WCS v7 Installation Steps

This post explains the setup of Websphere Commerce Developer v7 installation using the below software versions

• Rational Application Developer 7.5.4 and updating it to 7.5.5.5 (direct installation to 7.5.5.5 will also follow similar steps, but i did not have this version so this round about way)
• Websphere Commerce Developer 7
• Fix Pack 5
• Feature Pack 4

Fix Pack and Feature pack steps can be used for any other latest versions as well

RAD 7.5.4 Installation steps

Open the RAD installation files folder and click on launchpad.exe. The below screen will be displayed. Select the first option to install RAD 7.5.4. This will cause the installation manager setup to run. Please follow the onscreen instructions to complete installation manager setup. Screen shots and steps involved for Installation Manager setup is not included here, but it is a straightforward installation, you can just accept all default values and finish the installation..

Please make sure that the RAD installation folder contains all disks in one folder else in the final step you may need to manually select the disk folders each time when prompted.

After the setup completes the installation manager will open automatically and will be shown the screen as below. Click the install icon on that screen.

In the next screen you will see list of options to install.

Select the option to install RAD 7.5.4 and IBM WAS 7.0.0 test environment and click Next

Accept the license agreement in the next page and click Next

Select a directory to install shared resources. Please make sure that you do not have space in the directory selected like ‘Program Files’ or the target directory is not nested too deep inside other folders. This will cause problems. Recommended folder path will be C:\IBM

In the next page select the directory to install the main files. Follow the same directory naming conditions ad explained in the previous step.

Skip the next step without making any changes and click Next.

Skip the next step without making any changes and click Next.

In the next step apart from the default options checked, make sure that the below listed items are selected for RAD 7.5.4

• Under Web Development Tools, select Web Development Tools, Struts Tools, and SDO - Domino and JDBC Mediators
• Java EE Developer Productivity Enhancements
• Java EE Assembly and Deploy
• Tools for WebSphere Application Server, version 7.0 (under WebSphere Application Server development)
• Data tools
• Java client application edition (VE)
• Visualization
• Line level code coverage
• Test and Performance Tools
• Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools
• JET Transformation Authoring and Runtime
• Plug-in Development Environment (PDE)

In the tree view select WAS test environment and make sure that feature pack for Communication enabled applications is selected. This is needed for Co-Shopping. You can also select all Feature pack available if you have enough space in your system.

In the next step, select the option ‘Access help from the web’ and click the second option to configure in the left pane.

Make sure that ‘Create a profile’ is un-checked and click Next.(In the below picture it is check but please make sure that this check box is un-checked)

Review the summary and click Install.

The installation will take minimum of 1 hour to complete.

Once RAD 7.5.4 install is complete, we need to update it to 7.5.5.5. To do this add the below repositories in the Installation Manager

• http://download.boulder.ibm.com/ibmdl/pub/software/rationalsdp/v75/rad/updates/
• http://download.boulder.ibm.com/ibmdl/pub/software/rationalsdp/v75/rad/extensions/

Then click the Update button and follow the on screen instruction which will be almost same as the above screen shots.

Now our RAD version should be 7.5.5.5

Next will be installation of WCS.

WCS 7 installation

Open Installation Manager from the Windows START menu.

In the file menu, click Preferences.

In the Repositories section, click the ‘Add Repository’ button and add the repository.config file in the WCS7 installation folder.

E.G: D:\IBM Websphere\WCS v7.0\repository.config

Also add the repositories for the WCS 7 Fix pack 5 and Feature pack 4 which was downloaded separately.

Click the Install button

Check all check box as shown below.

Accept the license agreements

Select the folder to install WCS7. Make sure there are no spaces in the folder names.

Keep the default values and click next.

Select the option to enable all feature packs.

Please note that this will not enable Social Commerce feature pack which needs to be done separately.

Click Install

Make sure there are no errors

I will explain enabling of Social Commerce in the next post.