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The Bridgehead is an interface application for WebSphere that transfers IBM Connections statistics directly to ConnectionsExpert.
Follow these steps to deploy the Bridgehead application on your WebSphere server:
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In the Bridgehead installation described here, the EAR will be installed in the AppsCluster, so all scopes are set to AppsCluster. If you want to deploy the EAR to a different Cluster, please adjust the scope. |
1. Download and copy Files
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In the ICS go to Resources > URL select the scope on which your Bridgehead should run (CustomAppsCluster) from URLs and click on the New... button. Use as specification like
file:///$\{CONNECTIONS_CUSTOMIZATION_PATH}/pbh/...
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JNDI Name:
url/bridgeheadAdminClientProps
Specification:
file:///$\{CONNECTIONS_CUSTOMIZATION_PATH}/pbh/adminclient.props
panagenda Bridgehead SQL Queries
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JNDI Name:
url/bridgeheadQueries
Specification:
file:///$\{CONNECTIONS_CUSTOMIZATION_PATH}/pbh/queries
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JNDI Name:
url/bridgeheadJyScripts
Specification:
file:///$\{CONNECTIONS_CUSTOMIZATION_PATH}/pbh/jyscripts
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In the ICS go to Applications > Application Types > WebSphere Enterprise Applications, click the Install button and select the path to the file bridgehead.ear:
Select Fast Path and click Next.
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Please assign the pbh_admin role to the user which you use on the ConnectionsExpert Configuration page (see "User Accounts:" in the ConnectionsExpert Setup Guide):
9. Restart Cluster
Please restart the newly created Cluster or Application Server (which is used for the Bridgehead application) in order to get everything initialized.
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You should see a line similar to the following:
{"status":"OK","ts":1476867238257,"version":"3.0.0"}1524067997537...
If the status is OK ("status":"OK"), the Bridgehead installation has been successful.
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