Before you start

To configure Rule Execution Server on WebSphere® Application Server, you must follow specific steps.

The first 4 steps pertain to setting up a dedicated database and datasource. Then you activate security and deploy the Management Ear.

The Rule Execution Server console includes an Installation Settings wizard. If you sign in as the administrator, you can use it to create the database schema and run SQL drop statements that clear an existing Rule Execution Server database.

Note: Specific integration extensions are available from this URL: WebSphere Operation Decision Management Integration SupportPacs

The following table summarizes the steps that you follow to configure Rule Execution Server on WebSphere Application Server, depending on the type of persistence that you choose.

Installation Steps		Persistence
Installation Steps		File	Data source	JDBC
Step 1: Selecting and applying the persistence type			Default persistence mode
Step 2: Restricting database user permissions
Step 3: Establishing the database credentials		Not applicable
Step 4: Setting up a data source and connection pool	Creating a JDBC provider	Not applicable
	Creating a data source and connection pool	Not applicable
	Creating J2C authentication data	Not applicable
	Setting custom properties	Not applicable
	Testing the connection to the database	Not applicable
Step 5: Activating security on WebSphere Application Server	Creating users and groups
	Mapping the resAdministrators group to the Monitor role
	Security policies for the Rule Execution Server console
Step 6: Deploying the Rule Execution Server Management EAR
Step 7: Creating a Rule Execution Server database schema		Not applicable
Step 8: Deploying the Rule Execution Server MBean descriptors
Step 9: Deploying the XU RAR
Step 10: Deploying the hosted transparent decision service EAR		Optional	Optional	Optional
Step 11: Setting the DecodeUrlAsUTF8 custom property		Required if you deployed the EAR file for hosted transparent decision services (previous step).	Required if you deployed the EAR file for hosted transparent decision services (previous step).	Required if you deployed the EAR file for hosted transparent decision services (previous step).
Verifying the deployment and configuration		Optional	Optional	Optional