Deploying the monitor and control tool on WebSphere Application Server

You can deploy the monitor and control servlet on WebSphere® Application Server using the outlined steps.

About this task

Start the administrative console. (Log in with the user ID and password). Once the Rational® Publishing Engine monitor and control servlet is deployed, the administration console is available at the URL, http://server:port/rpemc/ui/index.html.

Procedure

  1. Deploy Rational Publishing Engine monitor and control servlet.
    1. Under Applications, select Install New Application. Under Path to new application, select rpemc from the installation folder. Enter the Context root. The recommend entry is rpemc. This entry will be a part of the URL used for configuring the client. Click Next.
    2. Accept the settings in the following screens: Select installation options, Map modules to servers, Map virtual host for Web modules,Summary. Click Finish.
    3. Click Save directly to the master configuration.
  2. Configure Security
    1. Click Users and Groups>Manage Users. Click Create and create two users, rpe_admin and rpe_client.
    2. Open the roles to users view for rpemc. Navigate to Applications > Enterprise Applications and select rpe_mc from the list.
    3. To associate roles, navigate to Enterprise Applications > rpemc_war > Security role to user/group mapping. WAS will display two roles defined by the Deploy Rational Publishing Engine monitor and control servlet: Associate rpe_mc_client role with both rpe_admin and rpe_client users and Associate rpe_mc_admin role with rpe_admin user. Click OK.
    4. Click Save directly to the master configuration.
    You must also change the class loader policies in WAS for the Rational Publishing Engine monitor and control tool.
    1. Navigate to Enterprise Applications > rpemc_war > Class loader.
    2. Under Class loader order, select Classes loaded with application class loader first.
    3. Under WAR class loader policy, select Single class loader for application.
    4. Click Apply and OK
  3. Check for WAS security settings.
    1. Navigate to Security > Secure administration, applications and infrastructure. Clear the check box, Use Java 2 security to restrict application access to local resources.
    2. Navigate to Security > Secure administration, applications and infrastructure > Web security > general settings. Select the check box Authenticate only when URI is protected.
  4. Start the RPE MC application.
    1. Navigate to Applications > Enterprise Applications and click Start. The following confirmation message displays, Application rpemc_var on server sever1 and node IBM-74569A1E1EFNode01 started successfully.
  5. Test the Rational Publishing Engine monitor and control servlet.
    1. Logout from the WAS Admin Console. It is mandatory to logout from the WAS Admin Console. As BASIC authentication is used, only a single session per browser can exist. By staying logged in as WAS ADMIN, you will be unable to access the Rational Publishing Engine resources to which only the rpe_admin has access. Accessing those resources will display the following message, Error 403: AuthorizationFailed.
    2. To verify the installation navigate to /rpemc/ui/index.html. On prompt, provide the rpe_admin credentials. If configured correctly, you can view the UI of Rational Publishing Engine monitor and control.
    3. Click Refresh Jobs. The results are displayed.

What to do next

Specify the URL of the monitor and control servlet for a remote server from Setting preferences.

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