Installing IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog for Eclipse

InfoSphere® Information Governance Catalog for Eclipse provides an Eclipse plug-in component so that you can access business glossary content directly from Eclipse-based applications.

1. Start the Eclipse application as an Administrator in Microsoft Windows.
   If the Eclipse application is started by a user with a non-administrator role, the InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog for Eclipse might not get installed correctly into the Eclipse application.
2. Configure Eclipse to update publicly available components. Do the following steps, based on the Eclipse version:

   Eclipse 3.4.2

   1. Click Help > Software Updates.
   2. Click the Available Software tab.
   3. Click Manage Sites. Make sure that the Ganymede Update Site is in the list of Available Software Sites, and selected. If the Ganymede Update Site is not in the list, click Add and enter http://download.eclipse.org/releases/ganymede in the Location field.
   4. Click OK.

   Eclipse 3.5.1

   1. Click Help > Install New Software.
   2. Click the Available Software Sites hyperlink. Make sure that the Galileo Update Site is in the list of Available Software Sites and is enabled. If the Galileo Update Site is not in the list, click Add and enter http://download.eclipse.org/releases/galileo in the Location field.
   3. Click OK.
   4. Make sure that Contact all update sites during install to find required software is checked.

3. Add the InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog for Eclipse update site.
   1. For Eclipse version 3.4.2, click Help > Software Updates > Add Site.

      Alternatively, for Eclipse version 3.5.1, click Help > Install New Software > Add.

   2. Install either from the web update site or from the archive update site.

      Install from the web update site

      1. In the Add Site window, type the installation URL: http://host_server:9080/ibm/iis/igc/bge/update

         host_server

         If your installation has separate front-end dispatcher, use the host name of the front-end dispatcher.

         If your installation does not have a separate front-end dispatcher, use the host name of the services tier computer.

      2. Click OK.

      Install from the archive update site

      1. In the Add Site window, click Archive.
      2. Navigate to the installation file in the archive update site. Click OK.

         The InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog for Eclipse features are added to the list of available software.

   3. Navigate to the site that you added and expand the contents. Select the check boxes for each of the dependent features you want to install.
      For details about feature dependencies, see the Feature dependencies column in the table.

      If you use Eclipse 3.5.1, make sure that Group items by category check box is not selected.

   4. Click Install.
      Follow the remaining prompts to finish the installation.
4. The first time that you connect to the server, if the certificate from the server is not trusted, a message about HTTPS might be displayed. If you receive such a message, then you must install a security certificate by following these steps:
   1. Open Microsoft Windows Internet Explorer. In the address field, type the connection information to connect to InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog.
      Use the format: https://host_server:port/ibm/iis/igc/

      host_server

      If your installation has a separate front-end dispatcher, use the host name of the front-end dispatcher.

      If your installation does not have a separate front-end dispatcher, use the host name of the services tier computer.

      port

      If your installation has a separate front-end dispatcher, use the HTTPS port of the front-end dispatcher.

      If your installation does not have a separate front-end dispatcher, use the WebSphere® Application Server secure transport port (HTTPS).

      Note: The following steps describe the procedure to follow with Windows Internet Explorer. Internet Explorer versions might require slightly different steps.
   2. On the page that warns you about a problem with the security certificate, click Continue to this website (Not recommended).
   3. Click Certificate Error at the top of the window, then click View certificates.
   4. Click the Details tab.
   5. Click Copy to File and then click Next.
   6. Select Base-64 encoded X.509 (.CER) and then click Next.
   7. Store the certificate in any directory and then click Finish.
      The certificate name with its full directory path is needed in a later step.
   8. In a command prompt window, go to the directory of the JRE binary that is associated with the Eclipse application such as InfoSphere Data Architect or IBM Rational Software Architect.
      An example of the directory might be C:\Program Files\IBM\SDP\jdk\jre\bin.
   9. Run the command:

      keytool -import -v -file "certificate_name" -keystore ..\lib\security\cacerts

      The file certificate_name is the certificate name with its full directory path. You must enclose the file in quotation marks (").

      An example of the command might be

      keytool -import -v -file "C:\SSL\bge_certificate" -keystore ..\lib\security\cacerts

      The keystore utility accesses the certificate and prepares to import it. Enter the following information:
      1. At the Enter keystore password prompt, type changeit.
      2. At the Trust this certificate prompt, type Y.
      The certificate is installed and added to the keystore.