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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.
Deploying WebSphere Commerce customizations
The WebSphere Commerce Build and Deployment tool facilitates the automation of the WebSphere Commerce customization build and deployment processes. It serves as a starting point for achieving an automated and repeatable build and deployment of WebSphere Commerce customizations. It also provides a robust customization framework to extend the WebSphere Commerce Build and Deployment tool based on project needs.
Creating a toolkit deployment package
The Build and Deployment tool consists of a build process, a server deployment process, and a toolkit deployment process. The build process extracts the WebSphere Commerce customization source code from a software configuration management (SCM) system, compiles the source code, and creates deployment packages to deploy the customization. The toolkit deployment process then loads the customized data into the database, and the customized projects into the WebSphere Commerce Developer workspace.

Creating a toolkit deployment package

The Build and Deployment tool consists of a build process, a server deployment process, and a toolkit deployment process. The build process extracts the WebSphere Commerce customization source code from a software configuration management (SCM) system, compiles the source code, and creates deployment packages to deploy the customization. The toolkit deployment process then loads the customized data into the database, and the customized projects into the WebSphere Commerce Developer workspace.

Before you begin

Set up a build system and the build process.
1. Review the build system requirements in WebSphere Commerce Build and Deployment tool prerequisites.
  Note: The build system must have the same WebSphere Commerce fix pack and feature pack installed as the development environment that you want to replicate with the Enterprise Deployment Utility. For example, if you are installing Fix Pack 6 and Feature Pack 5 to the replicated development environment, your build system should also have Fix Pack 6 and Feature Pack 5 installed. Your customization should also be based on this same configuration.
2. To configure and run the build process, see Configuring and running the build process.
Pre-configure the toolkit deployment settings so that developers do not have to manually configure the toolkit deployment process in an automated enterprise deployment scenario. Change the settings in the WCBD_deploy_toolkit_dir directory on the build system. For more information, see Configuring the toolkit deployment settings.
Note: Omit the steps that create and configure setenv.bat, since this step is automated by the custom code. This code is added to the Enterprise Deployment Utility later.
Customize the toolkit deployment process to perform tasks that are not covered by the original Build and Deployment tool. For more information, see Customizing the toolkit deployment process.

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