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Figure 3-6 Accessing the portal from a browser

(Optional) Installing the Agent Controller

We did not install the Agent Controller, because in the next steps we will install

WebSphere Studio Application Developer on the same system as WebSphere

Application Server and WebSphere Portal.

Install WebSphere Studio Application Developer

We used CD-ROM number 22 and ran setup.exe from directory \wsad\win to

install WebSphere Studio Application Developer.

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Installing the Portal Toolkit

Doug Phillips wrote an additional paper on installing the Portal Toolkit,

configuring it to use the installed Portal Server for debugging, and developing a

first portlet to test the set-up. This paper, Developing and Debugging Portlets

Using the IBM Portal Toolkit Plug-in for WebSphere Studio Application

Developer, is available at:

http://www7b.software.ibm.com/wsdd/library/techarticles/0210_phillips/phillips.

html

Using this paper as our guide we performed the following steps:

򐂰 Registered userid wpsdebug with the Portal Server.

򐂰 Stopped WebSphere Application Server.

򐂰 Used CD-ROM number 18 to run install.bat from directory \PortalToolkit to

install the Portal Toolkit.

򐂰 Configured the portal server instance in WebSphere Studio, taking note that

on Step 6 of the paper you must un-check the box labelled “Use default

WebSphere deployment directory”, and on Step 13 change to port 9080.

򐂰 Created MyFirstPorlet, published it to the portal Debug Server, and tested it

by following Steps 1 through 6 in the paper.

Conclusion

Upon completion of these steps the portlet development environment was

installed and configured to debug and test portlets using the WebSphere Portal

Server installed on the Windows 2000 platform. Further information about

developing portlets using WebSphere Studio Application Developer can be found

in the IBM WebSphere Portal Developers Handbook, SG24-6897.

Portlets that have been developed using the portlet development environment

can be exported as Web Application Archive (WAR) files from WebSphere Studio

Application Developer as shown in Figure 3-7 on page 105 — by right-clicking on

the project name, selecting Export WAR, and then transferring the WAR file to

WebSphere Portal running on z/OS for subsequent deployment.