WebSphere Liberty To WebSphere eXtreme Scale Setup

Download the following free for developers or trial versions of WebSphere software:

• WebSphere Liberty 8.5.0.2 (https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/wasdev/entry/download)
• WebSphere eXtreme Scale XXXXXX (http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/downloads/ws/wsdg)

Install the following development tools:

• Git for access to the source code (http://msysgit.github.io/ for windows)
• Maven for building the project (http://maven.apache.org/download.cgi)

Install the one dependency that isn't available in Maven (WebSphere eXtreme Scale library):

• cd \wxs\lib
• mvn install:install-file -Dfile=objectgrid.jar -DgroupId=com.ibm.websphere.objectgrid -DartifactId=objectgrid -Dversion=8.6.0.0-GA -Dpackaging=jar

Build the code:

• mvn clean compile package install

Start WebSphere eXtreme Scale by using the getting started sample

• cd %OBJECT_GRID_INSTALL_DIR% (objectgrid)
• xcopy gettingstarted\. acmeair\. /s/e/i/v/q
• cd acmeair
• edit the env.bat to point to your build output (TODO: be specific here of how) ** SET SAMPLE_SERVER_CLASSPATH=%SAMPLE_HOME%\server\bin;%SAMPLE_COMMON_CLASSPATH%;C:\work\eclipse\acmeair\acmeair-common\target\classes;C:\work\eclipse\acmeair\acmeair-services-wxs\target\classes;C:\Users\aspyker.m2\repository\commons-logging\commons-logging\1.1.1\commons-logging-1.1.1.jar
• .\runcat
• in another window...
• .\runcontainer c0

Load the data into the data grid:

• cd %ACMEAIR_SOURCE_DIR%
• cd acmeair-loader
• mvn exec:java

Create and start the WebSphere Liberty server and then deploy the application

• cd %WLP_INSTALL_DIR%
• bin\server create server1
• bin\server start server1
• copy acmeair-webapp\target\acmeair-webapp-1.0-SNAPSHOT.war \wlp\usr\servers\server1\dropins.

Load the following url:

• http://localhost:9080/acmeair-webapp-1.0-SNAPSHOT