Deploying the help system on Apache Tomcat

If you did not install the product on the server where you are deploying the help, you can deploy the help on Apache Tomcat application server.

Before you begin

Procedure

To deploy the help.war file:

  1. In a browser, enter the following URL to open the Tomcat Manager application: http://localhost:8080/manager/html
  2. Enter the user name and password.
  3. In the Deploy > WAR file to deploy section, click Choose file.
  4. Select the help.war file.
  5. Click Deploy. The help.war file is deployed, started, and included in the Applications section. The help.war file is also copied to the CATALINA_HOME/webapps directory.
  6. Verify that you can access the help system by adding help/index.jsp to the end of your server application URL where help is the name of your .war file. For example: http://localhost:8080/help/index.jsp.
    Note:
    • The help system might not contain help content yet. Next, install the documentation into the help system.
    • If your help system is deployed on the same Apache Tomcat server as the product, the help system starts and stops when the product application is started and stopped.

What to do next

  1. Install the help content on the server by completing one of the following tasks:
  2. If other users are accessing this help content from the products that were installed on their computers with IBM Installation Manager, provide them with the server, the port, and the path to the help system. Ensure that the server you provide is not localhost.
    Example: http://server.ibm.com:8080/help-name/index.jsp
    • Server: server.ibm.com
    • Port: 8080
    • Path: /help-name
Related information:
Apache Tomcat website
IBM developer kits
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