Use the WebSphere page of the Configuration Manager to configure the properties of the WebSphere Commerce application server. Complete the fields as follows:
- DataSource Name
- Enter the data source name used to set up the connection pool for access to the database with which WebSphere Commerce works.
The default value for this field is the following:
WebSphere Commerce DBMS_name DataSource instance_name
Where:- DBMS_name
- This is the name of the database management system you are using with WebSphere Commerce.
The acceptable values are DB2 and Oracle.
The acceptable value is DB2.
The acceptable value is DB2.
- instance_name
- This is the name of the WebSphere Commerce instance.
WebSphere Application Server Instance
- Enter the name of the WebSphere Application Server instance into which the WebSphere Commerce instance will be deployed.
WebSphere JDBC Driver Type
- Select the JDBC driver to use with the WebSphere Commerce application server. The following choices are available:
- Use iSeries native driver
- Select this option to use the iSeries native JDBC driver.
- Use iSeries Toolbox driver.
- Select this option to use the iSeries Toolbox JDBC driver
- JDBC driver location
- Enter the location of the JDBC driver file for your database. The default locations of JDBC driver files are as follows:
/QIBM/ProdData/Java400/ext/db2_classes.jar
DB2_installdir/java12/db2java.zip
Oracle_installdir/jdbc/lib/classes12.zip
- Help Server Port Number
- This field is only available after a WebSphere Commerce instance has been created.
Enter the port number that the WebSphere Commerce tools will use to access the context-sensitive help in the WebSphere Commerce information center.
The default port for the information center is 8001. If you start the information center with a different port number, you must change the port number here.
- 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.