Wiki source code of WebSphere installation

Last modified by Vincent Massol on 2017/09/06

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2 These instructions cover WebSphere V6.1; other versions may differ.
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5 = Install the XWiki application =
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7 * Start the application server if it isn't running:(((
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9 $WAS_HOME/bin/startServer.sh server1
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12 * Start the console. The default URLs are:
13 ** http://localhost:9060/ibm/console/logon.jsp (non-secure)
14 ** https://localhost:9043/ibm/console/logon.jsp (secure)
15 * Expand the Applications menu and click on "Install New Application"
16 * Fill in the following:
17 ** Full path to [[XWiki WAR>>xwiki:Main.Download]]
18 ** Context root to /xwiki
19 * Click "Next"; at this point if your WAR file is on a different machine from the server it will be copied over.
20 * Fill in each screen and click "Next" for each of them:
21 ** Step 1: You may want to modify the application name
22 ** Step 2: Nothing to do
23 ** Step 3: The jdbc/XWikiDS is not used by XWiki, but you still need to fill it out. Simply click "Browse..." under Target Resource JNDI Name, choose the "Default Datasource" and click "Apply"
24 ** Step 4: Nothing to do
25 ** Step 5: Click "Finish"
26 * A screen with the results is displayed next. At this point the changes have not been written to the file system. Click on the "Save" button to finish the installation step.
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28 = Configure WebSphere =
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30 * WebSphere v6.1 does not have the PNG MIME type configured by default, so you need to do so. If you do not follow this step, you'll get a NullPointerException at com.xpn.xwiki.web.SkinAction.isJavascriptMimeType.
31 ** In the Console, expand "Environment" and select "Virtual Hosts"
32 ** Click on the default_host link (or whatever host you installed XWiki onto)
33 ** Click on the "MIME types" link
34 ** Click "New" to add a new MIME type
35 ** Fill out the form this way:
36 *** MIME Type: image/png
37 *** Extensions: PNG png
38 * Click "OK", save the configuration and restart the server

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