server
  3. Installing the remote applications
  4. Deploying the Remote services application
  5. Deploying the Reporting Data Services Adapters
  6. Installing Rational Publishing Engine clients for end users
  7. Installing the add-ins

Installing the application server

If you are planning on using a remote publishing process, you must install either WebSphere® Application Server or Apache Tomcat before you can deploy the Remote services application and Reporting Data Services Adapters.

Installing the license server

  • You are not required to install a license server on every computer that is using Rational Publishing Engine. Install the license server on one server and distribute license keys to the Rational Publishing Engine users.
  • Rational Publishing Engine licenses are floating or user-based. Nodelocked licenses cannot be used.
  • Temporary licenses are available for evaluation purposes, but cannot be used with permanent user-based or floating licenses.

Installing the remote applications

When you install Rational Publishing Engine, you have the option of installing the remote applications, which include Remote services application and Reporting data services application. See Installing IBM Rational Publishing Engine remote and data services on a server for organizational use.

Deploying the Remote services application

You can relocate resource and time-consuming publishing operations to another computer or server by using the Rational Publishing Engine Remote services application. The Remote services application enables you to allocate document generation jobs to a remote server rather than a local computer, to monitor those jobs from an administrative user interface, and manage a Central Management component for your organizational assets that can be used to design documents in Rational Publishing Engine. See Deploying the Remote services application.

Deploying the Reporting Data Services Adapters

Rational Publishing Engine provides a REST interface for your product through Reporting Data Services Adapters. If your product sources already have a built-in XML data service, you are not required to use or install the Data Services application and Reporting Data Services Adapters.

Installing Rational Publishing Engine clients for end users

To design templates and create document specifications, users must have the Document Studio and Launcher applications installed on their computers. After installation is complete, users can connect to the remote services and data sources to begin designing documents for their organization. See Installing IBM Rational Publishing Engine clients for design use by users.

Installing the add-ins

Add-ins are available for IBM Rational DOORS® and IBM Rational Tau integrations. These add-ins enable you to start publishing processes directly from Rational DOORS or Rational Tau.

You can install the add-ins during the Rational Publishing Engine installation. See Installing IBM Rational Publishing Engine clients for design use by users. If a valid installation of one of those products is found, the add-ins are automatically selected to install. However, you can also install the add-ins later. See Installing the Rational DOORS and Rational Tau add-ins.


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