Plants by WebSphere setup

This sample demonstrates Web 2.0 features in this product. The Plants by WebSphere sample application demonstrates Ajax-style architecture through the use of Dojo widgets.

Tip: You can run this tutorial using WebSphere® Application Server Versions 6.1 and 7.0.

Tip:

In the Server editor (double-click your server in the Servers view to open the Server editor), if you select

Run server with resources on Server, in the Publishing settings for WebSphere Application Server section, when running this application on server, you do not need to do any additional setup.

If you select

Run server with resources within the workspace when running this application on server, you need to configure the database location:

  1. In the Enterprise Explorer, expand

    PlantsByWebSphereEAR.

  2. Double-click

    Deployment Descriptor: PlantsByWebSphereAjax to open the EAR in the Application Deployment Descriptor editor.

  3. Switch to the Deployment tab of the editor.

  4. In the

    Data source defined in the JDBC provider selected above list, select the data source

    PLANTSDB.

  5. In the

    Resource properties defined in the data source selected above list, select the property

    databaseName, then click

    Edit. The

    Edit Resource Property dialog opens.

  6. In the Value field, type the location of the database PLANTSDB in the EAR project. To find the location of the database, right-click PLANTSDB and select

    Properties | Resource. The location field displays the location of the database.

To run the sample on server:

  1. Right-click

    PlantsByWebSphere_WEB and select

    Run As | Run on Server. The Run On Server wizard opens.

  2. Click

    WAS from the list of servers and click Next.

  3. Click Next again.

  4. On the

    Select Tasks page of the wizard, select

    Deploy module: PlantsByWebSphere_WEB and

    Deploy module: PlantsByWebSphere_EJB. Click Finish.

The sample is published to the server. A Web browser window opens.

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