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These instructions are for installing FlexDeploy on an existing Tomcat server.  If you are installing a new server, see Installing FlexDeploy with included Tomcat for a simplified installation which includes the Tomcat 8.5.11 server.  If you wish to use an existing Tomcat server, or to use a different version of Tomcat, please continue with this installation.

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    • Extract zip files in flat structure using unzip -j (works on Windows and UNIX)
      • cd <TOMCAT_HOME>/lib
      • unzip -j <path to temp folder>/adf-essentials.zip
      • unzip -j <path to temp folder>/adf-essentials-client-ear.zip
    • You should see a large number of jars now in the tomcat/lib folder.
  • Copy the jars with the following names from the Tomcat_Complete.zip /apache-tomcat-flexdeploy/lib folder and place them in <TOMCAT_HOME>/lib as well.
    • jta-1.1.jar
    • jackson-core-lgpl-1.9.13.jar
    • jersey-bundle-1.18.jar
    • asm-3.3.1.jar
    • mail-1.4.7.jar
    • ant-salesforce.jar - If you will be using the Salesforce integration.
    • Oracle JDBC driver matching your version of Java and database.  You can download the drivers from the Oracle Technology Network site.
  • FDLogFormatter.jar is found in Tomcat_Complete.zip /apache-tomcat-flexdeploy/lib folder. Please copy that file into the <TOMCAT_HOME>/lib folder as well.
  • If using IBM ClearCase, you will need to copy the following some jar files from your ClearCase server into <TOMCAT_HOME>/libThe jar files can be located to the FlexDeploy installation
    • Copy all of the jar files found in the com.ibm.rational.teamapi_8.0.1.vxxx folder of your ClearCase server to <TOMCAT_HOME>/lib

Configure context.xml

  • Open context.xml for editing. It is located in the conf folder where you extracted Tomcat.
  • Add the following text inside of the <Context> </Context> tags. change <password for fd_admin> to the actual password, and if necessary, changing your jdbc url as well.

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