Gen Web Service Wizard User Tomcat and Axis install steps
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Gen Web Service Wizard User Tomcat and Axis install steps

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Article ID: 49624

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Gen Gen - Workstation Toolset

Issue/Introduction

This article is to help users install Apache Tomcat and Axis which are required for use in the Gen Web Service Wizard feature

Resolution

  1. Download Tomcat from http://jakarta.apache.org.
    Select Binaries under the Downloads heading and select the desired version.

  2. Set environment variable CATALINA_HOME to the Tomcat root directory where Tomcat was installed.

  3. Download Axis at http://ws.apache.org/axis/.

  4. Unzip the Axis and Copy the axis folder under 'Axis Root Folder\webapps\' directory to the Tomcat\webapps directory.

  5. Create the following Axis environment variables:

    AXIS_HOME = Tomcat Root Directory\webapps\axis (or %CATALINA_HOME%\webapps\axis).
    AXIS_LIB = Tomcat Root Directory\webapps\axis\WEB-INF\lib\ (or %AXIS_HOME%\WEB-INF\lib\)

  6. Now follow the steps to add the AXISCLASSPATH which will be using correctly mapped AXIS_LIB environment variable, as Follows (But Please replace with corresponding <Version Numbers> for the JAR files while setting the Path)

    AXISCLASSPATH = %AXIS_LIB%axis.jar;%AXIS_LIB%axis-ant.jar;%AXIS_LIB%commons-discovery-<version>.jar;%AXIS_LIB%commons-logging-<version> .jar;%AXIS_LIB%jaxrpc.jar;%AXIS_LIB%log4j- <version> .jar;%AXIS_LIB%saaj.jar;%AXIS_LIB%wsdl4j-<version>.jar

  7. Set the AXISCLASSPATH in CLASSPATH environment variable along with the current folder.

    CLASSPATH=.;%AXISCLASSPATH%
  8.  Set JAVA_HOME to the JDK home directory and add %JAVA_HOME%\bin to the PATH.

Additional Information

Gen™ 8.6 > Developing > Designing > Using the Web Service Wizard

The details in this article were originally provided in earlier versions of the CA Gen Web Service Wizard User Guide which can be located here: https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/ca-miscellaneous/legacy_bookshelves_and_pdfs/bookshelves_and_pdfs/bookshelves/ca-gen.html