6.14 Deploying the IDM WAR File

  1. Log in to the WebSphere administration console as an admin user.

  2. In the left panel, go to Applications > Install New Application.

  3. Browse to the file location of the IDM War.

    The IDM WAR file is configured during the installation of the User Application. It is in the User Application installation directory that you specified during installation of the User Application.

  4. Type the Context root for the application, for example IDMProv. This is the URL path.

  5. Keep the radio button selected for Prompt me only when additional information is required. Then, click Next to move to the Select installation options page.

  6. Accept all the defaults for this page, then click Next to move to the Map modules to servers page.

  7. Accept all the defaults for this page, then click Next to move to the Map resource references to resources page.

  8. For the authentication method, select the Use default method check box. Then, in the Authentication data entry drop-down, select the alias you created earlier, for example MyServerNode01/MyAlias.

  9. In the table below the authentication settings, find the module you are deploying. Under the column titled Target Resource JNDI Name, click the browse button to specify a JNDI name. This should bring up a list of resources. Select the datasource that you created earlier and click the Apply button to get back to the Map resource references to resources page, for example MyDataSource.

  10. Select Next to go to Map virtual hosts for Web modules.

  11. Accept all the defaults for this page, then select Next to go to the Summary page.

  12. Select Finish to complete the deployment.

  13. After the deployment is finished, click Save to save the changes.

  14. Continue with Section 6.15, Starting the Application.