Install the applications

After you have checked for prerequisite applications and options, use these steps to install IBM> Business Solutions, which includes IBM Welcome Page V1.1 and IBM Telephone Directory V5.2:

  1. Install the IBM Tivoli Directory Server 5.2 (LDAP) that is included with the Business Solutions CD. The IBM Tivoli Directory Server contains a number of files that describes the installation and configuration steps.

  2. The two application EAR files can be installed from the Administration console
    http://your_server:9060/admin

    click Applications in the right menu, followed by Install New Application

    When installing the application, you can accept the defaults

    Save your configuration

    click Applications in the right menu, followed by Enterprise Applications

    The two applications, IBM Telephone Directory v5.2 and IBM Welcome Page v1.1 will show as stopped. Select the applications and select the Start button.

  3. At this point, the two Business Solutions are installed and now need to be configured. Access the Business Solutions to complete the configuration.
    http://your_server:9080/ibm-bizApps/welcome/home.do

    The Business Solutions are unconfigured after initally being installed. You will be prompted for the location of your LDAP server and the Administrator login information. Enter the location of the LDAP Server and the user identification and password.

    If you are unable to log in, then you will not be able to complete the configuration. Once logged in, enter DN directory information that corresponds to the structure of your LDAP server.

    The configuration property files will be created and written to the following directory:

    your_server_location/profiles/default/ibs/

    Deleting these files will clear the configuration

  4. Install and configure IBM HTTP Server v6.0 and the WebSphere Plugin. Refer to the documentation for these two applications.

    Once installed, ensure that the following entries are added to the httpd.conf file for IBM HTTP Server v6.0.

    For Windows:

    LoadModule was_ap20_module your_web_server_install_location\bin\mod_was_ap20_http.dll WebSpherePluginConfig your_plugin_configuration_location\plugin-cfg.xml LoadModule ibm_ldap_module your_web_server_install_location\modules\IBMModuleLDAP.dll Include your_server_location\profiles\default\ibs\server1\apache20.inc

    For Unix:

    LoadModule was_ap20_module your_web_server_install_location\bin\mod_was_ap20_http.so WebSpherePluginConfig your_plugin_configuration_location\plugin-cfg.xml LoadModule ibm_ldap_module your_web_server_install_location\modules\mod_ibm_ldap.so Include your_server_location\profiles\default\ibs\server1\apache20.inc

    The first LoadModule is used by IBM HTTP Server v6.0 to direct requests intended for the WebSphere Application Server for Express v6.0. The plugin-cfg.xml should have already been configured to redirect requests intended for the Business Solutions. You can confirm this by editing the plugin-cfg.xml and searching for the following entries:

          Uri AffinityCookie="JSESSIONID" AffinityURLIdentifier="jsessionid" Name="/ibm-bizApps/welcome/*"/
          Uri AffinityCookie="JSESSIONID" AffinityURLIdentifier="jsessionid" Name="/ibm-bizApps/welcomeservlet/*"/
          Uri AffinityCookie="JSESSIONID" AffinityURLIdentifier="jsessionid" Name="/ibm-bizApps/itd/*"/
          Uri AffinityCookie="JSESSIONID" AffinityURLIdentifier="jsessionid" Name="/ibm-bizApps/itdservlet/*"/
    

    The second LoadModule reference contains information for the LDAP Module used by IBM HTTP Server v6.0 and the Business Solutions applications. The apache20.inc is an IBM HTTP Server v6.0 include file that contains directives that prompt the user to login and confirms the identity against the LDAP server. This is done for the Administration pages used by the IBM Telephone Directory 5.2 application.

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