Planning the installation

Before you install the product, make sure that you have met the installation prerequisites and that you understand how to install the product for your specific environment.

The following workflow diagram shows the necessary components to install IBM® Rational® Publishing Engine.

Install Rational Publishing EngineUse the IBM Installation Manager to install IBM® Rational Publishing Engine Connect to license server Setting Preferences Generating documents with Rational® Publishing Engine Deploying Rational Publishing Engine Web ServicesYou can deploy the Rational Publishing Engine web services on the Apache Tomcat server and WebSphere Application server to run remote reports, the REST data services, and the data adapter services. Deploying the monitor and control servletYou can know how to deploy the monitor and control servlet. Deploying Data ServicesYou can deploy the IBM Rational Publishing Engine Data Services using the outlined instructions. The Rational Data Services parameters are provided by Rational Data Services and are found %CATALINA_HOME%\webapps\DataServices\WEB-INF\web.xml. Installing the Rational Publishing Engine Add-insYou can install the add-ins at the same time as IBM Rational Publishing Engine or later. IBM Rational Publishing Engine integrates with IBM IBM Rational DOORS and IBM Rational Tau to help you generate documents from within your familiar environment. You can generate documents using predefined document templates or document specifications.
IBM Rational Publishing Engine is an Eclipse based application that is installed on the desktop of a user's workstation. You can create documents that include data from multiple applications. You can install Rational Publishing Engine and during the installation, you have the option to install the following: When you complete the installation, you will have two clients:

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