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6.3.4 Publishing stores using Store Services (seed environment)

After the WebSphere Commerce instance has been created and verified, you will

need to publish a store archive to “seed” the environment for development.

Refer to the WebSphere Commerce Studio and WebSphere Studio Application

Developer Integration Guide V5.4 for details.

We have listed the key issues we identified when following the document

process for publishing a store using Store Services with WebSphere Studio

Application Developer.

򐂰 When attempting to log on to Store Services within the WebSphere Studio

Application Developer using the built-in Web browser, we received the Error

0: _ERR_USER_AUTHORITY error message. To work around this problem, refer

to “Configure Web browser for WebSphere Studio Application Developer” on

page 263.

򐂰 After logging on to Store Services, you will have to wait until the page is

compiled before it is displayed (can take a couple of minutes). Use the Web

browser refresh option.

򐂰 When creating a new store within Store Services, you may see the alert

message This page contains both secure and non-secure items. Do you

want to display the non-secure items? We selected Yes.

6.4 WebSphere Portal and WebSphere Studio

Application Developer configuration

This section describes how to install and configure WebSphere Portal V4.2.1 and

supporting Toolkits within WebSphere Studio Application Developer V5.

6.4.1 Prerequisite software

In our example, we are using a single-node development environment

configuration. Prior to installation, WebSphere Portal requires the following to be

installed:

򐂰 DB2 Server

For details refer to 6.2.1, “DB2 Server installation” on page 262

򐂰 WebSphere Studio Application Developer V5

For details refer to 6.2.2, “WebSphere Studio Application Developer

installation” on page 262

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6.4.2 WebSphere Portal Toolkit V4.2.5 and WebSphere Portal V4.2.1

test environment installation

To install the WebSphere Portal Toolkit V4.2.5 (Web download) and WebSphere

Portal V4.2.1 (included in WebSphere Portal V4.2.1 Enable distribution) test

environment, do the following:

1. For information and download of the WebSphere Portal Toolkit V4.2.5, refer to

the following URL:

http://www-3.ibm.com/software/info1/websphere/index.jsp?tab=products/portal

toolkit

2. Run PortalToolkit425.exe to extract the installation files.

3. Close WebSphere Studio Application Developer (if it is already started) prior

to WebSphere Portal Toolkit installation.

4. Ensure DB2 is started.

5. To start the install the WebSphere Portal Toolkit and WebSphere Portal

Server within the WebSphere Studio Application Developer Test

Environment, run install.bat from the directory where it was extracted.

6. Select English and click OK. Then accept the license agreement.

7. On the component selection window, select Portal Toolkit (the default) and

WebSphere Portal for Test Environment.

Proceed to install Portal Toolkit 4.2.5.

8. If WebSphere Portal for Test Environment check box was selected, the

WebSphere Portal installation parameters window will be displayed. Enter the

required information as shown in Figure 6-4 on page 269. Make sure the fully

qualified host name is entered and can be resolved from your machine. We

recommend running the WebSphere Portal Test Environment on port 9080 to

prevent possible conflicts with WebSphere Commerce development

environment which may use port 80. Click Next.

Note: Language selection may not appear if your operating system locale

is set to English.

Note: If the machine has an existing installation of WebSphere Portal on

WebSphere Application Server Single Server Edition, the WebSphere

Portal for Test Environment cannot be installed by the Portal Toolkit

installer. The Toolkit will use the existing WebSphere Portal installation for

debugging.

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Figure 6-4 WebSphere Portal Test Environment installation settings

9. Enter the location of the wps and pzn subdirectories from WebSphere Portal

4.2.1 CD7. Click Next and proceed with the WebSphere Portal installation.

10.After the installation completes, click Next, then Finish to exit the installation

program.

11.Start WebSphere Studio Application Developer.

12.When WebSphere Studio Application Developer starts, you will be asked if

you want to open the Update Manager. Click Yes.

13.Pending Configuration Changes window will open as shown in Figure 6-5 on

page 270. Select the top level check box and click Finish.

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Figure 6-5 Configuration selection window

14.Click Yes when prompted to restart the workbench.

6.4.3 WebSphere Portal test environment server configuration

To configure the WebSphere Portal WebSphere Studio Application Developer

test environment, do the following:

1. Create a WebSphere Portal server instance and configure the test

environment.

a. When WebSphere Studio Application Developer restarts, open the Portlet

perspective.

b. In the Server Configuration pane, right-click and select New -> Server

and Server Configuration to create a new server.