System requirements

The WAS service is delivered as a web archive file ('war') to be easily deployed in a Servlet container.

• Apache Tomcat 4.1, 5.0, 5.5 (recommended and tested: 4.1.31 and 5.5.17)
• Java Development Kit (JDK) 1.4.x, 1.5, 1.6 (recommended and tested: 1.4.2 and 1.5)

Installation

• Download the latest version of the WAS application

  There are many ways to deploy a web application that comes as a war file. The recommended way is:

• Unzip the war file into an arbitrary directory on your host, afterwards called WAS_INSTALL_DIR.
• Stop Tomcat
• Create a context element file (go here for Tomcat 4.1 and here for Tomcat 5.5 documentation on contexts) for the unpacked web application and copy it to TOMCAT_4.1_HOME/webapps or TOMCAT_5.5_HOME/conf/Catalina/HOST/, respectively
• Configure the WAS application as described here or use the Quick Start Guide
• Start Tomcat