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Vikas ManoriaIT Specialist – IBM Academic Initiativevmanoria@in.ibm.com

Section - 5) Running Applications

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Section 5 - Section 5 - Running Applications (9%)Running Applications (9%)

Use WebSphere Application Server to run Use WebSphere Application Server to run J2EE applications J2EE applications

Create and configure data sources Create and configure data sources Add and remove projects from the server Add and remove projects from the server Run stand-alone Java applicationsRun stand-alone Java applications

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Deploying and Testing in WebSphere V6.1 Deployment, testing, and

administration is identical for all V6.1 Servers- Test environment- Separate BASE or ND

environments

Configuration through administration console

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WebSphere Application Server V6.1

WebSphere Application Server V6.1

Stand-alone Installation

Cell

Node

WAS 6.1

WAS 6.1

Node Agent

Network Deployment (ND)J2EE EnterpriseApplication

Properties

ComponentsComponentsResources

Node

WAS 6.1

WAS 6.1

Node Agent

Deployment Manager

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Creating a New Server (1 of 2)

In Rational Application Developer, create a new server in the Servers view.

Create a new profile with the Profile Management tool.

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Creating a New Server (2 of 2)

Select the profile from the drop-down list

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Adding Applications to the Server

Adding projects to a server creates a relationship between the project and the server- A project is published after you add the project, you add it using the Add

and Remove projects menu item- Rational Application Developer publishes the application to the server

when you start the server from the Servers view- You can manually publish any projects you have added by selecting the

Publish to the server icon in the Servers view toolbar

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Considerations for Adding Applications

The actual location of application binaries depends on publishing settings:- Run server with resources within the workspace

Certain types of changes you make to applications are automatically applied A server has orphaned applications if a workspace with applications was

deleted

- Run server with resources on server Changes to applications must be published in order to take effect

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Editing Server Resource Settings (1 of 2)

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2

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Editing Server Resource Settings (2 of 2)1

2

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3

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Controlling Servers in the Servers View With a server selected in the Servers view:

- Start the server in one of three modes Start to run applications normally Debug to step through application execution Profile to monitor application performance

Console view displays server log and error messages Double-click a server to edit its configuration

Start server in Debug

mode

Start server in Profiling

mode

Start server in Normal

mode

Restart the

server

Stop the

server

Publish projects to server

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Examining Server Status

The Servers view displays the current status of all the servers. The Status column indicates whether or not a server has been started. The following lists the possible server status:

StartingStarted in

debug modeStopping

StartedStarted in

profile modeStopped

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Web Application Deployment in WebSphere Deployment, Testing, and Administration is identical for all WebSphere v6.1

servers- Test Environment- Separate BASE or Network Deployment (ND) Environment

Applications can also be exported and installed through the Admin console or wsadmin

The Admin console can be accessed through the server in the Rational Application Developer Servers view

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Administrative Console Overview

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Administrative Console Navigation TreeChoose an action:

- Help with Activities- Administer application and Web servers- Administer and install applications- Administer resource providers (JDBC, JMS)- Enable and configure security- Configure virtual hosts, variables- Administer the Administration Console- Administer Users and Groups- Configure Performance Monitoring- Configure Logs and Tracing- Configure SOA elements- Configure UDDI nodes

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Applications: Console Options

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Applications: Installation (1 of 2)

Specify the application (EAR file) or stand-alone module (JAR or WAR file) to install- If installing a Web module, specify the context root

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Applications: Installation (2 of 2)

Remaining steps involve- Selecting installation

options- Mapping modules to

servers- Mapping virtual hosts for

web modules

Once the application has been installed, you must save the master configuration

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Resources: JDBC DataSources

In addition to General Properties, you can set Connection pool properties using this form

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Guided Activities: Connecting to a Database This guided activity leads you through a set of steps to

configure database access for an application using JDBC Datasources.

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Checkpoint

1.When is the Rational Agent Controller required to be installed?

2.How can you add projects to a server directly from Rational Application Developer?

3.How can you remove them?

4.The universal test client will not start; what might be the problem?

5.How many server profiles can be created?

6.What is the purpose of the TCP/IP monitor?

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Checkpoint answers

1.For profiling applications.

2.Via the Add and Remove Projects dialog, server context menu, or by choosing Run/Debug/Profile on server from the Project Explorer context menu.

3.Same as adding, or through the administrative console. Note: Simply deleting the project in the workbench will not remove it from the server.

4.In the Server Overview dialog, Enable universal test client might be unchecked. [There are several other answers, of course! This is the one that was given in this unit]

5.As many as required.

6.To intercepts and relays data on a particular port.

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Lab

Create Server InstanceAdd/remove projectsConfigure ServerStart/stop ServerServer Console

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