Enabling End Users to Specify IBM WebSphere Server Information
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You can add to your projects run-time panels or consoles that enable end users to specify settings for IBM WebSphere servers before deploying Web applications to these servers. For example, you can let end users specify information such as the local or remote WebSphere server host where they want to deploy the Web application.
Tip • Before you can add the WebSphere server run-time panel or console to your project, you need to add an application host and specify which deployment options you want to offer. To learn more, see the following:
To add a WebSphere Runtime Deployment panel or console to your project:
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In the Advanced Designer, on the Sequence page, click Pre-Install. The Pre-Install view opens. |
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Click the Add Action button. The Choose an Action dialog box opens. |
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Do one of the following: |
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To add a Choose WebSphere Deployment Option panel: On the Panels tab, click the Panel: WebSphere Runtime Deployment action, and then click the Add button. InstallAnywhere adds the action to the Pre-Install Action List. |
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To add a Choose WebSphere Deployment Option console: On the Consoles tab, click the Console: WebSphere Runtime Deployment action, and then click the Add button. InstallAnywhere adds the action to the Pre-Install Action List. |
The Choose an Action dialog box remains open, enabling you to add additional actions as needed.
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Use the arrow keys to move the action up or down in the action list. The actions are listed in the order that they are run on target systems. |
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In the Properties Customizer area, configure each of the action’s settings as needed. |
For detailed information about each of the settings that you can configure for the actions, see the following:
As an alternative to including a panel or console that enables end users to specify settings for IBM WebSphere servers, you can add Set InstallAnywhere Variable actions to a sequence in your project to configure connection information. To learn more, see Setting Variables in the Advanced Designer.
To configure connection information for silent installers, you can use the user-defined WebSphere-related variables that are available in the WebSphere Runtime Deployment actions or in the Deploy WAR/EAR action.
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Pre-Install View
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