第5章 Installing and running Decision Server with IBM WebSphere Application Server

After you have configured all required system properties in IBM WebSphere Application Server, you can install Decision Server with IBM WebSphere to streamline Red Hat Decision Manager application management.

Prerequisites

Procedure

  1. Navigate to the Software Downloads page in the Red Hat Customer Portal (login required), and select the product and version from the drop-down options:

    • Product: Decision Manager
    • Version: 7.5
  2. Download Red Hat Decision Manager 7.5.1 Decision Server for All Supported EE7 Containers.
  3. Extract the rhdm-7.5.1-kie-server-ee7.zip archive to a temporary directory. In the following examples this directory is called TEMP_DIR.
  4. Repackage the kie-server.war directory:

    1. Navigate to the TEMP_DIR/rhdm-7.5.1-kie-server-ee7/kie-server.war directory.
    2. Select the contents of the TEMP_DIR/rhdm-7.5.1-kie-server-ee7/kie-server.war directory and create the kie-server.zip file.
    3. Rename kie-server.zip to kie-server.war. This is the file that you will use to deploy Decision Server.
    4. Optionally, copy the new kie-server.war file to a location that is more convenient to deploy from.
  5. In the WebSphere Integrated Solutions Console, navigate to ApplicationsApplication TypesWebSphere Enterprise Applications.
  6. Click Install.
  7. Navigate to the kie-server.war file that you repackaged and select it to upload.
  8. Select Fast Path and click Next.

    The Install New Application wizard opens.

  9. Change the Application Name to kie-server and click Next.
  10. Map the Decision Server modules to servers according to your specific requirements and click Next.
  11. For Bind Listeners for Message-Driven Beans, select Activation Specification for both beans, enter jms/activation/KIE.SERVER.REQUEST in the Target Resource JNDI Name field, and enter the jms/cf/KIE.SERVER.REQUEST JNDI name for the KIE.SERVER.REQUEST connection factory.
  12. In the Map Virtual Hosts for Web Modules section, keep the default values and click Next.
  13. Set the context root to kie-server.
  14. In the Metadata for Modules section, keep the default values and click Next.
  15. Click Finish to install Decision Server and click Save to save the changes to the master configuration.

5.1. Creating the Decision Server group and role

After Decision Server is installed, you must create the kie-server group and a user.

Prerequisites

  • Decision Server is installed on the IBM WebSphere Application Server instance.

Procedure

  1. In the WebSphere Integrated Solutions Console, click Users and GroupsManage Groups.
  2. In the Manage Groups screen, click Create.
  3. In the Create a Group screen, enter kie-server in the Group name box, then click Create.
  4. To create a user to add to the kie-server group, click Users and GroupsManage Users.
  5. In the Create a User screen, complete the required information.
  6. Click Group Membership.
  7. In the Group Membership screen, click kie-server, move it to Mapped To, and click Close.
  8. On the Create a User screen click Create.