Extract the Web Application JAR File

Installing QAD UI Multi‑Tier > Configure QAD UI Components > Extract the Web Application JAR File

Use the following steps to launch the installation script and deploy the Web application JAR file to the Tomcat server. Before you proceed, make sure the .ini and JAR files are accessible from the Tomcat server or you have copied them to a local directory on the Tomcat server.

1 On the Tomcat server, launch the installation script from the QAD UI installation media.

2 At the log file prompt, point to the .ini file created for the original UI configuration install (if it resides on an accessible drive). The file was created in step 2 on page here.

Please enter a directory to write log files

Default is '/home/mfg/mfgsvr'

->/dr02/mfgpro/eb2.1sp3/dt02/log

3 At the configuration file selection prompt, choose the number for the configuration you are extracting.

*** Configuration file selection ***

Please choose one of the following:

1: dt02-dt.ini -> dt02

2: Create new configuration

3: Cancel

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4 The main installation menu displays. Choose 2 to launch the Post MFG/UTIL QAD UI Build Jar Install.

See Set JAVA_HOME.

Note: You may be prompted to enter or confirm the JAVA_HOME value.

*** Configuration: dt02 ***

*** Main Menu ***

Please choose one of the following:

1: Install MFG/PRO - Progress QAD UI Files Menu

2: Post MFG/UTIL QAD UI Build Jar Install

3: Select a Different Configuration

4: Exit

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The JAVA_HOME environment variable for this machine is set to '/opt/j2sdk1.5.0_06'. Is this correct?

Default is 'y'

5 When prompted, enter the directory where the JAR file is located.

Please enter the location of the MFG/UTIL created JAR files.

Default is '/home/mfg/mfgsvr/staging'

-> /dr01/temp

The JAR files are located in the shared file location identified in step 3 of Create Application Server JAR File.

6 The JAR extract menu displays.

*** Configuration: dt02 ***

*** Jar Extract Menu ***

Please choose one of the following:

1: dt02_webapp.jar

2: Return to Main Menu

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This menu displays the JAR files in the directory you specified. The file name consists of the configuration name, followed by _webapp.jar.

Deploy the Customized Web Application Files

Use the following steps to expand the Web application JAR file, which contains the customized Web application files that reside on the Tomcat server. Additionally, if Tomcat is not already installed on this server, this step also installs the QAD-provided version.

1 From the JAR extract menu, choose the option to deploy the qaduiConfig_webapp.jar to the local Tomcat server directories.

2 The system reviews your current configuration to see if the file can be extracted to the local server. Review and confirm the system configuration prompts. This includes verifying the server name and whether it is a Tomcat server.

This machine's name is 'hpux09.qad.com'.

Is hpux09.qad.com a Tomcat server?

Default is 'y'

3 Enter and confirm the Tomcat directory. If Tomcat is not already installed, it will be installed here. If a QAD-compatible version of Tomcat is already installed, only the customized Web application file is installed.

Please enter the Tomcat installation directory.

Default is '/tomcat'

The directory '/tomcat' does not exist. Would you like to create this directory?

Default is 'y'

4 Confirm the default Tomcat port or enter a new one.

Please enter the Tomcat port number.

Default is '8080'

See Update Tomcat Port Numbers.

Important: Manual updates are required when Tomcat does not use the default 8080 port or if another application is already using port 8080.

5 You may be prompted to install Tomcat; confirm that Tomcat should be installed.

It does not appear that Tomcat is installed at '/tomcat'.

Do you want to install Tomcat to this directory now?

Answering 'n' will cancel the extraction of '/dr01/temp/dt02_webapp.jar'.

Default is 'y'

The installation scripts extract the JAR file and deploy the configured files to the proper directories. Review the logs. At the conclusion of the file extraction, the JAR extract menu redisplays.

Verify that the qadhome.jar file has been properly extracted. On two-tier installations, the qadhome.jar file might need to be manually extracted on the Tomcat server.

Installation activities on the Tomcat server are complete; you can now exit the installation script. You are ready to perform the setup activities in Configuring UIs After Deployment.