Install WCM on a test server

 

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Do these steps before creating a test server in RAD6.

1. Extract the WCM 5.1 GA build (WCM build 179) to the Portal directory.

   edit wpconfig.properties to put in the Portal admin password and also point WCM to a valid cloudscape driver and database.

2. Run...

   [portal51UTE]\PortalServer\config\wpsconfig.bat configure-wcm

3. Stop the test server from the command line

4. Create new Portlet Project - Target Server WebSphere Portal v5.1 stub.

   This stub needs to be pointing to the proper Test Server - setup in...

   Preferences | server |Installed Runtimes

   For this test, you can just create a basic portlet with all the defaults. Press Finish.

5. Add the WCM jars to the Portal 5.1 JRE (This step seems to get reset if you do this before Step 5... I'm not sure why)

   • Go to...

     Window->Preferences-> Java -> Installed JREs

   • Select WebSphere Portal v5.1 JRE and press Edit

   • Uncheck 'use default system libraries' and press Add External JARs...

   • Select all the jars in...

     [portal51UTE]\PortalServer\wcm\shared\app\

     ...and keep pressing OK to exit the preferences.

6. Open the JSP test page in code view

   • select the file [project name]\webcontent\[project name]\jsp\html\[project name]PortletView.jsp

   • Open With -> JSP Source Page Editor (you might need to close the existing Page Designer page first for the source to come up - this looks like a bug?).

7. Enter code to access the API. Here is an example. Change the project name as appropriate.

   <%@ page session="false" 
            contentType="text/html" 
            import="java.util.*, 
            testwcm2.*, 
            com.ibm.workplace.wcm.api.*, 
            com.presence.connect.*"%> 
   <%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/tld/portlet.tld" prefix="portletAPI" %> 
   <portletAPI:init/> 
     
   <% 
       TestWCM2PortletSessionBean sessionBean 
           = (TestWCM2PortletSessionBean)portletRequest.getPortletSession().getAttribute(TestWCM2Portlet.SESSION_BEAN); 
   %> 
   
   <DIV style="margin: 6px"> 
   
   <H3 style="margin-bottom: 3px">Welcome!</H3> 
   This is a sample <B>WCM API</B> page. 
   <% 
       // First  make sure that connect is initialised properly, 
       // it needs the config file location set as a system property. 
       // This will not be needed if the WCM.EAR is launched/included with 
       // the test server. 
       // Since this is a Singleton, it can be run multiple times after 
       // Connect has started up, with any significant performance impact. 
   
       System.setProperty("AptrixConnect.ConfigFileLocation",
                          "C:/Portal51UTE/PortalServer/wcm/config/connect.cfg"); 
       Connect.getInstance(); 
   
   
       Repository repository =    WCM_API.getRepository(); 
       Workspace workspace = null; 
       try { 
           // if you do getAnonymousWorkspace() there is a bug saying 
           workspace = repository.getWorkspace("wpsadmin","wpsadmin"); 
       } 
       // catching everything for debugging purposes 
       catch (Throwable e) { 
           e.printStackTrace(); 
       } 
       
       // this is an example API method to retrieve all user/group names 
       String[] names = workspace.getMemberNames(); 
    %> 
   
   This test will show the first name that is retrieved (without error checking for array bounds) <br> 
   The first name is: '<%=names[0]%>' <br> 
   </DIV> 
   

   ...and then you can run the server.

I have not been able to successfully debug, that may need the new support in 5.1.01

Parent topic: Installation

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