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Figure 9-5 ITSO B2B CEP store MyStore home page

4. Experiment with the other options listed.

Congratulations! You have completed the ITSO B2B CEP store deployment to

the WebSphere Commerce Portal runtime environment.

9.2 Deploy the ITSO B2B CEP store to the development

test environment

After completing the configuration of development environment, as described in

Chapter 6, “Implement the development environment” on page 253, the ITSO

B2B CEP store can be deployed to the development environment.

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The high-level steps to deploy the ITSO B2B CEP store are as follows:

1. ITSO sample code

2. Database backup

3. Create CEP organization

4. Prepare the ITSO B2B CEP store template for publishing

5. Create the CEP store from the ITSO B2B CEP store template

6. Publish the CEP store

7. Post-publish CEP store configuration

8. Deploy the commerce enabled portlets

9. Verify commerce enabled portal

9.2.1 ITSO sample code

For details on the ITSO sample code refer to 9.1.1, “ITSO sample code” on

page 311.

9.2.2 Database backup

Before you deploy the ITSO B2B CEP store in the development environment, we

recommend that you back up the WebSphere Commerce instance database.

Refer to “Back up a DB2 database” on page 375 for details.

9.2.3 Create CEP organization

Create a new organization for the fictitious working example CEP store from the

WebSphere Commerce Administration Console.

1. Open WebSphere Studio Application Developer by Start -> Programs ->

IBM WebSphere Studio -> Application Developer 5.0.

2. Open the Server perspective. In the Servers window, right-click the

WebSphereCommerceServer server and select Start.

3. Enter the following URL in a Web browser to start the WebSphere Commerce

Administration Console in the WebSphere Test Environment:

http://localhost:8080/webapp/wcs/tools/servlet/ToolsLogon?XMLFile=admincons

ole.AdminConsoleLogon

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4. Log in as wcsadmin, select Site and click OK.

5. Select Access Management -> Organizations from the menu bar.

6. From the Organization window, click New.

7. Enter the following in the Details window and then click Next:

– Short name (required): CEP

– Distinguished Name: o=CEP,o=Root Organization

– Description: CEP

– Business category: CEP

– Organization type: select Organization

8. Enter the following in the Address window and then click Finish:

– Street address (required):

– City (required):

– State/Province (required):

– Zip/Postal code (required):

– Country/Region (required):

9. Log out and close the WebSphere Commerce Administration Console.

9.2.4 Prepare the ITSO B2B CEP store template for publishing

Prior to publishing the ITSO B2B CEP store, we need to create a new directory

for the ITSO B2B CEP store template SAR file, configure the SARRegistry.xml

for the template to be visible from Store Services, and create a new store for the

CEP organization.

1. Create a directory for the ITSO B2B CEP store template on the WebSphere

Commerce Portal development node in the <CEP-HOME>\samplestores

directory. For example, <CEP-HOME>\samplestores\cep, where

<CEP-HOME> is the physical path where you installed the WebSphere

Commerce Enhancement Pack.

2. Copy the ITSO provided B2B CEP sample store template SAR file,

c:\sg246890-code\sar\b2bCep_en_US_es_ES.sar and Features_en_US.html

from the c:\sg246890-code\sar\ directory to the

Note: Make sure you use external Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 or above.

Do not use WebSphere Studio Application Developer integrated browser. If

you want to open the browser from WebSphere Studio Application

Developer, then change the WebSphere Studio Application Developer

Web browser preference to use external browser options.

Refer to “Configure Web browser for WebSphere Studio Application

Developer” on page 263 for details.