Setting up the WebSphere Application Server environment

To set up NexJ Customer Relationship Management on WebSphere Application Server (WAS), you need to install and configure WAS and then deploy NexJ CRM on the WAS environment.
The instructions in this section refer to the following locations and variables:
NEXJ_PLUGIN
The location where the NexJ Studio plugin is installed. For example, c:\nexj_studio\11.0\plugins\com.nexjsystems.nexjstudio_version.
WAS_ROOT
The location where WebSphere Application Server is installed. For example, C:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer.
JAVA_HOME
The location where the Java JDK is installed.
profile
A set of directories and configuration files defining a run-time environment for WebSphere Application Servers.
adminHost
The name of the host machine for the WebSphere Application Server. For example, washost.nexjsystems.local.
adminPort
The port number for accessing the WebSphere Application Server on the host machine.
adminUser
The WebSphere Application Server administrator user ID.
adminPassword
The WebSphere Application Server administrator password.

To deploy NexJ CRM in the WAS environment:

  1. Install the WAS server.
    See Installing WebSphere Application Server.
  2. Create the deployment manager and node agents for your deployment.
  3. Optional: Create servers and server clusters in the WebSphere environment.
    Important: With clustered deployment, you must set up a dedicated message queue (MQ) cluster for running the JMS engine. The MQ cluster name must be the application cluster name followed by -mq.
  4. Configure the WAS installation so that it can run your NexJ application.
    See Configuring WebSphere Application Server.
  5. Optional: If you want to have encrypted passwords, set up password encryption.
    See Setting up password encryption on WebSphere Application Server.
  6. Update the WAS configuration in the initialization script.
    See Updating the WebSphere Application Server environment configuration.
  7. Using NexJ Studio, configure the environment file for your deployment with updated WAS information.
    See Updating the environment information for WebSphere Application Server.
  8. Start the WebSphere Application Server.
    See Starting the WebSphere Application Server.
Note: Before deploying your application, you must configure the applicaton server to use standard-compliant TCP stacks. See Configuring TCP on application servers.

For more information about setting up WAS, see the WebSphere Application Server product documentation page on the IBM website.