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The information contained in this section applies to IBM WebSphere Commerce Version 7.0.0.9 and Feautre Pack 8. The documentation also applies to all subsequent releases and modifications until otherwise indicated in new editions.
Installing
Review this section for information about installing the WebSphere Commerce product, associated maintenance, and WebSphere Commerce enhancements.
Installing WebSphere Commerce Developer
Depending on the size of your organization, there are two options available to you for installing WebSphere Commerce Developer. In a large development organization, you might want to create a common central repository so that you can set up and manage multiple identical development environments. If this option is not appropriate for your organization, you can instead install WebSphere Commerce Developer on each individual workstation.
Setting up multiple identical development environments in an organization
Use the topics in this section to set up and manage multiple identical development environments in an organization.
Installing software onto multiple developer workstations
Installing software using the Enterprise Deployment Utility
The Enterprise Deployment Utility is used to quickly replicate a custom WebSphere Commerce development environment onto multiple workstations.
Customizing the Enterprise Deployment Utility to perform additional steps
The Enterprise Deployment Utility supports replication of the WebSphere Commerce Development environment provided by IBM. However, an enterprise environment might require a WebSphere Commerce Development environment with particular customizations. The Enterprise Deployment Utility provides extension points that you can leverage to include additional custom deployment steps. The topics in this section provide customization guidelines and instructions.
Adding custom projects
If you need to add custom projects to the workspace, either start Ant APIs in Eclipse or use the import wizard in Rational Application Developer.

Adding custom projects

If you need to add custom projects to the workspace, either start Ant APIs in Eclipse or use the import wizard in Rational Application Developer.

You can create customizations by adding Apache Ant scripts and their properties under the custom directory:

WCDE_installdir/Enterprise Deployment/custom/build.xml
WCDE_installdir/Enterprise Deployment/custom/properties/custom.properties

About this task

Examples of how to do customize projects are found in the WCDE_installdir/setup/setup.xml and WCDE_installdir/bin/setup.bat files.

Procedure

Extract the source of the custom projects from your Software Configuration Management repository or import them from the compressed files or local file system.
Compile the custom project files in the workplace.
Follow the examples in WCDE_installdir/setup/setup.xml to add similar targets in the WCDE_installdir/Enterprise Deployment/custom/build.xml file.
Replicate the environment onto multiple workstations.