Installing the Feed Sample application for WebSphere® Application Server Version 7.0.X

The IBM® support for feeds, using Apache Abdera libraries, is referred to as Feed. Feed primarily consists of the following items:

This section describes the procedure for installing the Feed Sample application into Version 7.0.X of IBM WebSphere Application Server.  It is assumed that you are familiar with application installation and administration for the application server.

Before you begin

Locate the Feed Sample application WAR file that is provided with this documentation.  Depending on how you obtained this Sample application, you can find the WAR file in one of two places:

Installing the sample application using the administrative console:

  1. Log into the administrative console for the application server.
  2. Navigate to Applications > New Application > New Enterprise Application.
  3. Browse your file system, and select the SampleFeedApp.war file that you located earlier and click Next.
  4. Select Fast path option and click Next (Select installation options).
  5. Click Next (Map modules to servers).
  6. Click Next (Map virtual hosts for Web modules).
  7. Enter Context Root as SampleFeedApp and click Next(Map context roots for Web modules).
  8. Click Finish.
  9. Click Save to the master configuration.
  10. Click Save.
Adding required JAR files:
  1. Feed requires the following JAR files:
  2. The previously mentioned JAR files must be added into the class path. One mechanism is to create a shared library, and associate it with the applications that need these JAR files. The following steps illustrate creation of a shared library, and associating it with the application:
Starting the Application:
  1. Navigate to Applications > Application Types > WebSphere enterprise applications..
  2. Select SampleFeedApp_war Application and click Start.