Publish procedure

The Extended Sites store archive file is used to package and deliver organization structures, predefined user roles, and access control policies necessary for creating the environment for the store or site, as well as collections of assets used to create a catalog or storefront. Publishing the ExtendedSites.sar file does not create a functional store; it creates the assets from which the stores are created and managed.

Only one store archive at a time can be published. Concurrent publishing is not supported and may cause the publishing of both store archives to fail.

It is not recommended that you publish more than one type of composite store archive or organization structure store archive in the same instance (for example, do not publish a ConsumerDirect.sar and BusinessIndirectReseller.sar in the same instance), or that you publish the same composite store archive or organization structure store archive more than once, as doing so may overwrite previously published data. For more information, see Publishing a store archive from the Administration Console - Advanced Options.

Store archives can only be published to a single clone.

To publish the ExtendedSites.sar:

  1. Ensure that you have Site Administrator access.

  2. Ensure that appropriate services and servers are running.

  3. (Optional) Back up the WebSphere Commerce database so that you can restore the pre-published version if necessary.

  4. Open the WebSphere Commerce Administration Console

    https://host_name:8002/adminconsole

  5. Log in as the site administrator.

  6. Select the Site option.

  7. From the Store Archives menu, select Publish. This opens the Store Archives page.

  8. Select the ExtendedSites.sar file and click Next. This opens the Parameters page.

  9. If you wish to publish sample data to the catalog asset store, select Electronics from the list box; otherwise, select None.

  10. Click Next. This opens the Summary page.

  11. Click Finish to begin the background publishing process.

  12. A dialog box is displayed. Click OK. This displays the Publish Status page.

    Publish could take some time so be patient. Click Refresh to update the Publish Status field. When the Publish Status is Successful, continue to the next step.

  13. Select the publish job for ExtendedSites.sar and click Details. The Publish Details page is displayed.

  14. At this point, you are finished publishing. Do not click the Launch Store button as the ExtendedSites.sar does not create a fully functional store so there is no URL to access.

  15. Stay in the Site Administration Console to complete the administrative tasks.


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