6.12 Adding User Application Configuration Files and JVM System Properties

The following steps are required for a successful WebSphere installation:

  1. Copy the sys-configuration-xmldata.xml file from the User Application install directory to a directory on the machine hosting the WebSphere server, for example /UserAppConfigFiles.

    The User Application install directory is the directory in which you installed the User Application.

  2. Set the path to the sys-configuration-xmldata.xml file in the JVM system properties. Log in to the WebSphere admin console as an admin user to do this.

  3. From the left panel, go to Servers > Application Servers

  4. Click the server name in the server list, for example server1.

  5. In the list of settings on the right, go to Java and Process Management under Server Infrastructure.

  6. Expand the link and select Process Definition.

  7. Under the list of Additional Properties, select Java Virtual Machine.

  8. Select Custom Properties under the Additional Properties heading for the JVM page.

  9. Click New to add a new JVM system property.

    1. For the Name, specify extend.local.config.dir.

    2. For the Value, specify the name of the install folder (directory) that you specified during installation.

      The installer wrote the sys-configuration-xmldata.xml file to this folder.

    3. For the Description, specify a description for the property, for example path to sys-configuration-xmldata.xml.

    4. Click OK to save the property.

  10. Click New to add another new JVM system property.

    1. For the Name, specify idmuserapp.logging.config.dir

    2. For the Value, specify the name of the install folder (directory) that you specified during installation.

    3. For the Description, specify a description for the property, for example path to idmuserapp_logging.xml.

    4. Click OK to save the property.

      NOTE:The idmuserapp-logging.xml file does not exist until you persist the changes through User Application > Administration > Application Configuration > Logging.