Content Platform Engine, Version 5.2.1              

Configuring Content Platform Engine

You can configure and deploy all of your Content Platform Engine instances with Configuration Manager. Configuration Manager prepares the Content Platform Engine application for deployment on the application server. A single Content Platform Engine application instance equates to one deployed application on your application server.

About this task

Configuration is a multiple step process. You must provide information about your Content Platform Engine application environment, apply the settings by running the configuration tasks, and deploy the application. You can configure multiple instances before you deploy any of them, or you can configure and deploy one instance at a time.

You use Configuration Manager to define the following information for the Content Platform Engine instance:
  • Application server properties
  • Licensing for your installed products, including IBM® FileNet® Content Manager or IBM Content Foundation, IBM Case Foundation, and IBM Case Manager
  • Java™ Database Connectivity (JDBC) data source properties for the global configuration database (GCD) database
  • Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) data source properties for each object store database
  • Directory service (LDAP) provider properties
  • Content Platform Engine application login modules
  • Content Platform Engine bootstrap properties
Remember the following points when you prepare to configure Content Platform Engine:
  • You can use Configuration Manager to configure and deploy the Content Platform Engine software that you installed on an application server only if Configuration Manager is running with the same application server.
  • (WebSphere® Application Server only) For best results, configure no more than one Content Platform Engine application instance in a WebSphere profile.
  • (WebSphere Application Server only) Configuration Manager can connect to a remote WebSphere Application Server stand-alone server or Network Deployment Manager if a matching WebSphere Application Server installation is available where Configuration Manager runs.
  • If you need an accessible software version of Configuration Manager for people with disabilities, use the command-line version of Configuration Manager.
  • If your system is HP-RISC, use the command-line version of Configuration Manager.
  • You must run the Configure Bootstrap and Text Extraction task and the Deploy Application task after running the Choose Licenses task so that the running application has the correct licensing information.
  • If your FileNet P8 domain uses multiple non-managed application servers, then you must repeat all Configuration Manager tasks, except the Configure Bootstrap and Text Extraction task, on each non-managed application server. For the Configure Bootstrap and Text Extraction task, copy a single EAR file with the bootstrap settings to the Configuration Manager profiles that configure the other Content Platform Engine servers in the environment.
  • (IBM DB2® for z/OS® only) You need to set a JVM argument or edit the Engine.properties file on the Content Platform Engine server so that Content Platform Engine can read the data source properties in the IBM DB2 for z/OS database.
  1. Granting directory permissions to the Configuration Manager user
    You must grant file and directory permissions to config_mgr_user, which is the user who runs Configuration Manager, to allow this user to run the program and create files in the ce_install_path/tools/configure directory.
  2. Enabling Configuration Manager to connect to WebSphere Application Server 8.0 when FIPS is enabled
    If you installed Content Platform Engine on WebSphere Application Server 8.0, and the application server is configured to adhere to Federal Information Processing Standards, you must enable Configuration Manager to connect to the application server.
  3. Adding security arguments to the application server startup script (WebLogic Server only)
    You must add several environment arguments for Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS) to the security arguments in the WebLogic Server startup script before users can connect to Administration Console for Content Platform Engine.
  4. Ensuring visibility of data source properties (IBM DB2 for z/OS)
    You need to set a JVM argument or edit the Engine.properties file on the Content Platform Engine server so that Content Platform Engine can read the data source properties in the IBM DB2 for z/OS database.
  5. Configuring Content Platform Engine instances
    You can configure and deploy all of your Content Platform Engine application instances with Configuration Manager. A single Content Platform Engine application instance equates to one deployed application on your application server. You can use the graphical user interface or the command-line interface for Configuration Manager.
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Last updated: March 2016
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