Publishing the Aurora starter store

The Aurora.sar file is a store archive that contains the Aurora starter store. The archive contains the organization structure, predefined user roles, and access control policies necessary to create either a consumer direct or a B2B direct environment. The archive can also create a storefront asset store for the extended sites business mode.

The storefront includes Web 2.0 capabilities with Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (Ajax) and Dojo technologies to create a feature-rich working store. Use the Publish wizard in the Administration Console to publish this store archive.

Note: There are no enhancement store archive (.sar) files for the Aurora starter store. To obtain the latest Aurora store features for a specific feature pack, republish the Aurora.sar file after you install the feature pack and enable starter store enhancements.

Before you begin

Ensure that you completed the following tasks:

Installed WebSphere Commerce Feature Pack 8 or later
Enabled starter store enhancements
Enabled WebSphere Commerce search
Note:
- WebSphere Commerce search is automatically set up and the search index is built.
- You must manually set up WebSphere Commerce search and build the search index for each starter store that you publish.

Procedure

Open the Administration Console, selecting the Site option.
From the Store Archives menu, select Publish. The Store Archives page lists the store archives available for publish. By default, the page displaying composite store archives displays.
From the View list, select one of the following options:
- Consumer direct
- B2B direct
Select Aurora.sar.
Click Next. The Parameters page displays.

Select one of the following options:

Option	Description
Publish a stand-alone store	Select this option if you do not want an extended site.
Publish an asset store for use in the extended sites business model	Select this option if you are publishing an extended site and you want to use the Aurora starter store as the storefront asset store. For detailed instructions on publishing all the components of an extended site store, see ../../com.ibm.commerce.admin.doc/tasks/tpbpubsa_esite_v2.html.

From the Store type list, select the business model for your store:

If you are publishing a stand-alone store, you have the following options:

Option	Description
Consumer direct store (B2C)	Select this option to publish a store that contains the organization structure, predefined user roles, and access control policies for the consumer direct business model.
B2B direct store (B2B)	Select this option to publish a store that contains the organization structure, predefined user roles, and access control policies for the B2B direct business model. You must choose this option if you want a store that supports business accounts, contracts, and requisition lists.

If you are publishing an asset store, you have the following options:

Option	Description
Consumer direct storefront asset store (MPS)	Select this option to publish a storefront asset store for the consumer direct business model.
B2B direct storefront asset store (BMP)	Select this option to publish a storefront asset store for the B2B direct business model.

Complete the publish wizard parameters that apply to the business model you selected:

Store directory

The name of the directory that you want to contain the storefront assets (such as JSP files and images).

The default value is Aurora. If you are publishing more than one type of store from the Aurora.sar store archive, consider changing to a more meaningful name, for example, Aurora_B2C.

Store identifier

The name that uniquely identifies the published store.

The default value is Aurora. If you are publishing more than one type of store from the Aurora.sar store archive, consider changing to a more meaningful name, for example, Aurora_B2C.

Sample data (displayed only for stand-alone stores)

The data assets that you want published to your store.

The default value is Housewares. The Housewares sample data includes the hardware catalog for the B2B direct Aurora starter store.

Organization (displayed only when publishing asset stores)

The organization to which you want to publish the store archive.

The default value is Seller Organization (Root Organization).

Catalog asset store (displayed only when publishing asset stores)

The name of the store that contains the shared catalog data in the extended site.

Inventory Model

The choice of inventory model to be used in the store: ATP (available to promise), Non-ATP, External inventory, No inventory, or DOM inventory.

The default value is ATP.
Click Next. The Summary page displays, listing the store archive and parameters that are selected, and the location to which the store archive is published.
After reviewing the summary information, click Finish. A confirmation dialog displays, telling you the number of the publishing job. Note the job number for future reference.
To check the publishing status, click Refresh.
When the Publish Status column displays Successful, select the corresponding job number and click Details.
Set up WebSphere Commerce search and build the search index.
1. Set up the search index.
2. Preprocess the search index data.
3. For B2B direct stores, if you want contract prices to display in the catalog browsing pages, you must index the contract prices. Choose one of the following options:
  - Use the di-calculateprice utility to index contract prices on demand by using the command line (see Building the WebSphere Commerce search contract price index).
  - Use the ContractPriceCalculate job command to index contract prices on a schedule (see Creating and scheduling the ContractPriceCalculate job).
  For an overview of contract pricing, see Indexing contract prices in WebSphere Commerce search.
4. Build the WebSphere Commerce search index.
Restart the WebSphere Commerce Server.
Restart the WebSphere Commerce Test Server to ensure the search index is built correctly.
Launch the published store in a browser.
1. In the Administration Console, select Store Archives > Publish Status.
2. Select your store archive and click Details.
3. Click Launch Store.
Note: If your published store does not display the category navigation in the storefront, you must rebuild the search index. For more information, see Troubleshooting: Storefront categories do not display after you publish a store archive.
When you have finished viewing the store, bookmark the site, and close the browser.
Optional: If you published a B2B direct store, and if you want to use the sample organizations and user accounts for a B2B direct store that are already set up for the Aurora starter store, see Accessing sample organizations and user accounts to try out Aurora B2B capabilities.