Content Template Catalog will not install unless you modify the ctc.properties or
ctc-zos.properties file to customize the installation.
Before you begin
You should already have extracted CTCInstall.zip to
a directory on the server where you want to install Content Template and customized
the ctc.properties or ctc-zos.properties file to
specify which components to install.
If you are installing Content Template on a cluster,
you only must install Content Template on
the primary node. After installing on the primary node, you must restart
all the nodes in the cluster.
About this task
Follow these steps to install specific applications on a
base portal or a stand-alone server.
Procedure
- Make a backup copy of the original ctc.properties or ctc-zos.properties file in
case you need to revert to it.
- Open the properties file in a text editor and make these
changes:
- Mandatory settings
- Enter the path of the server profile directory in the PROFILE_DIR parameter. For example:
- Mandatory settings when upgrading from Content Template Catalog version 3.x
- If upgrading from Content Template Catalog version
3.x, you must change UPGRADE_CTC_3 to
true. Content Template Catalog requires
that the Page Templates are located under Hidden Pages. This is an
optional step when migrating to HCL Portal or Web Content Manager 8.5, but is required
for the Content Template Catalog install.
By setting UPGRADE_CTC_3 to true, the Page Templates will be moved
under Hidden Pages if they have not been already.
- Mandatory settings when upgrading from Content Template Catalog version 4.2 or
lower
- Ensure that UPGRADE_CTC_42_OR_LOWER is
set to true. This option is not required if upgrading from version
4.3
- Optional settings
- By default, the installer is designed to work offline. This means
installation occurs without accessing external DTD files. If your
server has access to the Internet, you can set OFFLINE_MODE to
false, and external DTD files are accessed during install.
- A sample site is installed by default. If you do not want to install
the CTC Demo sample site, change CTC_DEMO to
false. See The Content Template demonstration site for further
information.
- To install the Multilingual solution and the CTC Multilingual
Demo site, change CTC_MLS to true
and ensure that CTC_DEMO is set
to true. See The localized CTC demonstration sites for
further information.
- A set of CTC ready groups and
users can be installed by setting CTC_USERS to
true.
Leave all other parameters to their default settings.
- Save and close the file.
- Ensure your HCL Portal server
is running.
- Start the installation program from the command line. If
you did not set the administrator passwords in the wkplc.properties file, you must add them
to the command line with the syntax:
-PortalAdminPwd password -WasPassword password
- Windows
- ctc-install.bat
- AIX® HP-UX Linux
- ctc-install.sh
Note: Ensure
that ctc-install.sh is enabled
to run as program before you run the command.
- z/OS®
- ctc-install-zos.sh
When the script finishes successfully, the installation
is complete.
- Restart the server to enable features that are used by Content Template.
- When the server restarts, open a web browser and navigate
to the Portal Administration page to check that Content Template installed successfully.
If you installed the demo content, you see a new set of pages at the
page root, and a set of Content Template libraries
in the list of Web Content Libraries.