Deploying ArcGIS Portlets to a remote IBM Portal Server

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Publishing ArcGIS Portlets
 
You can publish your ArcGIS Portlet projects to a remote IBM WebSphere Portal Server manually by exporting your Projects WAR file and deploying through IBM WebSphere Portal Server Administration tools.  After you install your ArcGIS Portlet, you can place your portlet application on any Portal Server page.  Although we are not currently supporting Portlet to Portlet communication through any Portlet API's, your ArcGIS Portlet can reside on an existing Portal Page shared by GIS and/or non GIS Portlets. 
 
Export ArcGIS Portlet Project
 
By using RAD's export functions, you can create a WAR file that allows you to manually install on a staging or production IBM WebSphere Portal Server. 
 
  1. From the Project Explorer window, right click the portlet project and select Export > WAR file. 
 
 
 
  1. The Export wizard opens.
 
 
  1. Browse to the location on disk where you would like to save the WAR file.  Select the appropriate checkboxes for Exporting Source and/or Overwriting any previous exports and click Finish.
  2. On the system where the WAR file was exported out of RAD, open a web browser to your remote IBM Portal Server and log in with a user that has Administrative rights.
  3. Select the Administration page from the Launch menu.
 
 
 
  1. Open the Portlet Management > Web Modules page and click the Install button.
  2. On the Installing a Web module page, use the Browse button to locate the Exported WAR file and click Next > Finish. 
 
 
 
  1. The Portlet application should now appear in the Web Modules list.
 
 
 
  1. You can now add your Portlet application to an existing Portal page or create a new Page centered around you Portlet application.