Installing the WebSphere Commerce sample portal application
installs the WAR file provided by WebSphere Commerce to the WebSphere
Portal server.
Before you begin
- You have configured authentication on your WebSphere Commerce
machine.
Procedure
- Copy the MVCPortlet.war file from the WebSphere Commerce
machine, to a temporary directory on the machine that you use to access
the WebSphere Portal administration console. The default location
of the MVCPortlet.war file is:
- WC_installdir/components/wcportal/MVCPortlet/MVCPortlet.war
- WCDE_installdir/components/wcportal/MVCPortlet/MVCPortlet.war
- Open the WebSphere Portal administration console.
- Click .
- Select Install and enter the location
of the MVCPortlet.war file or click Browse to
find the location of the file to install.
- Click Next and verify WAR file information.
- Enter MVCPortlet.war as the Enterprise
Application display name.
- Enter /wps/wc as the Context root.
- Select Start application.
- Click Finish to install the WAR
file.
- If you install the WebSphere Commerce sample portlet application
into a WebSphere Portal cluster, the deployed portlets must be activated
before they can be used. To activate the portlets, complete the following
steps:
- Open the WebSphere Portal administration console.
- Click , and select File
name starts with as the Search by option.
- Type the name of the WAR file that you have installed.
For example, MVCPortlet.
- Click the Activate button beside
the MVCPortlet.war file. After the activation is complete, you will
not see "Stopped" in the status column.
What to do next
Configure WebSphere Portal based on your authentication type: