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The information contained in this section applies to WebSphere Commerce Version 8. The documentation also applies to all subsequent releases and modifications until otherwise indicated in a newer section.WebSphere Commerce is a single, unified e-commerce platform that offers the ability to do business directly with consumers (B2C), directly with businesses (B2B), and indirectly through channel partners (indirect business models). WebSphere Commerce is designed to be a customizable, scalable, and high availability solution that is built to leverage open standards. It provides easy-to-use tools for business users to centrally manage a cross-channel strategy. Business users can create and manage precision marketing campaigns, promotions, catalog, and merchandising across all sales channels.
Installing
Review the following sections for information about installing the WebSphere Commerce product, associated maintenance, and WebSphere Commerce enhancements.
Installing WebSphere Commerce Developer
This section describes how to install and configure WebSphere Commerce Developer. WebSphere Commerce Developer is a test environment for developers or system administrators to develop stores and WebSphere Commerce application code.
Setting up multiple identical development environments in an organization
Use the topics in this section to set up and manage multiple identical development environments in an organization.
Installing software onto multiple developer workstations
Installing software by using the Enterprise Deployment Utility
The Enterprise Deployment Utility is used to quickly replicate a custom WebSphere Commerce development environment onto multiple workstations.
Customizing the Enterprise Deployment Utility to perform additional steps
The Enterprise Deployment Utility supports replication of the WebSphere Commerce development environment that is provided by IBM. However, an enterprise environment might require a WebSphere Commerce development environment with particular customizations. The Enterprise Deployment Utility provides extension points that you can leverage to include extra custom deployment steps. The following topics provide customization guidelines and instructions.
Adding custom projects
If you need to add custom projects to the workspace, either start Ant APIs in Eclipse or use the import wizard in Rational Application Developer.

User Guide
The information contained in this section applies to WebSphere Commerce Version 8. The documentation also applies to all subsequent releases and modifications until otherwise indicated in a newer section.WebSphere Commerce is a single, unified e-commerce platform that offers the ability to do business directly with consumers (B2C), directly with businesses (B2B), and indirectly through channel partners (indirect business models). WebSphere Commerce is designed to be a customizable, scalable, and high availability solution that is built to leverage open standards. It provides easy-to-use tools for business users to centrally manage a cross-channel strategy. Business users can create and manage precision marketing campaigns, promotions, catalog, and merchandising across all sales channels.
- Planning
  Creating a custom implementation of a WebSphere Commerce store requires a significant amount of planning. From gathering client needs, to deploying the live solution, much work is needed to successfully deploy a custom client store. Use the resources in here to help you plan every phase of store creation.
- Installing
  Review the following sections for information about installing the WebSphere Commerce product, associated maintenance, and WebSphere Commerce enhancements.
  - Downloading WebSphere Commerce media images
    To install WebSphere Commerce, you require the product package. Follow these steps to successfully download the required media.
  - Installing WebSphere Commerce Developer
    This section describes how to install and configure WebSphere Commerce Developer. WebSphere Commerce Developer is a test environment for developers or system administrators to develop stores and WebSphere Commerce application code.
    - Setting up multiple identical development environments in an organization
      Use the topics in this section to set up and manage multiple identical development environments in an organization.
      - Overview of the IBM Packaging Utility
        The IBM Packaging Utility is a publicly available packaging tool that combines the repositories of different IBM software packages into a common central repository. You can use the utility to move software packages between repositories or delete software packages from central repositories.
      - Creating a central repository
        The following section describes how to download and install the IBM Packaging Utility, and then use it to create a central repository that includes all WebSphere Commerce assets.
      - Making your central repository available over the local intranet
        The central repository that you created can be used only on the server. To make the best use of it, you should make this central repository available over your local intranet.
      - Maintaining your central repository
        You can use the IBM Packaging Utility to maintain your central repository.
      - Installing software onto multiple developer workstations
        Installing software with the IBM Installation Manager
        Developers can use the Installation Manager to install software on their own environments with IBM Installation Manager.
        Installing software by using the Enterprise Deployment Utility
        The Enterprise Deployment Utility is used to quickly replicate a custom WebSphere Commerce development environment onto multiple workstations.
        Overview of the Enterprise Deployment Utility
        You can use the Enterprise Deployment Utility to replicate a custom WebSphere Commerce development environment onto multiple workstations. This utility installs WebSphere Commerce Developer V8.0 and can include custom projects in the workspace.
        Setting up the Enterprise Deployment Utility
        Before you can use the Enterprise Deployment Utility for the first time, you must set up the utility.
        Replicating the environment onto multiple workstations
        To replicate the WebSphere Commerce development environment onto multiple workstations, you need to run the deployment script one time on each workstation.
        Customizing the Enterprise Deployment Utility to perform additional steps
        The Enterprise Deployment Utility supports replication of the WebSphere Commerce development environment that is provided by IBM. However, an enterprise environment might require a WebSphere Commerce development environment with particular customizations. The Enterprise Deployment Utility provides extension points that you can leverage to include extra custom deployment steps. The following topics provide customization guidelines and instructions.
        Changing the database to DB2 or Oracle instead of Apache Derby
        You can change your database type to use DB2 or Oracle as your database for the WebSphere Commerce development environment. You must customize Enterprise Deployment Utility to include extra tasks before you replicate the environment onto multiple workstations.
        Adding custom projects
        If you need to add custom projects to the workspace, either start Ant APIs in Eclipse or use the import wizard in Rational Application Developer.
        Upgrading Rational Application Developer
        Enterprise Deployment Utility can be customized to update Rational Application Developer.
        Deploying WebSphere Commerce customizations
        The WebSphere Commerce Build and Deployment tool facilitates the automation of the WebSphere Commerce customization build and deployment processes. It serves as a starting point for achieving an automated and repeatable build and deployment of WebSphere Commerce customizations. It also provides a robust customization framework to extend the WebSphere Commerce Build and Deployment tool based on project needs.
        Verifying replication
        After you replicate, you check applicable log files to ensure that the operation was successful.
    - Installing WebSphere Commerce Developer on a single workstation
      This roadmap provides an overview of installing WebSphere Commerce Developer on a single development workstation.
  - Installing WebSphere Commerce
    The following roadmap provides a guide to installing WebSphere Commerce.
  - Installing or enabling other software
    The following software programs need extra installation or enablement steps if you want to use them with WebSphere Commerce.
  - Installing maintenance
    WebSphere Commerce updates include fixes to code or functionality through fix packs and include additions of new features or enhancements through mod packs.
- Migrating
  Before you migrate to WebSphere Commerce Version 8.0, review this information to help plan and execute your migration.
- Deploying
  The topics in this section describe how to publish stores to either a test or production environment, and how to deploy customized code.
- Operating
- Integrating
  Topics in the Integrating category highlight the tasks that are commonly performed for using WebSphere Commerce in combination with other products.
- Administering
- Tutorials
  WebSphere Commerce provides many tutorials to help you customize and understand your WebSphere Commerce instance and stores.
- Samples
- Developing
  The topics in the Developing section describe tasks performed by an application developer.
- Compliance
  The following section describes how you can leverage WebSphere Commerce features and functionality to help your site be compliant with different privacy and security standards.
- Securing
  These topics describe the security features of WebSphere Commerce and how to configure these features.
- Performance
- Troubleshooting

Adding custom projects

If you need to add custom projects to the workspace, either start Ant APIs in Eclipse or use the import wizard in Rational Application Developer.

You can create customizations by adding Apache Ant scripts and their properties under the custom directory:

WCDE_installdir/Enterprise Deployment/custom/build.xml
WCDE_installdir/Enterprise Deployment/custom/properties/custom.properties

About this task

Examples of how to customize projects are found in the WCDE_installdir/setup/setup.xml and WCDE_installdir/bin/setup.bat files.

Procedure

Extract the source of the custom projects from your Software Configuration Management repository or import them from the compressed files or local file system.
Compile the custom project files in the workplace.
Follow the examples in WCDE_installdir/setup/setup.xml to add similar targets in the WCDE_installdir/Enterprise Deployment/custom/build.xml file.
Replicate the environment onto multiple workstations.