Installation tasks

Review this overview of the installation tasks that you might perform, including installing IBM® Rational® Publishing Engine and configuring Rational Publishing Engine web services, data services, and the monitor and control servlet.
The following list displays the installation and configuration tasks that you might perform and their related help topics:
  1. Installing the application server
  2. Installing the license server
  3. Installing Rational Publishing Engine
  4. Deploying web services
  5. Deploying data services
  6. Deploying the monitor and control servlet

Installing the application server

If you are planning on using a remote publishing process, you must install either WebSphere® Application Server or Apache Tomcat before you can deploy the web services, data services, or monitor and control servlet.

Installing the license server

You are not required to install a license server on every computer that is using Rational Publishing Engine. Install the license server on one server and distribute license keys to the Rational Publishing Engine users.

Installing Rational Publishing Engine

The web services, monitor and control servlet, or data services can be installed with the Rational Publishing Engine client.
Note: The Rational Publishing Engine installation on Windows updates several registry entries for Rational DOORS®. If Rational DOORS is installed after Rational Publishing Engine, run the Rational Publishing Engine installer again and click Modify/Repair feature to restart Rational DOORS. This updates the latest registry changes made by the Rational Publishing Engine installer.

Installing the web applications

When you install Rational Publishing Engine, you have the option of installing add-ins and web applications. The web applications enable you to allocate document generation jobs to a remote server rather than a local computer. The web applications include web services, data services, and the monitor and control servlet. See the topics on installing Rational Publishing Engine, which includes installing the web applications.

Installing the add-ins

These add-ins are available for IBM Rational DOORS and IBM Rational Tau integrations. You can install the add-ins during the Rational Publishing Engine installation, which enables you to start publishing processes directly from Rational DOORS or Rational Tau. If a valid installation of one of those products is found, the add-ins are automatically installed. However, you can also install the add-ins later.

Deploying web services

You can relocate resource and time-consuming publishing operations to another computer or server by using Rational Publishing Engine web services. Installs with the Rational Publishing Engine client.

Deploying the monitor and control servlet

A central monitor and control servlet enhances Rational Publishing Engine document generation.

Deploying data services

Rational Publishing Engine provides a REST interface for your product through data service adapters. If your product sources already have a built-in XML data service, you are not required to use or install the data services.

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