Use the Staging page of the Configuration Manager to configure the WebSphere Commerce instance as a staging server. Complete the fields as follows:
- Use staging server
- Select this check box if you want to use this database for your staging server.
- Enable Content Management
- This check box is reserved for future function.
If you select this check box, other fields display. These fields are also reserved for future function.
- Generate properties file only
- This check box only displays in the Instance Creation wizard.
Select this check box if you do not want to create an instance but you want to populate a properties file. The properties file can be used with the CreateInstance Ant target to create a WebSphere Commerce instance.
The properties file is found in WC_installdir/instances/instance_name/properties/createInstance.properties.