On The Peoplesoft Road : Web Server - Weblogic

Assuming you've already install the Weblogic.

1. Add the weblogic user (used to install weblogic) in the psoft group

2. Allowed the psoft group to write in the PS_HOME directory

3. As root
[root@orion:/]$ mkdir psreports
[root@orion:/]$ chown root:psoft psreports
[root@orion:/]$ chmod -R g+rw psreports [root@orion:/]$


4. create web server (from $PS_HOME/setup/PsMpPIAInstall)
[weblogic@orion:/apps/psoft/hrms9/setup/PsMpPIAInstall]$ export DISPLAY=0.0
[weblogic@orion:/apps/psoft/hrms9/setup/PsMpPIAInstall]$ ./setup.linux -console

Initializing Wizard........
Launching InstallShield Wizard........


Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for PeopleSoft Internet Architecture.

Using the InstallShield Wizard you will install PeopleSoft Internet
Architecture on your computer.

Version: 8.49.08



Note: If installing onto a BEA WebLogic Server, make sure to shutdown any
running web servers to avoid web server corruption.

Select Next to continue or Cancel to exit.

Press 1 for Next, 3 to Cancel or 5 to Redisplay [1]


Choose the directory where you installed PeopleSoft, commonly known as
"PS_HOME":

Please specify a directory name or press Enter [/] /apps/psoft/hrms9 ***generally, your PS_HOME directory***

Press 1 for Next, 2 for Previous, 3 to Cancel or 5 to Redisplay [1]

Choose the installation type that best suits your needs.

[X] 1 - Oracle Application Server

[ ] 2 - BEA WebLogic Server

[ ] 3 - IBM WebSphere Server

To select an item enter its number, or 0 when you are finished: [0] 2

Enter 0 to continue or 1 to make another selection: [0]

Press 1 for Next, 2 for Previous, 3 to Cancel or 5 to Redisplay [1]


Select the web server root directory:

Please specify a directory name or press Enter [/opt/bea] /apps/bea/weblogic/9.2 ***generally, your BEA_HOME directory which is common accross your Peopletools installations***

Detected web server version: WebLogic 9.2.1

Press 1 for Next, 2 for Previous, 3 to Cancel or 5 to Redisplay [1]


Please enter the administrator login and password for WebLogic domain.

Login ID:

[system]

Password:[password]

:

Re-type Password:[password]

:

Press 1 for Next, 2 for Previous, 3 to Cancel or 5 to Redisplay [1]


Select domain type:


[X] 1 - Create New WebLogic Domain

To select an item enter its number, or 0 when you are finished [0]:

Press 1 for Next, 2 for Previous, 3 to Cancel or 5 to Redisplay [1]


Enter domain name or click Next to select default:

[peoplesoft]

Press 1 for Next, 2 for Previous, 3 to Cancel or 5 to Redisplay [1]

Please select the configuration to install.

[X] 1 - Single Server Domain
[ ] 2 - Multi Server Domain
[ ] 3 - Distributed Managed Server

To select an item enter its number, or 0 when you are finished: [0]


Press 1 for Next, 2 for Previous, 3 to Cancel or 5 to Redisplay [1]


Please specify a name for the PeopleSoft web site:

Website name:

[ps] dmohrms9 ***generally, your database name***

Press 1 for Next, 2 for Previous, 3 to Cancel or 5 to Redisplay [1]


Enter port numbers and summaries.

AppServer name:

[orion]

JSL Port:

[9000]***take the jolt port from your Application server configuration file***

HTTP Port:

[80] 8000

HTTPS Port:

[443] 8443

Authentication Token Domain:(optional)

[] ***make mandatory the domain name if you fill it, good to set it especially for production application***

Press 1 for Next, 2 for Previous, 3 to Cancel or 5 to Redisplay [1]


Please enter the Name of the Web Profile used to configure the webserver. The
user id and password will be used to retrieve the web profile from the
database. (NOTE: Other available preset web profile names are "TEST", "PROD",
and "KIOSK".)

Web Profile Name:

[DEV]***generally, DEV for test or dev database, PROD for production, you can change it later***

User ID:

[PTWEBSERVER]***UserId to start the WebServer***

Password:[PTWEBSERVER]

:

Re-type Password:[PTWEBSERVER]

:

Press 1 for Next, 2 for Previous, 3 to Cancel or 5 to Redisplay [1]


Select the Report Repository location:

Please specify a directory name or press Enter [/opt/psreports] /psreports ***the report repository***

Press 1 for Next, 2 for Previous, 3 to Cancel or 5 to Redisplay [1]


Setup Type :

Web server root directory :

Web server version :

Web server domain :

Internet Architecture app name :

Integration Gateway app name :

PeopleSoft Business Interlink app name :

PeopleSoft Online Library Infrastructure :

Environment Management Hub :

Hello Portlet app name :

Portlet Container app name :

Testsuite app name :

Wsrptest app name :

Site name :

Authentication Token Domain :

Application server name :

JSL port :

HTTP port :

HTTPS port :

Report repository directory :

PIA webserver directory :

weblogic

/apps/bea/weblogic/9.2

9.2

peoplesoft

PORTAL

PSIGW

PSINTERLINKS

PSOL

PSEMHUB

helloportletapp

pspc

testsuite

wsrptest

dmohrms9

.phoenix-nga

orion

9000

8000

8443

/psreports

/apps/psoft/hrms9/webserv

Press 1 for Next, 2 for Previous, 3 to Cancel or 5 to Redisplay [1]
[...]
BUILD SUCCESSFUL
Total time: 0 seconds


Deploy Completed. Click next to finish the install.

The InstallShield Wizard has successfully installed PeopleSoft Internet
Architecture. Choose Finish to exit the wizard.

Press 3 to Finish or 5 to Redisplay [3]

[weblogic@orion:/apps/psoft/hrms9/setup/PsMpPIAInstall]$

5. You're now able to start the Web Server from $PS_HOME/webserv/domain_name/bin :
[weblogic@orion:/apps/psoft/hrms9/setup/PsMpPIAInstall]$ cd ../../webserv
[weblogic@orion:/apps/psoft/hrms9/webserv]$ ls
peoplesoft
[weblogic@orion:/apps/psoft/hrms9/webserv]$ cd peoplesoft/
[weblogic@orion:/apps/psoft/hrms9/webserv/peoplesoft]$ ls
applications bin config init-info lib PSLogAnalyzer security user_staged_config
autodeploy businterlink.txt fileRealm.properties keystore piaInstallLog.xml psvault servers
[weblogic@orion:/apps/psoft/hrms9/webserv/peoplesoft]$ cd bin
[weblogic@orion:/apps/psoft/hrms9/webserv/peoplesoft/bin]$ ./startPIA.sh
Attempting to start WebLogic Server PIA
No activity will be logged to this window.
Server activity will be logged to /apps/psoft/hrms9/webserv/peoplesoft/servers/PIA/logs/PIA_*
PID for WebLogic Server PIA is: 18637

6. The Web Server is started when status is RUNNING, wait few seconds before it's avalaible for service open :
[weblogic@orion:/apps/psoft/hrms9/webserv/peoplesoft/bin]$ tail -f /apps/psoft/hrms9/webserv/peoplesoft/servers/PIA/logs/PIA_stdout.log
7. You're able to connect to the Application within a client browser, the default url is htt://IP_server:listening_port/WebSite/signon.html

8. Use PS/PS for a HRMS application, or the default one for your application :

Still the Process Scheduler has to be done.

Enjoy with your application.