Publish a sample store
To publish a sample store:
1. Ensure that you have created a backup of the WCS instance and WebSphere Commerce Payments databases.
2. Verify the servers are started as listed in Start servers.
3. Start the WebSphere Commerce Administration Console by entering the following address in a Web browser:
https://host_name:8002/adminconsole
host_name is the host name of the WebSphere Commerce node.
8002 is the virtual host port defined in the httpd.conf and WebSphere Application Server.
adminconsole is the alias defined in the httpd.conf
https is used (SSL enabled)
4. Log on with the site administrator ID (for example, wasadmin).
5. Select Site and click OK.
6. From the menu, select Store Archives Æ Publish.
7. From the Store Archives page, the view is set to Default, which lists the composite (full features store archives) for each business model that is supplied with WebSphere Commerce.
Check the store to publish (for example, B2BDirect.sar) then click Next.
8. On the Parameters page, note that by default the parameters store directory and identifier are set to Read only. Click Next.
9. When the Summary page appears, click Finish to begin the publishing process for the store archive.
10. Store publishing will schedule a job because this is a long task. You can monitor the store publish from the Store Archives Æ Publish Status page.
If this is successful, the publishing status will change to Successful.
11. After the Publish Status changes to Successful, check the check box for the given publishing job, and click Details.
12. Click Launch Store, and click OK for the application Web path for the store.
13. Click Logoff.
14. From the store home page, add the URL of the store to Favorites and close the Web browser window.
15. Close the WebSphere Commerce Administration Console.
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