Eclipse IDE Setup for WebSphere Application Server

Prerequisites

• Eclipse IDE, open source software that can be downloaded from http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/. The tutorial uses version 3.5 of Eclipse. If you're using a different version of the IDE, you might have to adapt some instructions for your specific IDE version.
• Content Engine version 4.5.1 or higher, deployed on a supported WebSphere Application Server. For supported application servers, see the FileNet® P8 Hardware and Software Requirements .

  To test the connection to the Content Engine that you use to develop a FileNet P8 application, enter this URL in your web browser: http://<hostname>:<portnumber>/FileNet/Engine. (The default port is 9080 for WebSphere Application Server.) If the connection is good, the Content Engine returns an HTML page that describes the Content Engine startup context; otherwise, it returns a list of errors.

• Content Engine can be deployed in either a local or remote development environment. In a remote environment, the Content Engine is deployed on a remote server, not on the same machine as your IDE.

  For a remote development environment, the WebSphere Application Client must be installed. The version and patch level of WebSphere Application Client and the WebSphere Application Server on which the Content Engine is deployed must match. You can get WebSphere Application Client from the installation media for WebSphere Application Server

  For a local development environment, there is no need to install WebSphere Application Client because the application server libraries exist on your local machine.

• The following Content Engine Client software must be installed: Jace.jar, log4j.jar, p8cel10n.jar, and the JAAS configuration file, jaas.conf.WebSphere. See Finding Required Files.