FileNet P8 Application Engine, Version 5.0.+              

Installing Application Engine

To enable the web client application, Workplace, install Application Engine on a supported web application server. To complete the installation, provide the necessary parameter values to enable Workplace to access the information that is managed by Content Engine.

High availability Important: In a high availability environment, you must install Application Engine on all nodes in the application server configuration. Even in an application server cluster configuration the Application Engine provides components that run outside of the application server such as the Component Manager. These are only available through an Application Engine installation.

If you plan to install and use the IBM® FileNet® Workplace XT product, you do not need to install Application Engine.

To ensure proper functionality and performance, only install one instance of Application Engine per application server (or virtual machine or WebSphere® Application Server LPAR). You can, however, deploy multiple instances of a single Application Engine version per application server.

Before logging on to Workplace for the first time, at least one object store must exist on the Content Engine to hold the site preferences. See Creating the initial object store for more information.

You can install a new Application Engine 4.0.2 server within an existing 4.0 IBM FileNet P8 environment if your Content Engine is at version 401.006 or later and your Process Engine is at 403-000.001 or later. The Content Engine and Process Engine client files you install on the Application Engine must match the version of your Content Engine and Process Engine.
High availability clustered server environments Note: Verify that the Content Engine and Application Engine clusters have different names.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x has a security feature that can cause errors during installation. For details on resolving the issue before you install, see the IBM FileNet P8 Hardware and Software Requirements. In the guide, search for "SELinux".

Important: Do NOT install this component unless it is supported at the release levels of your FileNet P8 environment. For information, see the IBM FileNet P8 Hardware and Software Requirements and the IBM FileNet P8 Compatibility Matrix documents.


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