Deploying Web Author in WebSphere Liberty

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The following procedure is an example for a deployment ofOxygen XML Web Author in WebSphere Liberty:

1. Download IBM WebSphere Liberty version 8.5.5.8. For information, see http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24041178.
2. Extract the contents of the downloaded archive into a folder.
3. Open a command-line interface and go to that folder.
4. Execute the following command:

   bin\server create

5. Put the resulting .war file in: usr\servers\defaultServer\dropins.
6. Modify usr\servers\defaultServer\server.xml with the following code:

   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
   <server description="new server">
       <httpEndpoint id="defaultHttpEndpoint" host="*" httpPort="5080" httpsPort="-1"/>
   
       <!-- Enable the required features -->
       <featureManager>
           <feature>localConnector-1.0</feature>
           <feature>servlet-3.1</feature>
       </featureManager>
   
       <!-- Automatically expand WAR files -->
       <applicationManager autoExpand="true"/>
   
       <!-- WebSphere does not like Shiro JSESSION-ID cookie format.
            Rename the default cookie. -->
       <httpSession cookieName="WEBSPHERE_JESSIONID"/>
   </server>

7. Create a jvm.options file in [WEBSPHERE]\usr\servers\defaultServer\, with the following content:

   -Doxygen.data.dir=<path-to-wlp>\usr\servers\defaultServer\data

8. The deployment will be made automatically by WebSphere (check [WEBSPHERE]\usr\servers\defaultServer\logs\console.log).
9. In a command-line interface, execute the following command:

   server start --clean