Transcript PPT - Hampshire College

NERDug 2009 Session 10924
WebAdvisor 101: From Soup to Nuts!
7/30/2009 at 2:00pm Emerald Room
Jeff Butera
Hampshire College
[email protected]
Outline
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Assumptions
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Names
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Places
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ANT
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Installing
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Configuring
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Deploying
Assumptions
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R18 Installed and running
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SA Valet installed on a PC
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Java installed on PC with SA Valet
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Must have full Java SDK (dev kit)
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JRE will NOT suffice for ant!
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Must set JAVA_HOME environment variable
Names (aka: Players)
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ANT: open source from apache
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WAR: web archive file
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servlet: java component
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deployment: location of source on PC
Places (aka: servers)
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Colleague Application: windows/*nix
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Web Server: windows/*nix
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SA Valet PC: windows
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Tomcat
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apache/servletexec
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Sun Java server
Installing ANT
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http://ant.apache.org
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Download (binary, if available)
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Must also have java installed
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Unzip
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Must set PATH variable, eg:
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...;C:\Program Files\ant-1.7.1\bin
WebAdvisor Installation
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Download from Datatel
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http://clients.datatel.com
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Must have SysAdmin rights
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Solution Updates
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Software Downloads
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WebAdvisor 3.1.4 (6/25/2009)
WebAdvisor Installation
WebAdvisor Installation
WebAdvisor Installshield
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Must have client ID/password to run
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Place in ”typical” location, eg:
C:\Datatel\WebAdvisor
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Deployment directory
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Use typical value, eg:
WAMAIN
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Files get placed into (need this for SA Valet!)
C:\Datatel\WebAdvisor\WAMAIN
Installed Files
Configuration
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Some config in UI, some in SA Valet
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UI: UT – HLKM lookup 'XWMN' (add)
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Desc: WAMAIN Servlet
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Open in New Window: NO
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Link Type: http/https
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Target Server Addr: server.college.edu
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Target Server Port: 80, 44,3 8080, 8443, etc
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Target Server Path List: WebAdvisor
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User Interfaces: WEB
Configuration
Configuration
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UI: UT – SVCF lookup WAMAIN (add)
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Desc: Servlet for WebAdvisor
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URL Pattern: WebAdvisor
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User Interface: WEB
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Servlet Usage: Default
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Root URL Hyperlink: XWMN
Configuration
Configuration
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Detail to SVBP – Behavior Parameters
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Max Report Tries: 3
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JavaScript Verification: NO (mult submit)
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Autocomplete Enabled: NO (credit cards)
Configuration
Configuration
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UI: UT – SVCF lookup WAMAINHELP (add)
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Desc: Help Servlet for WebAdvisor
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URL Pattern: HelpServlet
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User Interface: WEB
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Servlet Usage: Default
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Root URL Hyperlink: XWMN
Save out, then go back to SVCF for WAMAIN
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Add WAMAINHELP under Help Servlet
Configuration
Configuration
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SA Valet – Right click on env name
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Click ”Add New Web Server”
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Give it a name
Configuration
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SA Valet - Right click on web server
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Click ”Properties”
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Deploy:
C:\Datatel\WebAdvisor\WAMAIN
Configuration
Configuration
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Right click on web server
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Click ”Configure Global Parameters”
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DMI Host: Colleague server (name/IP)
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DMI Port: APP Listener port (in SA Valet)
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App. Environment: name_rt
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Secure Flag: Y/N (ssl)
Configuration
Configuration
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Right click on web server
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Click ”Configure Servlet Parameters”
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Click ”WebAdvisor”
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Serlet ID: WAMAIN
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Servlet Mapping: /WebAdvisor
Configuration
Configuration
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Right click on web server
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Click ”Configure Servlet Parameters”
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Click ”Help Servlet”
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Serlet ID: WAMAINHELP
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Servlet Mapping: /HelpServlet
Configuration
Configuration
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Right click on web server
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Click ”Update License Key”
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Enter client ID/password
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Will verify your license
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Will write key and configuration to web.xml
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Only needs to be done once
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(Unless you delete deploy directory/web.xml)
Configuration
Configuration
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Setup ”guest” user
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Add a new PERSON record (NAE) for ”guest”
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Add a username however you do this
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Setup DRUS with
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Opers Equiv: DMI_REG_GUEST
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Security Classes: DMI_REG_GUEST
Configuration
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UT-SOD setup
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Add username & PERSON ID
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User Interface/Menu/Timeout
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UI * null
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WEB CORE-WBMAIN 600
Security Classes
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Build list like UI security
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Do NOT list process ID instead of mnemonic!
Configuration
Configuration
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WSPM setup:
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Guest Users Opers: your SOD record
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User Name Output Format (see help for options)
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Default Menu Mnemonic: CORE-WBMAIN
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Default Theme: ORIGINAL
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Security Token Expires: 600
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Excessive Hook Threshold: 600
Configuration
Deploying
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Need to build WAR file
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Open DOS window (run cmd.exe)
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Change into Deployment directory
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Run ANT
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cd C:\Datatel\WebAdvisor\WAMAIN
ant
Will take 5-10 seconds, build webadvisor.war
Deploying
Deploying
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Need to deploy WAR file to web server
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Different depending on
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tomcat
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apache/servlet exec
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IIS/servlet exec
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Sun Java Server (SunOne/iPlanet)
Deploying
Deploying
Deploying
Testing
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Does it work?
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Try accessing it!
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http://address:port / path_list / url_pattern
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Address: (UI) HLKM
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Port: (UI) HLKM
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Path list: (UI) HLKM + name of WAR file
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Url pattern: (UI) SVCF + (SA) Servlet Properties
https://thehub.hampshire.edu:8443/WebAdvisor/WebAdvisor
All Done!
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Comments?
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Questions?
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Complaints?
Jeff Butera
[email protected]