Deploy Workplace XT as
an application in the WebSphere® 6.1
administrative console. You can specify the context root for the application
URL during the deployment.
To deploy Workplace XT:
- Log on to the WebSphere administrative
console.
- Navigate to
- Select the file to deploy.
- (If the administrative console is running locally) Select Local
file system and enter or browse to the location of the web_client.war or web_client.ear file
created by the installation program. For example, install_path/deploy/web_client.war or
install_path/deploy/web_client.ear.
Do not enter the machine name.
- (If the administrative console is remote) Select Remote
file system and enter the fully-qualified path name to
the web_client.war or web_client.ear file.
For example, install_path/deploy/web_client.war or
install_path/deploy/web_client.ear.
Do not enter the machine name.
- If you are deploying a WAR file, enter the context root.
- Enter WorkplaceXT and click Next to
proceed to deploying a new application.
Tip: The
context root is the name of the application you log in to using the
web interface, such as: http://server_name:port#/WorklaceXT.
Do not include a space.
- Click Prompt me only when additional information
is required, and click Next to
proceed to deploying a new application.
- Complete the dialogs for installing a new application,
using the following settings:
- On the Select installation options page,
for Application name, enter Workplace
XT, or the name you chose to call the application.
- On the Map modules to servers page, for Clusters
and Servers, specify the server you are planning to use.
Verify that your application name is selected and associated with
the correct server and nodes, if applicable.
- On the Map virtual hosts for Web modules page,
for virtual host, choose the default_host.
- Save your configuration.
- Navigate to .
- Set the polling interval for updated files with a number
appropriate for your environment, for example, 3 seconds.
- Change the Class loader order to Classes
loaded with application class loader first.
- Click Apply.
- Click .
- Click Workplace.
- Change the Class loader order to Classes
loaded with application class loader first.
Important: Do this only for the specific web application. Do
not change the similar settings for the entire application server.
- Navigate to .
- Verify that the All Authenticated column
is checked for the "All Authenticated" role.
- Verify that the Everyone column
is checked for the Everyone role.
- Save all your changes to the master configuration.
- Stop and restart WebSphere Application
Server.
- (Windows only)
From the Windows Services
Console, restart the Process Workplace XT Services
Manager service.
- Restart Process Task Manager and Component Manager.
- Exit the Process Task Manager application.
- Start Workplace XT from
the administrative console.
- To troubleshoot the deployment, check the following log:
WAS_install_path/AppServer/profiles/profile_name/logs/server_name/SystemOut.log