How do I find the Windows 7 value for "fully qualified hostname"?
I am trying to install RTC 4.0.0.1 on my laptop to do demos. To configure the server, the instructions indicate I need to point my Web browser to the following address:
https://[fully qualified hostname]:9443/jts/setup What name should I use? I have tried the System Computer Name, but it doesn't work. I have also tried localhost and mylocalhost. I am running Windows 7 64 bit. I would appreciate some help.
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Ralph Schoon (63.5k●3●36●46)
| answered Sep 28 '12, 2:35 a.m.
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Hi Kathy,
what I typically do is to put an alias into C:/windows/System32/drivers/etc/hosts for example # localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself. 127.0.0.1 localhost 127.0.0.1 clm.example.com This allows me to use clm.example.com as a fully qualified host name. Kathy Harper selected this answer as the correct answer
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Kathy Harper
commented Sep 28 '12, 12:02 p.m.
Thanks Ralph - just tried it, but still get an error. Specific message is "The requested resource (/jts/setup) is not available" |
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Was the tomcat server started up OK?
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Kathy Harper
commented Sep 28 '12, 10:15 a.m.
Thanks for responding. Tomcat Server did start, but I got a number of errors. Last message is "Info:Server Startup in 1871 ms". Before that, there are SEVERE messages such as the scratchDir you specified.... is unusable. I used the Interactive Installation Guide, and it didn't tell me to follow the instructions for " Running in Apache Tomcat as a Windows service (64-bit)" So I assumed I didn't want to run to do that..
Ralph Schoon
commented Sep 28 '12, 10:25 a.m.
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Kathy,
Kathy Harper
commented Sep 28 '12, 12:06 p.m.
Thanks Ralph - perhaps I should uninstall Jazz, RTC (with the IBM Installation Manager), and reinstall into a different folder - IBMJazz, for example. I would rather not run Apache Tomcat as a Windows service, unless absolutely necessary, as it looks messy changing all the "system" files |
Hi Kathy,
localhost should work fine in your laptop installation for demos. You use fully qualified hostname if you want to access this server from another computer. Did you install default Derby and Tomcat? Before running the server setup you must start the application server. If you installed Tomcat, you can start it from start > All Programs > IBM Collaborative Lifecycle Management > Start the Jazz Team Server, then wait until everything is deployed and applications are started. Do not close the Tomcat window. You have to keep that session alive as long as you want to be connected to the JTS. Hope this helps, Mahmoud Comments
Sterling Ferguson-II
commented Sep 27 '12, 10:27 p.m.
Hello,
On the windows 7 machine, can you keep it running as a service?
Clement Liu
commented Sep 27 '12, 10:31 p.m.
T M
commented Sep 27 '12, 10:45 p.m.
myhostname.mydomainname.com 127.0.0.1 And, you can use the myhostname.mydomainname.com as your FQH on your laptop.
Kathy Harper
commented Sep 28 '12, 12:08 p.m.
Hi - thanks to all. I did figure out how to add (or uncomment) the localhost entry in the host file, but I am still having problems. I don't know if my system uses LDAP or not - would this make a difference?. See above comment to first answer. |
On Windows 7 you can find the fully qualified hostname in the System panel of the Control Panel. There will be a section called Computer name, domain, and workgroup settings that list:
You want the Full computer name
The system Panel can be opened in a number of ways:
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Kathy Harper
commented Sep 28 '12, 12:10 p.m.
Thanks Alex - I actually tried to use the "Full Computer Name" before posting, but it didn't work. I appreciate your response. |
Hi Kathy
It sounds like things may have got a bit messy. You need to do the following 1) set up your etc/hosts file so it can use a fixed fully-qualified domain name as Ralph has suggested. 2) Uninstall RTC and then delete all the files/directories left over in c:\program files(x86)\JazzTeamServer (assuming you used the default settings) so you really are starting from scratch. 3) Reinstall RTC - use another directory as suggested above - I replace c:\Program Files(x86) with c:\IBM (shorter names are better on Windows :-) 4) Run server.startup to start RTC. If you get errors on startup - stop right there and come back here for help. Assuming you don't have errors - then you can go to the https://[servername]:9443/jts/setup and you will be able to fill in the server name and continue with setup. LDAP only becomes relevant if you enable LDAP - by default you would be using Tomcat and store users names in Tomcat's user directory. Hope that helps anthony Comments
Kathy Harper
commented Sep 28 '12, 2:11 p.m.
Thanks a bunch! I was trying to figure out if I had enabled LDAP. I don't think so (it is one of the questions in the "Interactive Installation Guide") I will follow your directions, and come back here to advise if it worked, or not.
Kathy Harper
commented Sep 28 '12, 4:32 p.m.
Anthony - your solution worked - thanks a bunch |
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