Installing help content locally from the public site

If you have an Internet connection, you can use the Local Help Updater to install help content on your computer from a remote IBM information center.

About this task

This task can be used to install help content on your computer or on a server. You use the Local Help Updater to install local help content on your computer from a remote information center, as shown in this graphic.
The image shows how you can install local help content on your computer from a remote information center.

Procedure

  1. In a browser, open the Help Administration page in the following format: http://server:port/help-name/updater/admin.jsp.
  2. Select the Update Help Content tab.
  3. In the site list, expand the product that you would like to install the content for.
  4. Select the help content features to install from the list that is provided, and click Install.
  5. When the installation finishes, verify the installation by opening the help in the product by clicking ? > Help Contents.

Results

The help that you selected is installed and is available from your product.

If you downloaded content from a remote site, that site was added to the Favorites Sites list. You can filter the Available Content site to show only the Favorites Sites.

What to do next

If you downloaded the help to either a server or your computer:
  • You can choose to enable automatic updates. By default, the Automatic Updates option is not selected in the Local Help Updater. If you select the Automatic Updates option, you receive updated content from the help update site (ibm.com) and the sites in the Favorites Sites list when the help archive file is restarted and an internet connection exists. If you choose to leave the Automatic Updates check box cleared, you can manually update content.
If you downloaded the help to a server:
  • Provide users with the server, the port, and the path to the help system to enter in the Help System Configuration page in IBM® Installation Manager. Ensure that the server you provide is not localhost.
    Example: For http://server.ibm.com:8080/help/index.jsp, the values are:
    • Server: server.ibm.com
    • Port: 8080
    • Path: /help

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