Installing MobileFirst Platform Server v7.1 on WAS ND - Step 5 and 6

WAS ND JDBC DRIVER AND DATASOURCES

Okay, so the first real thing we have to setup in WAS is the JDBC driver and Datasources to connect WAS to the Oracle database.

Obviously, this could have been DB2, SQL Server, etc ... but the concept is still the same. We need to setup the WAS cluster to be able to access the database.

The first thing we do is create a driver that refers to the Oracle .ojdbc6.jar file. By copying it to the location we do, when it gets synchronised it will get copied to the servers in the cluster, saving us the hassle of having to do this manually.

Once this is done we create the DataSources that the MFP products need to be able to connect to the correct tables etc .. We create one for the WRKLGHT user / tables, one for the WLADMIN user / tables and one for the APPCENTER user / tables .

Once they have been created, you have to remember to add the modification for the transactional setting and the custom values ​​of user and password. If you do not set those you'll get errors. It's an easy thing to overlook, so I do show missing setting these, just so you can see the sort of errors you get when you press [Test Connection].

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