WA1685 WebSphere Portal v6.1 Programming. Classroom Setup Guide. Web Age Solutions Inc. Web Age Solutions Inc

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1 WA1685 WebSphere Portal v6.1 Programming Classroom Setup Guide Web Age Solutions Inc. Web Age Solutions Inc

2 Table of Contents Part 1 - Minimum Hardware Requirements...3 Part 2 - Minimum Software Requirements...3 Part 3 - Software Provided...3 Part 4 - Important Ghosting or Imaging Information...4 Part 5 - Preparation...4 Part 6 - Installing Rational Application Developer v7.5.4 Trial version (RAD 7.5) with WebSphere Portal V Part 7 - Verify Rational Application Developer V7.5 (RAD 7.5) with WebSphere Portal V Part 8 - Configuring for a non-administrative user...21 Web Age Solutions Inc

3 Part 1 - Minimum Hardware Requirements Pentium 4-1.4GHz or higher 2GB RAM minimum, 4 GB recommended. 15GB free hard disk space (preferably in C: drive). Network connectivity to the internet. Note: Some of the lab exercises require functioning Internet access. Part 2 - Minimum Software Requirements Windows XP Pro (SP1 or 2), Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (SP1) or Enterprise Edition (SP2), or Windows Vista Business, Enterprise, or Ultimate editions. (Other versions of Windows are not supported) Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0 (can be downloaded at Winzip (can be downloaded at Internet Explorer 6.0 / Mozilla Firefox 1.5 IBM Rational Application Developer v7.5.4 (RAD 7.5) Trial* IBM WebSphere Portal Server 6.1 * * - indicates software provided as part of the courseware. Part 3 - Software Provided You will receive 3 USB memory sticks containing the following files: WA1685_1.ZIP WA1685_2.ZIP WA1685_3.ZIP All other software listed under Minimum Software Requirements is either commercially licensed software that you must provide or software that is freely available off the Internet. Web Age Solutions Inc

4 Part 4 - Important Ghosting or Imaging Information Some of the software installed for this course will not function after changing the computer hostname. As such, cloning or imaging should not be used on a fully installed system. You can save time by extracting the contents of the USB memory stick to C:\ on a clean OS install (no other software installed) and then imaging that hard drive. After restoring the image to the other computers and changing the hostnames, you can then install the software on each computer individually by following the instructions that are detailed later in this document. Part 5 - Preparation 1. Login as administrator. If the students cannot run as administrators to do the Labs there will be instructions to set them up later. 2. Disable all Firewall settings and notifications. 3. From a USB memory stick, extract the WA1685_1.ZIP file to C:\ 4. From a USB memory stick, extract the WA1685_2.ZIP file to C:\ 5. From a USB memory stick, extract the WA1685_3.ZIP file to C:\ 6. Review that the following folders were created: C:\LabFiles C:\Software\RAD C:\Software\RAD_SETUP C:\Software\WAS70 C:\Software\WebSphere Portal 6.1 Web Age Solutions Inc

5 Part 6 - Installing Rational Application Developer v7.5.4 Trial version (RAD 7.5) with WebSphere Portal V6.1 Installing RAD 7.5 with Portal 6.1 involves three basic steps: installing the IBM Installation Manager, installing RAD 7.5 itself, and then installing Portal 6.1. This document will outline all these steps. 1. Before you begin, shut down any running applications. The installation process is quite CPU/disk intensive. 2. Make sure you are login as an administrator and turn Off all Windows Firewall setting, this will help to speed up the installation. 3. Open the file 'C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts' with a text editor like Wordpad. 4. Add the entry 'portal.mycomputer.com' as the first entry on the line with as shown below. Make sure you have at least one space or tab between all entries. Note: This step is taken just to make sure that the Portal installation performed later has a long hostname that is associated with this computer. 5. Save and close the file. 6. Open a Windows command prompt. You can do this by clicking 'Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> Command prompt'. Web Age Solutions Inc

6 7. Type the command 'ping portal.mycomputer.com' and be sure you get a response as shown below. 8. Close the command prompt. 9. From C:\Software\RAD_SETUP, run launchpad.exe. The installer will begin. 10. Select the language as English and click OK. Web Age Solutions Inc

7 11. Click Install IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software. A new program the IBM Installation Manager will launch. You will then be prompted to Install Packages. 12. Click Next. The License Agreement screen will appear. 13. At the bottom of the screen, select I accept the terms in the license agreements and click Next. Web Age Solutions Inc

8 You will be asked to select a location for the Installation Manager. 14. Leave the default Installation Manager Directory location and click Next. You will be asked to review summary information. 15. Click Install. Web Age Solutions Inc

9 After a little bit you will see. 16. Click the Restart Installation Manager button. The Installation Manager will re-launch. 17. Click Install. The Install Packages screen will appear. 18. Select only the package IBM Rational Application Developer (the first option). Web Age Solutions Inc

10 Make sure you select only this option as we will be installing a test environment later. 19. Click Next. The License Agreement will appear. 20. At the bottom of the page, click I accept the terms in the license agreements and click Next. You will be asked to select a location for the shared resources directory. 21. Leave the default Shared Resource Directory folder and click Next. Web Age Solutions Inc

11 You will be asked to select a directory for the IBM Software Delivery Platform. 22. Leave the default Installation Directory folder and click Next. 23. You will be asked if you would like to extend an existing version of Eclipse, do not select anything and click Next. Web Age Solutions Inc

12 24. Leave the default language to install and click Next. You will be asked to select the features to be installed. 25. Expand the options for IBM Rational Application Developer. 26. Expand Web Development Tools and check Struts Tools. 27. Scroll down and check Portlet and Portal Tools. Web Age Solutions Inc

13 28. Check that your options match as shown above and click Next. You will be asked to configure a few options. 29. For the option for the Help System leave Access help from the Web selected and click Next. Web Age Solutions Inc

14 The Summary Information will appear. 30. Click Install and the installation will begin. This may take some time (up to one hour on slower machines), so be patient. Web Age Solutions Inc

15 Eventually, installation will complete. 31. Select None. 32. Click Finish. 33. Back in the Installation Manager select File -> Exit to close the window. 34. Go back to the first Launchpad window. 35. Under Install Optional Products, click WebSphere Portal v6.1 test environment. 36. Click the Browse button and navigate to C:\Software\WebSpherePortal 6.1 and then click OK. 37. Verify that the path is set to C:\Software\WebSpherePortal 6.1 Web Age Solutions Inc

16 38. Click OK. The WebSphere Portal 6.1 Installer will start. Be patient while the installer launches. 39. On the Welcome screen click Next. 40. Check I accept the terms in the license agreement and click Next. 41. In the Installation type page, select the Administration option and click Next. 42. Leave the default Install Location and click Next. 43. Enter portal.mycomputer.com as the Host name. Leave the default Node name. Web Age Solutions Inc

17 44. Click Next. 45. Ignore the warning about the hostname not matching and click the OK button. 46. You will be prompted for a User ID and a password (and a password confirmation). Enter wpsadmin for all three. Note. You must be very careful in this step, if you don't type the right user or password you won't be able to open the Portal Server. 47. Click Next. 48. Leave the option for running as a Windows service unchecked and press the Next button. Web Age Solutions Inc

18 The Summary screen will be presented. 49. Click Next to begin the install. If you are prompted by Windows security during the installation select Unblock. Note that this may take between 1 and 2 hours depending on the performance of your computer. Be patient. Eventually, the install will complete. Web Age Solutions Inc

19 50. Uncheck all of the boxes in the installation wizard. 51. Click Finish. 52. Close the IBM Rational Application Developer 7.5 launchpad window. Part 7 - Verify Rational Application Developer V7.5 (RAD 7.5) with WebSphere Portal V Open a browser and browse to 2. The Portal sign-on page should appear. If it does, the install of Portal was successful and the Portal server is currently running. 3. Enter wpsadmin for UserId and Password and then click Log in. Web Age Solutions Inc

20 The Administrator Console will open. 4. Close the browser window. 5. Restart the computer and login as administrator. Next you will Start RAD 7.5 and install the Portal Server. 6. From the Start menu select All Programs > IBM Software Delivery Platform > IBM Rational Application Developer 7.5 > IBM Rational Application Developer. 7. In the workspace window leave the default workspace and click OK. 8. Wait for a while for the product to open. If you are prompted by Windows security while Web Age Solutions Inc

21 starting the product select Unblock. 9. After the product opens, the Trial dialog will open, click Ignore. 10. The Welcome page will open, close the page this by clicking the X tab. 11. From the menu, select File -> Exit to close Rational Application Developer. Part 8 - Configuring for a non-administrative user If the students will use an administrator account the following steps are not required. Note: Since Portal must be installed as an administrative user, this can cause issues for students that are not administrators. The following steps will ensure that students will be able to start and stop the Portal server from within RAD. If they are not able to do this they will not be able to complete the labs. These steps allow full access to the directories used by the Portal install. The steps to accomplish this may vary by Windows version but the goal is the same, granting access Web Age Solutions Inc

22 to all users to the Portal install. If you have questions about how to accomplish this contact the setup support person for the class. Depending on the operating system the following steps may not apply, in that case make sure you give full privileges to the following folders including their child folders: C:\IBM C:\LabFiles C:\Program Files\IBM 1. Right click C:\IBM and select Properties. 2. Click the Security tab. 3. Click Advanced. 4. Click Change Permissions. Web Age Solutions Inc

23 5. Select the Users entry (add one if not present). 6. Click Edit 7. Check Full Control permission option and click OK. 8. Select the check box for "Replace all child permissions with inheritable permissions from this objects" and then click OK. 9. Click OK to continue. 10. A Windows security dialog will open, click Yes. 11. Wait until finishes updating security, and close all windows when is done. Web Age Solutions Inc

24 12. Do the same steps to give privileges to the C:\Program Files\IBM folder. 13. Give full privileges to C:\LabFiles to all users. 14. Restart the computer and login with the user that the student will use to do the Labs. 15. Make sure the user has full access to C:\LabFiles, C:\IBM and C:\Program Files\IBM folders. Congratulations, Rational Application Developer 7.5 with Portal 6.1 has been installed. Web Age Solutions Inc