RAP: First deploy to WebSphere

It didn't work first time but it didn't take too long to get the first results. This is what I did.

• Ensure RAP WAR Products feature installed -- http://wiki.eclipse.org/RAP/Equinox_WAR_products
• Create a new WAR Product Configuration in the plugin project. New -> Other... -> Plugin Development
• Select parent folder, name the product and choose the lauch configuration

• Open the WAR product file and enter an ID and Name
• On the configuration page add the JARs used by the project
• Return to the Overview page and select Validate
• If necessary, add the missing plugins or JARs
• Start the export wizard and enter the name of the output file. Press Finish.
• The WAR file has now been exported
• Open the Websphere Integrated Solutions Console
• Create new Application Server. I called it RAP_TEST.
• I had to modify a few ports because the defaults clashed with other App Servers
• Install new Enterprise Application and enter the name of the WAR file


• Accept all defaults and enter a context root such as /apps/rap
• Finish
• Might need to sync nodes etc but should now work
• <servername>/apps/rap/fair?startup=fair (in my case)

So, my app kind of works. Unfortunately, the whole branding is missing so there are no images, styles etc. When I find the cause, I'll post more here.

Missing images problem

I set up a simple Tomcat server to check that it wasn't a WAS problem. I then noticed that there was an exception in the logs. Something to do with Jetty and an 'Address already in use' bind error. I was surprised that Jetty would be active on the Tomcat server so I checked my plugin dependencies. In the end I removed all the dependencies and added the 'Required plugins'. That seemed to cure the problem. After redeploying, there were no Jetty exceptions and I get the images which were missing.