Configuring the WebFOCUS Open Portal Services Gateway

How to:

This section describes how to configure the WebFOCUS Open Portal Services Gateway on an application server that is hosting a JSR 286-compliant portal environment.

Note: The use of a gateway is required when the WebFOCUS environment and the portal environment are residing on two separate machines.

Procedure: How to Configure the WebFOCUS Open Portal Services Gateway

  1. Locate the opsgw.war file in the following directory:
    <drive>:\ibi\WebFOCUS82\webapps
  2. Extract this archive to a temporary directory, for example:
    c:\gw_temp
  3. Locate the web.xml file in the following directory:
    c:\gw_temp\WEB-INF
  4. Open the web.xml file using a text editor and locate the following section:
    <context-param>
       <param-name>target_server_url</param-name>
       <param-value>{protocol}://{servername}{:port}</param-value>
    </context-param>

    where:

    protocol
    Is the communication protocol being used (for example, HTTP or HTTPS).
    servername
    Is the name of the application server where WebFOCUS is installed.
    port
    Is the port number on which the server listens.
  5. Provide the appropriate values that correspond to your WebFOCUS environment, for example:
    <context-param>
       <param-name>target_server_url</param-name>
       <param-value>http://hostname:8080</param-value>
    </context-param>
  6. Save the web.xml file with your changes and rewar (repackage) the archive using the following naming convention:
    contextpath.war

    where:

    contextpath
    Is the context path of the WebFOCUS installation (for example, ibi_apps.war).
  7. Make a copy of the repackaged .war file and rename it to ibi_html.war.

    Note: Ensure to use the context path naming convention in this instance.

  8. Deploy the two .war files (ibi_apps.war and ibi_html.war) on the application server where the JSR 286-compliant portal environment is deployed.

    For example, in the case of the IBM WebSphere Portal environment, these .war files must be deployed to the IBM WebSphere Application Server.

    For more information on deploying .war files in an application server, see the corresponding administration or user documentation for your application server.

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