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Improve your build process with IBM Rational Build Forge, Part 2: Automate builds for a real-world Tomcat project

Ian Limn (ianlimn@au1.ibm.com), Senior IT Specialist, IBM
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Ian Limn is a senior software specialist in the Rational brand, and is the lead technical specialist for IBM Rational Build Forge in Australia and New Zealand. Prior to joining IBM, Ian worked in software development in the public sector where he was responsible for introducing innovative solutions to the challenges of software development for large teams. He uses this experience to help IBM Rational customers realize the benefits of IBM software development capability, particularly with build and release automation.

Summary:  Learn how Rational ®Build Forge can extend a simple compile and package build process by adding customization and deployment capability. Go from a manual method to automating: checking for code changes; getting the latest source; compiling and packaging; customizing; copying to and restarting a deployment server; and sending e-mail notification that a new version is available. This series shows you how to implement a build management system that uses and extends your existing automation technologies. With this 2-part series, go from zero to 96 bpd (builds per day) in two days.

Date:  11 Dec 2007
Level:  Intermediate
PDF:  A4 and Letter (5170 KB | 61 pages)Get Adobe® Reader®

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This tutorial showed you, step-by-step, how to build a real-world project. You now know how to build Tomcat from scratch, automate the build using Rational Build Forge, deploy Tomcat, customize deployment parameters, get live versions of Tomcat code from the repository, and configure Build Forge to periodically check for updates to the code and trigger builds accordingly. Not bad for a few days work.

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