Deploying the help system

To make the Rational® Focal Point™ help system available, deploy the fphelp.war file.

Before you begin

Complete the tasks in Deploying the Jazz Web UI feature component.

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 location of the fphelp.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 "Map modules to server" page, select the fphelp.war check box. Select the clusters and servers from the list and click Apply.
  7. On the Map context roots for Web modules page, in the Context Root field, type /fphelp.
  8. On the Summary page, click Finish.
  9. Click Save directly to the master configuration.
  10. Click Applications > Enterprise Applications.
  11. Click fphelp_war.
  12. Modify the class loader order:
    1. Click Manage Modules and select fphelp.war.
    2. From the Class loader order list, select Classes loaded with local class loader first (parent last). Click Apply and OK.
    3. Select fphelp_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.
  13. 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.
      Note: In Rational Focal Point versions 6.5, 6.5.0.1 and 6.5.0.2, when you install the help system, only the base help is installed in the application server. Rational Focal Point help is not included with the product. To enable users to access the Rational Focal Point help, you must download the help from the IBM® Local Help System Updater website. For more information, see Downloading Rational Focal Point help.

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