Portal Toolkit Version 5.0.2.3 Installation Guide

 

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Development environment configurations

Setup your development environment to debug portlets that are running locally or remotely.

 

Hardware and software requirements

This depends on the development environment configuration. Read the above to discern which category applies.

Local debug configuration

Hard disk space
  • 3 GB plus storage for portlet development projects
  • 1 GB for the temporary directory that the TEMP or TMP environment variable points.
Memory 768 MB minimum, 1 GB recommended
Operating system
  • Windows 2000 with Service Pack 2 or higher, or

    Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 1

  • Linux: Red Hat V8.0
Software
  • Portal Toolkit V5.0.2.3
  • WebSphere Studio V5.1.2
    • WebSphere Studio Site Developer V5.1.2
    • WebSphere Studio Enterprise Developer V5.1.2
    • WebSphere Studio Application Developer Integration Edition V5.1.1
  • WebSphere Portal V5.0.2.1

    installed with one of the following package sets.

    • WebSphere Portal V5.0.0, WebSphere Portal V5.0 Fix Pack 2, and WebSphere Portal V5.0.2 Cumulative Fix 1
    • WebSphere Portal V5.0.2 iSeries and WebSphere Portal V5.0.2 Cumulative Fix 1
Network DHCP or Fixed IP address is required.

(Fixed IP only for WebSphere Portal V4.2 Test Environment)

Windows only: Local debugging on WebSphere Portal V4.2.1 is also supported.

To run or debug a personalized portlet application with Portal Toolkit V5.0.2.3, you need the remote debug configuration. Because in the local debug configuration, WebSphere Studio V5.1.2 does not have the required runtime-environment.

Remote debug configuration

Development machine, server attach
Hard disk space
  • 2 GB plus storage for portlet development projects
  • 1 GB for the temporary directory that the TEMP or TMP environment variable points.
Memory 512 MB minimum, 768 MB recommended
Operating system
  • Windows 2000 with Service Pack 2 or higher, or

    Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 1

  • Linux: Red Hat V8.0
Software
  • Portal Toolkit V5.0.2.3
  • WebSphere Studio V5.1.2
    • WebSphere Studio Site Developer V5.1.2
    • WebSphere Studio Enterprise Developer V5.1.2
    • WebSphere Studio Application Developer Integration Edition V5.1.1
Network DHCP or Fixed IP address is required.

(Fixed IP only for WebSphere Portal V4.2 Test Environment)

Remote server
Software WebSphere Portal V5.0.x (*1)

You can also setup the server attach for WebSphere Portal V4.2 running on a remote machine.

Note:

*1. As for the hardware requirements for WebSphere Portal, please refer to the Information Center of WebSphere Portal in WebSphere Portal Product Documentation. To run or debug a JSR 168 portlet application, the remote server must be WebSphere Portal Version 5.0.2.1 or later.

 

Installation scenarios

The installation scenarios below show the recommended order for installing and configuring components. Install Portal Toolkit V5.0.2.3 by referring to the applicable case.

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