Setting up an HCL Commerce Developer Legacy environment
In previous iterations of HCL Commerce, all site features were developed within a single development environment. This environment was built with the HCL Commerce Developer software package. With HCL Commerce Version 9.1, this software environment has been renamed to the HCL Commerce Developer Legacy environment to more reflect its usage within the product.
The HCL Commerce Developer Legacy environment is the
foundation for the larger HCL Commerce Developer suite of software. It includes the
combination of Rational Application Developer and the HCL Commerce toolkit. The
HCL Commerce toolkit provides a workspace and test environment, and can be
used in any combination of the following, based on your own development, migration,
testing, or deployment requirements:
- The development of all HCL Commerce integrations, and/or custom business logic. Use the HCL Commerce Developer Legacy environment to integrate HCL Commerce with third party solutions, or to extend your Transaction server or Customization server business logic.
- The creation, customization, or modification of Solr-based search and/or Aurora-based store solutions.
- The migration of previous versions of WebSphere Commerce to HCL Commerce Version 9.1.
- The integrated (end-to-end) testing of all aspects of your HCL Commerce site.
- The building of your Docker containers, containing your fully customized e-commerce solution, for deployment to your production environment.
To set up a HCL Commerce Developer Legacy environment, you must install the HCL Commerce Developer Legacy environment software and then set your development environment workspace to use either an IBM Db2, or Oracle database.
Attention:
- Coexistence with other versions of the HCL Commerce Developer Legacy environment is not supported. If you are migrating, install HCL Commerce Developer Legacy environment on a separate machine from your old HCL Commerce development environment.
- If you are upgrading an existing HCL Commerce Developer Legacy environment, see HCL Commerce Developer update overview.
- Upon installation, the HCL Commerce Developer Legacy environment is configured for use with the newer Elasticsearch-based search solution. If you are intending to use your Developer Legacy environment to maintain or develop a Solr-based search solution, you must reconfigure your environment. For more information, see Configuring your HCL Commerce Developer Legacy environment for use with the Solr-based search solution.