WebFacing Web applications

IBM® license management tools detect Web applications deployed as Enterprise Archives (EARs) to supported WebSphere® Application Servers. Since WebFacing Web projects are created independently of associated EARs, the HATS V9.7 signature file must be included manually. Follow the steps below to enable the proper detection of WebFacing Web applications.

  1. Create a folder named itlm directly under your WebFacing project's associated EAR.
  2. Locate the signature file named Host_Access_Transformation_Services-9.0.0.swidtag in the HATS plugin directory 
    <shared_install_directory>\plugins\com.ibm.hats_nnn\
    where shared_install_directory is the shared resources directory where you installed the HATS offering using IBM® Installation Manager and nnn is the version and build level of HATS.
  3. Copy the signature file from the plugin to the itlm folder you created earlier.
  4. Export your project as an EAR and redeploy.
  5. The IBM® license management tools will now be able to detect your application.

If you enabled detection for an old WebFacing project and migrate that project to V9.7, you must remove the existing signature file (for example, WDHT0700.sys2 if the old WebFacing project is from V7.0) from the project's associated EAR and add the V9.7 signature file (Host_Access_Transformation_Services-9.0.0.swidtag) before redeployment.