Installing the web application on WebSphere Application Server

Install the application on the WebSphere® Application Server to associate libraries or configure the application properties file.

Before you begin

  • Install the application on the WebSphere Application Server before you associate libraries or configure the application properties file.
  • The redirect_uri of the Box content application must be the host name of the web application that is installed on the WebSphere Application Server.
Extract the content of the Box Adapter Installation package into a temporary directory.
Note: The extracted file name is Adapter-Box-6.0.1-AI.zip. Extract the zip file to obtain BoxTokenGenerator.war.

Procedure

  1. Log on to the administrative console.
  2. Click Application > New Application.
  3. Select New Enterprise Application as the application type.
  4. Specify the full path to the BoxTokenGeneratorversion.war file.
  5. Click Next.
  6. Select Fast Path installation.
  7. Click Next.
    Note: Do not change the application name field. The name includes the version number. For example: BoxTokenGenerator-6.0.1.war
  8. On the Select Installation Options page, accept all the default values.
  9. On the Map Modules to Server page, accept all the default values.
  10. On the Map Context Roots for Web Modules page, type /generatetokens as the context root.
  11. Click Next.
  12. Review the configuration summary and click Finish to begin the installation.
    Application BoxTokenGeneratorversion_war is displayed upon successful installation.
  13. Click the Save directly to master configuration link.

What to do next

  1. Add the Box signer certificate to the WebSphere Application Server keystores and certificates. See Adding the Box certificate to WebSphere Application Server
  2. Configure the subform in IBM® Security Identity server. See Configuring subform
  3. Generate Box tokens. See Generating Box tokens