Visual Modeler installation overview

Preparing to install

This stage covers how to prepare for an efficient installation: identifying known issues, identifying the database information you will need, identifying the servlet container root directory and the destination directory for the Sterling.war file, and so on.

Installing the software development kit

This stage covers how to install the Visual Modeler Software Development Kit (SDK). After you install the SDK, you can manage the installation of the Visual Modeler using targets provided by the SDK.

Installing theVisual Modeler using the SDK

This stage covers how to use the SDK to install the Visual Modeler Web application. After you complete this stage, you deploy the Sterling.war to a servlet container as a web application.

Deploying theVisual Modeler

This stage covers how to deploy the Sterling.war file as a Web application. How you deploy depends on which servlet container you are using.

Database server steps

This stage covers the preliminary configuration steps you perform to prepare for the following tasks:

• Creating the Knowledgebase schema
• Populating the Knowledgebase

The preparation steps require some knowledge of the database server that you plan to use for the Knowledgebase.