You can deploy a Content Platform Engine instance
on the web application server by using the graphical user interface
version of Configuration Manager.
Deploying makes the Content Platform Engine application
available for use.
Before you begin
Make sure that the application server instance
is running or stopped, depending on its type:
Table 1. Required application server stateOption |
Description |
WebSphere® Application
Server |
Start the application server instance
if it is not already running. |
JBoss Application Server |
Stop the application server instance. |
Oracle WebLogic Server |
Start the application server instance
if it is not already running. |
About this task
For more information about the properties and values you
set in the Configuration Manager, roll your mouse over the property
name to view the hover help for the property. See the appendix Configuration Manager user interface reference for complete information about using
the graphical user interface.
Procedure
To deploy Content Platform Engine:
- Open your completed Installation and Upgrade
Worksheet file.
Tip: In the worksheet file,
verify that the command is enabled.
To view only Configuration Manager values,
filter by CM: Deploy Application in the Installation
or Configuration Program column. For general information about the
worksheet file, such as filtering details, see the section on using
the installation and upgrade worksheet" in the Plan and Prepare Your Environment for IBM®
FileNet® P8 documentation.
- Log on to the application server machine as config_mgr_user,
the Configuration Manager user.
- Start Configuration Manager by
running one of the following commands, depending on the operating
system that runs on the machine where you installed Content Platform Engine:
Option |
Description |
AIX®, HPUX, HPUXi, Linux, Linux for System z, Solaris |
ce_install_path/tools/configure/configmgr |
Windows |
Perform one of the following actions: - Double-click the FileNet Configuration Manager desktop
shortcut.
- Select .
- Run ce_install_path\tools\configure\configmgr.exe.
|
- If you upgraded your
application server and then redeployed Content Engine before upgrading Content Platform Engine, click the Edit
Application Server Properties icon and correct any obsolete
parameter values for your application server type.
- Select , and use the information
in your worksheet to specify the values for the parameters in the
wizard screens.
Important: If you are upgrading from version 4.5.1, be aware
that Configuration Manager retains
your version 4.5.1 profile. That is, when you run the New Configuration
Profile wizard, Configuration Manager uses
the existing version 4.5.1 profile to deploy Content Platform Engine. It does not create
a new profile.
- In the Open Configuration Profile wizard, enter the path
to the profile for the Content Engine instance,
and then click Finish.
- Right-click the Deploy Application task
in the profile pane (left pane), and select Edit Selected
Task.
- Provide the property values for your deployment, by using
the values in your worksheet.
- Select .
- Enable the task. By default, the Deploy
Application task is disabled. When the task is disabled,
the task name includes the text (Disabled).
To enable the task, select Deploy Application (Disabled) in
the profile pane, and then either right-click and choose Enable
Selected Task from the menu, or click the Enable
the Selected Task icon in the task toolbar.
- Right-click the Deploy Application task
in the left pane, and select Run Task.
Running the deploy task can take a few minutes. The task
execution status messages are displayed in the Console pane below
the deploy application properties.