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Setting up the Deployer and the oData Web Service - Part 2 Configuring an application server

Nuno Linhares

Summary

This tutorial explains how to configure a Tridion Content Delivery instance with the oData Web Service.

It is meant as a guide, and it may be applicable only to the "GA" release of SDL Tridion 2011.

Tutorial Sections

Configuring an application server

Downloading and installing a Java Development Kit

This section will guide you through the installation and configuration of Tomcat Application server. You may want to use a different application server, in which case this guide may not apply (please refer to the Content Delivery software pre-requisites for a detailed list of supported application servers).

Download and install a JDK (Java Development Kit) if you're planning to do any Java development.

Note: The Tridion installer will only install the JRE, not the JDK

Downloading and Installing Tomcat 6

Download Tomcat 6.x from http://tomcat.apache.org/download-60.cgi

We recommend that you download the Service Installer

Click Next

Accept the license agreement

Add the Host Manager web application

Specify a user and password that you will be able to remember later

Make sure you specify the JDK location (it defaults to the JRE)

Make sure you specify the JDK location (it defaults to the JRE)

Click Finish

Your Tomcat server will now start

Right-click the Tomcat Monitor icon and click "Configure"

Set the service to start automatically

You can now access the Tomcat App manager at the url http://localhost:8080/manager/html

Download the sqljdbc4.jar from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=a737000d-68d0-4531-b65d-da0f2a735707&displaylang=en

 and copy it to C:\Tomcat\lib

You have now configured a Tomcat Application Server.

Next chapter: Configuring the Tridion Deployer

Proceed to the next step in this tutorial: Configuring the Tridion Deployer