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How to deploy SAP BusinessObjects 3.1 Web Applications with IBM Websphere

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As we all know Tomcat and IIS are the most commonly used tools to deploy web applications (E.g. InfoView, CMC,..) in SAP BusinessObjects and that this deployment can done automatically through BusinessObjects server installation. However, SAP BO allows you to do perform this with other Applications. In this article I will speak about how we can deploy SAP BusinessObjects Web applications using IBM Websphere.

First off all we have to agree that any web deployment apart from those done with Tomcat and IIS should be done manually.

  • Supported Application

SAP BusinessObjects 3.1 is supported by IBM by using Websphere 6 Express Edition or 6 ND Edition.

  • Installation
    • Make sure that the IBM Wepsphere has been installed successfully in the machine and that all the services are up and running.
    • During the SAP BusinessObjects server installation, when you rich the web deployment part DO NOT SELECT any of the options to deploy Tomcat or IIS, just check the box to deploy the web application manually later.
  • Web configuration file
    • The wdeploy configuration file is:

<BO_insall_dir>deploymentconfig.websphere6.

    • Modify the config.websphere6 file (lines to be modified are in Bold).

config.websphere6 file:

# as_dir: the installation directory of the application server

as_dir=C:Program FilesIBMWebSphereAppServer

# as_instance: the application server instance to deploy to

as_instance=server1

# as_virtual_host: the virtual host the applications will be bound to

as_virtual_host=default_host

# as_soap_port: the SOAP administration port to the administration server.

#   If the value is not set (if the line is commented out), the default value is used.

as_soap_port=8880

# as_admin_is_secure (default: false): is security activated in websphere?

#   Security is activated when an user wishing to log into the admin portal has to provide

#   an username and a password. When secutiry is NOT activated, it is not necessary to

#   provide as_admin_username and as_admin_password (the lines can be commented out)

as_admin_is_secure=false

as_admin_username=admin

#as_admin_password=%AS_ADMIN_PASSWORD%

# ws_instance: the web server instance that will serve the requests, in distributed mode

#ws_instance=webserver1 (TO BE USED IF web server is installed in SPLIT mode)

## Don't remove next line

enforce_file_limit=true

 

  • Command used to deploy the applications

To deploy the web application use the command line (CMD) to write the command in the BO server, the command is:

“wdeploy  config.websphere6 deployall”

This will deploy all the BO Web Applications onto the IBM WebSphere server, the process will take about 20 Minutes to deploy.  17 applications are installed.

  • Deploying web application with websphere administration console

Ensure that your WebSphere web application server is installed, configured and running before deploying WAR files.

  1. Log in to the "WebSphere Application Server Administrative" console using the following URL: http://WAS_HOSTNAME:PORT/admin The WebSphere admin console's default port number is 9060. Give a unique name for your web application and proceed to "Step 2".
  2. Under the Applications heading of the console navigation menu, click Enterprise Applications on the left navigational pane. Highlight the server you created (or highlight server1 if you didn't create your own) from the Clusters and Servers and enable the "Select checkbox". Proceed to "Step 3"
  3. Click the Install button and navigate to the location of the WAR file to deploy. If deploying from a remote file system, select the option "Remote File System". Select the virtual host you created (or default_host if you didn't create your own) from the Virtual Host drop-down list. Proceed to "Step 4".
  4. Enter a context root for the WAR file (e.g. /CmcApp for CmcApp.war) and press the Next button, followed by Continue.
  5.  Review the summary page, and press Finish when done.
  6. Click Save to Master Configuration.
  7. Click the Save link, then the Save button.
  8. Under the Applications heading of the console navigation menu, click Enterprise Applications on the left navigational pane.
  9. Verify that the WAR file was deployed, and then click the Start button. Repeat steps 1-11 for each WAR file to deploy.
  • Test

To test your deployment just open the browser and write the URL (EX. InfoView):

http://”BOservername”:”PortNumber”/InfoViewApp

 

If you have any questions or contributions, please leave a comment below.