Documentation:HTCC:Dep:DeployWebApp:8.5.2DRAFT

Deploying the web application

Important

• If you're deploying Web Services and Applications version 8.5.201.50 or earlier, complete the steps on Deploying the web application for 8.5.201.50 or earlier instead.
• If you're deploying Web Services and Applications version 8.5.201.09 or earlier, complete the steps on Deploying the web application for 8.5.201.09 or earlier instead.

Complete the following steps for each Web Services node.

Start

1. Copy the installation_CD/ gws-<version>.noarch.rpm file to a local folder.
2. Perform the installation using the RPM package manager:

   rpm -ivh [--prefix installation_location] gws-<version>.noarch.rpm

   If --prefix is not specified, the default installation location is /usr/share folder.

3. Copy the *.sample files from the /installation_path/gws/config/config-templates directory to the /installation_path/gws/config directory and remove the .sample extension.
4. Run following command to register the new service on your host: chkconfig gws on
5. Configure Web Services and Applications features. At a minimum, you need to configure:
   • Installing and configuring Cassandra
   • Elasticsearch
6. Proceed to Starting and Testing Web Services.

End

Installation package files

Web Services configuration and initialization files (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6)

File/folder name	Description
/etc/default/gws	The configuration file for the Web Services service.
/etc/init.d/gws	The initialization script for the Web Services service.

Web Services configuration and initialization files (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7)

File/folder name	Description
/usr/bin/gws	The initialization script for the Web Services service.
/usr/lib/systemd/system/gws.service	The default configuration file for the Web Services service. The following scripts extend service functionality on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 platform: /usr/libexec/initscripts/legacy-actions/gws/config /usr/libexec/initscripts/legacy-actions/gws/version
/usr/lib/systemd/system/gws.service.d/gws.conf	The custom configuration file for the Web Services service. The settings defined in this file override the default settings.

Web Services and Applications files

File/folder name	Description
/installation_path/gws	The home directory of Web Services and Applications.
/installation_path/gws/gws.jar	The application .jar file.

GWS Configuration files

File/folder name	Description
/installation_path/gws/config	The folder containing configuration files of Web Services and Applications, including: /installation_path/gws/config/feature-definitions.json /installation_path/gws/config/hystrix.properties /installation_path/gws/config/logback.xml
/installation_path/gws/config-templates	The folder that contains templates of the Web Services and Applications configuration files. After installation, files from the folder must be modified according to Web Services and Applications Configuration Guide and moved to /installation_path/gws/config. The templates include: /installation_path/gws/config-templates/application.yaml.sample /installation_path/gws/config-templates/elasticsearch.yml.sample /installation_path/gws/config-templates/statistics.yaml.sample

Cassandra schema

File/folder name

Description

/installation_path/gws/data

The folder that contains scripts to deploy database schema. Files include: Scripts for Cassandra schema deployment using the cqlsh tool: /installation_path/gws/data/ks-schema-local.cql /installation_path/gws/data/ks-schema-prod.cql /installation_path/gws/data/ks-schema-prod_HA.cql /installation_path/gws/data/cf-schema.cql Scripts for Cassandra schema deployment using the cassandra-cli tool: /installation_path/gws/data/ks-schema-local.txt /installation_path/gws/data/ks-schema-prod.txt /installation_path/gws/data/ks-schema-prod_HA.txt /installation_path/gws/data/cf-schema.txt

Elastic search templates and routing templates

• /installation_path/gws/elasticsearch
• /installation_path/gws/routing-templates

Next Step

• Configuring Web Services