WebSphere Commerce V5.4 Handbook: Architecture and Integration Guide

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This chapter is organized into the following sections:

 AIX installation

 DB2 Server installation

 DB2 Client installation

 Remote IBM HTTP Server installation

 WebSphere Application Server installation

 WebSphere Commerce installation

 WebSphere Commerce Payments installation

 WebSphere Commerce post-install configuration

 WebSphere Commerce instance creation

 WebSphere Commerce post-instance config

 Remote IBM HTTP Server configuration

 Create a store from a sample store

 Deploy a store

 WebSphere HTTP transport SSL configuration

 Verify the store and runtime

13.1 AIX installation

All systems to be used in the scenario have the same basic requirements. Refer

to the sections below for details and tips for the AIX 5.1 installation in preparation

for WebSphere Commerce V5.4.

13.1.1 File system planning

Unlike some other UNIX variations, AIX has the ability to increase the size of a

file system with relative ease using the chfs command after the installation of the

operating system. Table 13-1 defines the file system space needed for each

node of the AIX three-tier runtime environment.

Table 13-1 ITSO test systems for AIX three-tier runtime environment

Hardware spec

Remote Web

server

(Machine A)

Commerce

Application

Server

(Machine B)

Remote

Database Server

(Machine C)

Machine type IBM RS/6000 43P

Model 150

(7043-150)

IBM RS/6000 44P

Model 170

(7044-170)

IBM RS/6000

Server F50

(7025-F50)

Processor(s) 1 x 375 MHz

PowerPC 604e

1 x 450 MHz

POWER3

2 x 332 MHz

PowerPC 604

System memory 512 MB 2 GB 1 GB

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Allocate disk space

The recommendations in the

Installation Guide, IBM WebSphere Commerce

V5.4 Professional and Business Edition for AIX

will allow all WebSphere

Commerce components to be installed on the same machine. In this

configuration, the recommendations are as follows:

 /usr 4 GB

 /tmp 1 GB

 /home 1 GB (only necessary on DB2 Server system)

 paging space 1 GB per CPU

To increase the size of a file system on AIX, enter the following command:

# chfs -a size=’<number_of 512_byte_blocks>’ <filesystem_mount_point>

For example:

# chfs -a size=’600000’ /tmp

13.1.2 Network configuration

In this scenario, we used the following host names for the three-tier AIX runtime:

 Remote Web Server node

– Host name: webaix1

 Commerce Application Server node

– Host name: comaix1

 Remote DB2 Server node

– Host name: db2aix1

 Remote WebSphere Commerce Payments node

– Host name: payaix1

Disk space

allocation

/usr 2 GB

/tmp 300 MB

/usr 4 GB

/tmp 300 MB

/db2data 1 GB

Hardware spec

Remote Web

server

(Machine A)

Commerce

Application

Server

(Machine B)

Remote

Database Server

(Machine C)

Note: In this scenario, we do not configure firewalls or the Network

Dispatcher. In Chapter 14, “AIX: Web server load balancing and horizontal

cloning” on page 523, we add firewalls and Network Dispatcher to the

environment.

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13.1.3 Software prerequisites

For a complete listing of software prerequisites, refer to the

Installation Guide,

IBM WebSphere Commerce V5.4 Professional and Business Edition for AIX

product guide. In this section, we provide new information and information in

need of clarification.

AIX 32-bit mode

WebSphere Commerce requires AIX 5.1. However WebSphere Application

Server V4.0.3 is supported in 32-bit mode only, and does not exploit 64-bit mode

features.

Required filesets

The following filesets are required by WebSphere Application Server V4 and

WebSphere Commerce V5.4. Nearly all packages listed are installed by default

for the AIX 5.1 installation.

 X11.adt.lib

 X11.adt.motif

 X11.base.lib

 X11.base.rte

 X11.motif.lib

 bos.adt.base

 bos.adt.include

 bos.rte.net

 bos.rte.libc

 bos.net.tcp.client

WebSphere Commerce requires the X11.adt.motif (AIXwindows Application

Development Toolkit Motif) file set, which is not installed by default. It can be

found on AIX 5.1 installation CD 1.

Install AIX 5.1 recommended maintenance package

At the time of writing this redbook, we tested with AIX maintenance level 1 and 2.

In this section we describe how to obtain and install the AIX 5.1 maintenance

level 2.

Note: The wc54aixpreq.sh script in the Software_Patches directory on the

WebSphere Commerce Disk 2 CD will warn you if the X11.adt.motif file set is

not installed. This file set is not required for WebSphere Application Server

V4.0.x, but is mandatory for WebSphere Commerce.