Download the Web_App_Platform_<version number>_noinstall.zip file.
If you use Linux, increase the open file limit for the OS or Web Application Platform/Tomcat to a minimum of 20 000 files.
Before starting the installation, you should know the following:
Web Application Platform and Teamwork Cloud should be installed on different machines.
Before installing Web Application Platform, make sure you know Teamwork Cloud, Authentication server, and FLEXnet server data, such as the hostname (or IP address) and port. You will need to enter this data during installation.
After installing Web Application Platform, it is recommended to disable the web container (e.g., Apache Tomcat) on the machine where Teamwork Cloud is installed.
To run Web Application Platform by using the no-install package
Extract Download and extract the Web_App_Platform_<version number>_<operating system>_noinstall.zip file
Go to the <Web_App_Platform_no-installer_directory><no-install_root>/shared/conf directory.
Open to edit the webappplatform.properties file. The content of the file is shown below.
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#
# General properties
#
install.root=.
#
# Web application platform properties
#
# Specify the guest user name and password.
wap.guest.username=Guest
wap.guest.password=Guest
#
# Authentication server properties
#
# Specify the Authentication server location.
# IP address or domain name.
authentication.server.ip=127.0.0.1
# Specify the Authentication server port.
authentication.server.port=8443
# Specify rest protocol (http or https) depending on the Authentication server setup.
authentication.server.protocol=https
# Specify an optional redirect uri if the incoming request does not provide one.
# By default, redirect uri is the authentication server location. Remove # for the property to work.
#authentication.redirect.uri=http://127.0.0.1/webapp/
# Optional value.
# Specify a unique platform ID. The default value is webApplicationPlatform
authentication.client.id=webApplicationPlatform
# Optional value.
# Specify a unique ID that will be used in the remote repository management functionality
authentication.remote.client.id=twcSynchronizationManager
# Optional value.
# Specify the authentication client password that platform will use to secure communication with the Authentication server.
# The default value is CHANGE_ME
authentication.client.secret=CHANGE_ME
# Set to true to ignore Authentication server certificate validation. Otherwise, set to false.
# The value depends on the Authentication server setup.
authentication.server.ignore.certificate=true
#
# Teamwork Cloud server properties
#
# Specify the Teamwork Cloud administrator user name and password.
twc.admin.username=Administrator
twc.admin.password=Administrator
# Specify the Teamwork Cloud IP address or domain name.
twc.ip=127.0.0.1
# Specify rest protocol (http or https) depending on the Teamwork Cloud server setup.
twc.rest.protocol=https
# Specify the Teamwork Cloud rest API port.
twc.rest.port=8111
# Specify the Teamwork Cloud client API port.
twc.client.port=3579
# Specify the maximum total number of connections.
twc.client.max.total.connections=20
# Specify the maximum number of connections allowed for a route
twc.client.max.connections.per.route=20
# Specify how many milliseconds to wait for establishing connection
# with the remote server before a timeout exception occurs.
twc.client.connect.timeout.ms=30000
# Specify how many milliseconds to wait for the server to respond
# to various calls before a timeout exception occurs.
twc.client.socket.timeout.ms=120000
# Specify how many milliseconds to wait for checking out a connection
# from the connection pool before an exception occurs.
twc.client.connection.request.timeout.ms=120000
# Set to true to ignore Teamwork Cloud certificate validation. Otherwise, set to false.
twc.client.ignore.certificate=true
# Set to true to enable TLS. Otherwise, set to false or comment the property to disable it
#twc.client.tls=true
# Specify the keystore type, for example, JKS.
#twc.client.keystore.type=JKS
# Specify the full path to the keystore file.
#twc.client.keystore.path=<full.path>
# If the keystore is password-protected, specify the password of the keystore.
#twc.client.keystore.password=<password>
#
# FlexNet server properties
#
# Specify the FlexNet licence server IP address.
flexnet.server.name=127.0.0.1
# Specify the FlexNet license server port.
flexnet.server.port=1101
#
# Platform mailing engine properties used to send notifications via e-mail
#
# Specify the e-mail server host name.
mail.host=gate.company.com
# Specify the e-mail server port.
mail.port=25
#Specify the user name and password.
mail.username=anonymous
mail.password=
# Specify the e-mail protocol and encoding.
mail.protocol=smtp
mail.encoding=UTF-8
# Specify the sender's e-mail address.
mail.from.default=info@company.com
#
# Platform service discovery related properties
#
# Specify the ZooKeeper servers host:port values, separated by a comma. Port can be omitted if default 2181 is used
zookeeper.connect.string=localhost
# Specify zk node where ZooKeeper registers applications
zookeeper.base.service.path=/services
# Enable or disable service discovery. Enabled if the property does not exist
service.discovery.enabled=true
# Indicates path of services. Specify / if all services are deployed on the same Tomcat.
service.uri=/
#
# HTTP Client properties
#
# Set to true to ignore certificate validation when one WAP service calls another service. Otherwise, set to false.
http.client.ignore.certificate=true
#
# Messaging related properties.
#
# Set to true if the embedded broker needs to be started when starting the web application platform
messaging.server.start=true
# Specify tcp connection data for messaging
messaging.server.ip=127.0.0.1
messaging.server.port=61616
# If the following property is set to true, then ssl will be used for transmitting data, and
# keystore path and password must be specified.
messaging.server.ssl.enabled=false
# Uncomment and specify path to the server keystore and its password. The keystore can be put to the classpath
# and referenced by the name, or its path can be specified, e. g. file:///E:/keys/keystore.jks or /opt/keys/keystore.jks
# messaging.server.ssl.keystore.path=keystore.jks
# messaging.server.ssl.keystore.password=some_password
#
# If self-signed certificates are used, uncomment and specify a path to the truststore and its password that will be used
# by applications that send and receive messages to and from messaging server.
# messaging.client.ssl.truststore.path=truststore.jks
# messaging.client.ssl.truststore.password=some_password
#
# Defines whether users that can communicate with message server are restricted. If set to true,
# a user for communication needs to be set as shown in the commented line that follows the setting.
messaging.server.security.enabled=false
# messaging.user.name=wap
# messaging.user.password=wap
#
# Export related properties.
#
# Specify how long (in minutes) generated PDF/HTML files will be stored in the Task Manager.
document.exporter.file.storing.time=1440
Read the comments with property descriptions inside the file , read the comments with property descriptions inside the file, and specify the following:
Web Application Platform properties
Teamwork Cloud server properties
Authentication server properties
FlexNet server properties
Platform service discovery-related properties
Go to the <Web App Platform no-install directory>/conf directory.
The certificateKeystorePassword property value must be the same as the -storepass and -keypass property values that you specified when creating the SSL certificate.
Start Zookeper.
Go to the <Web App Platform no<no-installdirectory>_root>/bin directory and run the startup.bat file as administrator to start Web Application platform.
To access Web Application Platform, open a web browser and go to http(s)://<domain_name>:<port>/webapp. By default, Web Application Platform uses port 8443.
Specifying JRE_HOME and CATALINA_HOME_WEBAPP variables
In this section, you can learn how to specify the JRE_HOME and CATALINA_HOME_WEBAPP variables in different operating systems.
To specify variables on Windows
Open Control Panel and go to System and Security > System.
Select the Advanced system settings option on the left side of the System dialog.
In the System Properties dialog, click the Environment Variables button.
In the System variables area of the Environment Variables dialog, specify the values for the JRE_HOME and CATALINA_HOME_WEBAPP variables as shown below:
