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Configure the build settings
Overview
Before using WCBD, edit script and properties files to set information such as file paths to software installations and module lists to be built.
Configure build settings
- Make copies...
cd $WCBD_INSTALL
cp wcbd-setenv.bat.template setenv.bat
cp wcbd-setenv.template setenv
cp wcbd-build.private.properties.template build.private.properties
cp wcbd-build.properties.template build.properties
- Change the file permission...
chmod 755 setenv chmod 755 build*.properties
- Edit...
WCBD_INSTALL/setenv.bat...and set...
- ANT_HOME to Ant_installdir
- WAS_HOME to WAS_HOME or RAD_installdir\runtime\base_v7
- Edit...
WCBD_INSTALL/setenv...and set...
- ANT_HOME to Ant_installdir
- WAS_HOME to WAS_HOME
- Edit...
WCBD_INSTALL/build.private.properties...and configure the file according to the comments in the file. Properties in this file are encoded when the build process is executed.
- Edit...
WCBD_INSTALL/build.properties...and configure the file according to the comments in the file.
Minimal list of properties that must be set...
- connector.module.list
- ejb.module.list
- java.module.list
- web.module.list
- wc.home
- was.home
- db.type
- extract.ant.file
- Optional: The build process can be configured to send out e-mail notifications upon success or failure. In a build failure notification, the log files are archived and attached for convenience. This functionality is enabled and configured...
- Edit...
WCBD_INSTALL/build.properties...and set the properties under the "Properties for e-mail notification" section accordingly.
- Edit...
WCBD_INSTALL/build.private.properties...and set the following properties if the SMTP server requires authentication:
- mail.user
- mail.password