Deploying the server setup application to a Websphere Application Server cluster

You can manually deploy the IBM® Rational® Asset Manager server setup application to a Network Deployment cluster.

Before you begin

If you used IBM Installation Manager, Installation Manager would have deployed the server setup application to your server for you. For more information, see Installing Rational Asset Manager server by using Installation Manager.

You must have access to the files for manually installing and deploying Rational Asset Manager. For more information, see Retrieving the server application files directly from the installation media.

Restriction: To create and use a cluster of application servers, you must have IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment (ND).
Note:

In V7.2.0.2 or earlier, you were required to deploy the server setup application directly to the Deployment Manager server. In V7.5 or later, you should deploy the server setup application to your cluster as described in the procedure below. If you want to deploy the server setup application directly to the Deployment Manager, see Deploying the server setup application to the Deployment Manager on a WebSphere Application Server cluster.

After you have deployed and started the server setup application, you will then use it to deploy and configure the other applications.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the WebSphere Application Server administrative console.
  2. Click Applications > New Application.
  3. Click New Enterprise Application.
  4. Select Local file system, then click Browse and select the server setup application (com.ibm.ram.repository.setup.web.ear) file on your file system.
  5. Click Next.
  6. Select Show me all installation options and parameters.
  7. Click Next until you reach Step 2: Map modules to servers section (or click that step directly).
  8. Map the module to your cluster:
    1. Select the com.ibm.ram.repository.setup.web module in the table.
    2. From the Clusters and servers list, select the cluster where you want to deploy the server setup application. (Later, you will use the server setup application to deploy all the other applications to this cluster.)
    3. Click Apply.
  9. Click Next until you reach Step 7: Map context roots for Web modules (or click that step directly).
  10. Note the Context Root value. You can change it, or accept the default of ram.setup.
  11. Click Next until you get to Step 9: Summary.
  12. Click Finish.
  13. After the application installs, click Save directly to the master configuration. While saving the configuration, synchronize the configuration with the nodes where you intend to use to run the application. To synchronize a node manually, on the System Administration > Node Agents page, verify that the node is running; then, on the System Administration > Nodes page, select the node and click Synchronize.
  14. Click Applications > Application Types > WebSphere enterprise applications.
  15. Select com.ibm.ram.repository.setup.web.ear and click Start.
  16. If you access Rational Asset Manager without a web server front end, skip this step. If you access Rational Asset Manager through the IIS or Apache server:
    1. In the navigation pane, click Servers > Server types.
    2. Click Web Servers.
    3. Select the web server name and click Generate Plug-in. (If the web server plug-in has not been created, see Installing web server plug-ins.)
    4. Check the web server name again and click Propagate Plug-in. This sends the plug-in to the web server so that the Rational Asset Manager Server application can be referenced through the installed web server.
  17. Configure the application security and authentication settings:
    1. Click Security.
    2. Click Global security.
    3. In the Administrative Security section, if the Enable administrative security checkbox is selected, select the Enable application security checkbox.
    4. Click Apply.
    5. In the Messages window, click Save directly to the master configuration.
  18. Stop, and then restart WebSphere Application Server and web servers.
  19. To access the Rational Asset Manager server setup application, use the following URLs:
    1. If you use a web server, type http://machine_name/ram.setup/ . For example, http://www.example.com/ram.setup/
    2. If you do not use a web server, type http://machine_name:port/ram.setup/. For example, http://www.example.com:13080/ram.setup/(Use the port number for the Default Host that is defined in Virtual Hosts under Environment in the navigation pane.)
  20. Now you can use the server setup application to deploy the other application files and configure your system. See Deploying and configuring application files by using the server setup application.
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