How-to videos for deploying Rational based products - WebSphere and IBM HTTP Server configuration

Authors: PhilippeChevalier
Build basis: Collaboration Lifecycle Management Solution (CLM, JTS, RTC, RQM, RRC) 4.0.x.

This is the WebSphere and IBM HTTP Server configuration section of a 24 part video series. The series demonstrates an example enterprise deployment of Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management (CLM) products, Rational Team Concert (RTC), Rational Quality Manager (RQM) and Rational Requirements Composer (RRC), with Rational Reporting for Development Intelligence(RRDI).

These series is based on a deployment scenario using:

• IBM Websphere ND as the webserver
• IBM HTTP server for load balancing
• Oracle as the backend COTS database
• Redhat Linux as the operating system

The order of the videos below assumes that you wish to install all of the products in this section. Use the page contents, to the right, to navigate to the particular deployment help you require, if you are not trying to install all of the products featured in this section.

The series has been split into three component parts and these each have their own link in order to reduce the loading of any individual page.

• WebSphere and IBM HTTP Server configuration
• CLM Solution Configuration
• RRDI Configuration

WebSphere and IBM HTTP Server configuration

Public URI and host file configurations

A demonstration of configuring the public URI and host file for Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management V4.0.1.

Install WebSphere Application Server ND

A demonstration of installing IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment V8.0.0.3.

Documentation referenced in this video:

• Failures occur when running reports in dashboard with RTC, RQM and RRC after upgrading to WAS 8.0.0.5

IBM HTTP Server configuration and self-signed SSL certificate

A demonstration of setting up the IBM HTTP Server and creating an SSL certificate for IBM Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management V4.0.1.

Setup the IBM HTTP Server admin server

A demonstration of setting up the admin server of IBM HTTP Server.

Documentation referenced in this video:

• Administering and configuring the administration server

Application server profile creation for Rational CLM V4.0.1

A demonstration of creating an application server profile.

Documentation referenced in this video:

• Creating application server profiles

Setup WebSphere Application Server global security

A demonstration of setting up WebSphere global security to work with LDAP.

Documentation referenced in this video:

• Setting up WebSphere Application Server global security

Setup HTTP server proxy on RRDI application server instance

A demonstration of setting up an HTTP server proxy of the Rational Reporting for Development Intelligence (RRDI) application server instance.

Documentation referenced in this video:

• Configuring Enterprise CLM Reverse Proxies: WebSphere 8 and IHS 8

Add a second application server profile to the HTTP server proxy

A demonstration of setting up a second IBM WebSphere Application Server profile to the IBM HTTP Server proxy for IBM Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management V4.0.1.

Add a third application server profile to the HTTP server proxy

A demonstration of setting up a third IBM WebSphere Application Server profile to the IBM HTTP Server proxy for IBM Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management V4.0.1.

Related topics: How-to videos for deploying Rational based products, CLM Solution Configuration, RRDI Configuration, How to setup a DB2 V9 remote CLM Data Warehouse on a reporting server location

External links:

• IBM

Additional contributors: DeniseMcKinnon, MatthewQuimby, PaulEllis

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