Deploying the Rational Focal Point application

After you set up IBM® WebSphere® Application Server, you must deploy the IBM Rational® Focal Point™ application.

Before you begin

Complete the tasks in Setting up WebSphere Application Server.

Procedure

  1. On the WebSphere Integrated Solutions Console, click Application > Application Types > WebSphere enterprise applications.
  2. Click Install.
  3. Under Path to new Application, click Local file system.
  4. Under Full path, browse to the fp.war file. For example: Rational Focal Point installation directory\Focal Point\artifacts\wars. Click Next.
  5. Select Detailed - Show all installation options and parameters, and click Next.
  6. On the "Select installation options" page, select Precompile JavaServer Pages files, and click Next.
    Note: Clear the check box if you are using IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0.0.21 and later, on Microsoft Windows 2008.
  7. On the "Map modules to server" page, select the fp.war check box. Select the clusters and servers from the list and click Apply.
  8. On the "Provide options to compile JSPs" page, specify the JDK Source Level as 16.
  9. Open the "Map shared libraries" page. Select fp.war and the module check boxes. Click Reference Shared Libraries and move the fpjars entry into the selected list.
  10. Open the "Map resource references to resources" page. For the focalpoint/filestorage entry, specify the target resource JNDI name as focalpoint/filestorage. For the jdbc/focalpoint entry, specify the target resource JNDI name as jdbc/focalpoint.
  11. Open the "Map context roots for web modules" page. In the Context Root field, type /fp.
  12. Optional: To enable the ping servlet security feature, open the Map security roles to users or groups page and map the required users to the ping role.
  13. On the Summary page, click Finish.
  14. Click Save directly to the master configuration.
  15. Click Applications > Enterprise Applications.
  16. Click fp_war.
  17. Modify the class loader order:
    1. Click Manage Modules and select fp.war module.
    2. From the Class loader order list, select Classes loaded with local class loader first (parent last). Click Apply and OK.
    3. Select fp_war and click Class loading and update detection.
    4. Select Override class reloading settings for Web and EJB modules, and specify a time value in the Polling interval for updated files field. For example: 3 seconds.
    5. For the class loader order, select Classes loaded with local class loader first (parent last).
    6. Select Single class loader for application and click OK.
  18. Click Session Management:
    1. Select the Override session management check box.
    2. Click the Enable Cookies hyperlink.
    3. Clear the Set session cookies to HTTPOnly to help prevent cross-site scripting attacks check box.
    4. Click OK to save the change.
    5. Click Save directly to the master configuration.

What to do next

Deploying the financial feature component

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