Configure the WebSphere Portal server as a test environment
For WebSphere Portal 6.0 and later portal and portlet projects, you can use the WebSphere Portal 6.0 and later installation as a local test environment as long as it is installed on the same machine as your Rational® tools development environment.
The portal server requires no special configuration to be used a test environment; however, if Rational tools does not detect a WebSphere Portal server or test environment installation that you have already installed, you will need to create a new runtime environment.
To create a new runtime environment, complete the following steps:
- Switch to the Web perspective by selecting...
Window | Open perspective | Other | Web.
- Select...
Window | Preferences
...from the menu bar.
- Expand the Server section, and click Runtime Environments.
- Select the appropriate version WebSphere Portal, select the check box, and click Edit.
- Verify the WebSphere Portal Location and WAS Location values with the version-specific WebSphere Portal installation directories that you specified when you installed WebSphere Portal.
- Click Finish.
- Click OK in the Preferences dialog box.
The WebSphere Portal server version that you specified should now be available as a test environment server for testing, debugging, or profiling.
This runtime environment will only be available in your current workspace. You must create a new runtime environment for any new workspace that you create.