You can deploy the Rational® Publishing Engine Remote
services application on WebSphere® Application Server version
8.x to run remote reports, the Reporting data services application,
and the Reporting Data Services Adapters. If you deployed the Remote
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 8.x
and
Rational Publishing Engine with
the Remote services application before deploying the Remote services
application.
Procedure
- Open the 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 Preparing for the application installation window,
select the path to rpews.war. By default, the
archive file is located in RPE_HOME\Remote services\rpews.war.
- If you are using a local file, select Local file
system. Click Browse and select
the rpews.war file.
- If you are using a remote file, select Remote file
system. Click Browse and select
the rpews.war file.
- Click Next.
- Select Fast Path - Prompt only
when additional information is required and click Next.
- Select these installation options:
- Optional: You can rename the application.
- Clear the Create MBeans for resources option.
- Select the Deploy Remote services option.
- Click Next.
- In the Map modules to servers window,
select the RPE Remote Services module and click Next.
- In the Map virtual hosts for Web
modules window, select RPE Remote Services and
click Next.
- In Map context roots for web modules,
enter the context root as /rpews. This
entry is a part of the URL used for configuring the client.
- Review the Summary and
click Finish. Application rpews.war installed
successfully displays in the process log.
- If you are using WebSphere Application Server 8,
in the Metadata for modules window, clear the metadata-complete attribute
field and click Next.
- Click Save.
- Click . The rpews.war application
you added is listed as the application name you entered.
- Click .
- In the Application security section, select the Enable
application security option.
- In the Java 2 security
section, clear all of the options. If the Warn
if applications are granted custom permissions option
is selected and cannot be edited:
- Select the Use Java 2 security to restrict
application access to local resources option. The Warn if applications are granted custom
permissions becomes enabled.
- Clear the Warn if applications are granted
custom permissions option.
- Clear the Use Java 2 security to restrict
application access to local resources option.
- Click OK.
- Click .
- Select the rpews.war
application check box and click Start.
- Restart the WebSphere Application Server profile
where the rpews.war application is deployed.
Results
The application is deployed. You can confirm
that the application is deployed by opening the introductory page
of the
Rational Publishing Engine Web
Services application in a browser:
http://server:port/rpews/.
What to do next
Configure the remote services listed on the
http://server:port/rpews/ page.
See
Remote services URLs for an explanation of how each URL is used
and tasks for configuring each of the features.