DS – Timothy Davis

Globalized Personali(z|s)ation – Baked in goodness

I’m going to assume you have an understanding of traditional WCM Deployment Patterns and recognize that the core that all OpenText Web Site Management(RedDot) is a baking machine. When OpenText WSM publishes it renders the approved final version of the content out statically to a location. That doesn’t mean its WCM journey is done. I’m about to describe a method to deploy a global personalization system. However, you could swap out where I have OpenText Delivery Server for ASP.Net, PHP, JSP, RoR, Django, or any language or framework you want. OpenText Professional services has a set of practices to help meld your development methodology with content creation to liberate your application developer. But back to the topic at hand. When I talk about Delivery Server it is often in the context of par-baking, which I have used before seeing Seth’s post or other sources. The following method of par-baking in particular allows you to optimize personalized delivery without segmenting user storage by location. This scenario has come up many times over the years. Here is a general answer:

By setting up N (you could assume 3) data center locations, with Global Traffic Management (GTM) routing systems could sufficiently route traffic to one of N data centers closest to the client. This would allow for optimal delivery speed of content, both personalized and not. For this discussion lets assume each data center location would have its own database server locally that does not have replication to the other database instances. Content would be replicated from WSM Management Server in the current data center out. This can include DynaMents or XSL configurations. Any configurations can be promoted from development to all N production data centers using Delivery Server transport packages. Users and personalization data remain a concern. WSM Delivery Server with the Developer Toolkit activates SOAP web services that expose an API to edit user data, as well as a SOAP based Web Services Connector in Delivery Server. With these services and connector, a Delivery Server DynaMent configuration can be developed such that when the profile of a user is updated, the change will be replicated to all data centers via Web Services DynaMents. The synchronization could be configured for optimal user experience: to occur asynchronously with the use of AJAX. This would prevent blocking of page loads for distant calls with longer write times.

For global companies performance of their sites is a factor in the User Experience. Having friends and colleagues in Australia and Germany I know this from feedback I’ve gotten working on shared servers. I’m lucky enough to have friends in Europe who now work at Compuware (Gomez) they’ve conveyed the experience gains of having your contents hosted in your region or country so there are real ROIs in investing in global infrastructure. This doesn’t rule out CDNs. In fact this works for active content and user profile synchronization with DR as well which is important to support a CDN strategy for your origin servers. Pairing up this approach with OpenText WSM multi-language capabilities to produce localized sites is always a great combo.

Have thoughts on the approach? Using a database level replication and having a good experience?

OpenText WSM and Wave Together

What follows is a simple recipe for creating an OpenText Wave Application filled with content from OpenText Web Site Management.

Ingredients:
1 existing WSM Project with Articles Content Class, you may have 1 to many available
1 existing Wave Application Template with NewsList and NewStory XML Consumer

Take WSM Project

Add Articles Variant to convert HTML to text for native applications:

Here’s a view of the template, not much needed.

Publish that out.

This Delivery Server project already had target DynaMent’s delivering personalized news.

Made a minor change to the target DynaMent to use the variant content

Some minor tweaks were needed. Then pointing the URL for the NewsList template to WSM Delivery Server and this is the resulting application:

Results:

Cross Platform Native Applications (iOS, Android, Blackberry providing content reuse in a different channel

Next steps:
1) Clean up the content for the application a bit.
2) Examine sharing sample configuration (DS Transport Package, MS Content Class Template export& Documentation) to SolEx. This took about 2 days effort scattered in amongst other tasks, having a sample configuration will dramatically cut development time.

Adventures in Form Handling – II

The next step was generating the query with DS Attributes. Nice thing about SQL is it doesn’t care about line breaks, so you can condense it down to one line. This is good as the XML engine in Delivery Server may not preserve these. I didn’t test conclusively, if you need white-space or formatting for say a REST call you will want to test thoroughly.

This is how I broke down the SQL to ‘templatize’ it for Delivery Server. Each line that needs Delivery Server variables is broken out.

DECLARE @formID as varchar(50) DECLARE @InsertOutputForm table (  form_id varchar(50) );DECLARE @InsertOutputFormFields table( id varchar(50), form_id  varchar(50), name  varchar(50),  type varchar(50)); INSERT INTO dbo.forms (name,type,dsuser) OUTPUT    INSERTED.id as form_id  INTO @InsertOutputForm 
VALUES (N'partnerinfoform', N'form',N'cindy')
SET @formID=(SELECT form_id FROM @InsertOutputForm); INSERT INTO dbo.form_fields (form_id, name, type, data)OUTPUT INSERTED.id, INSERTED.form_id, INSERTED.name, INSERTED.type  INTO @InsertOutputFormFields VALUES 
 (@formID, 'products', 'string', 'products'),
 (@formID, 'solutions', 'string', 'solutions'),
 (@formID, 'successes', 'string', 'successes'),
 (@formID, 'resources', 'string', 'resources'),
 (@formID, 'comments', 'string', 'test'),
 (@formID, 'submit', 'string', ''),
 (@formID, 'step', 'string', '430'),
 (@formID, 'skey', 'string', 'SID-04000407-1F158E8D')
;

Next prepare to drop it into a DS XML file with pseudo inline attribute syntax.

DECLARE @formID as varchar(50) DECLARE @InsertOutputForm table (  form_id varchar(50) );DECLARE @InsertOutputFormFields table( id varchar(50), form_id  varchar(50), name  varchar(50),  type varchar(50)); INSERT INTO dbo.forms (name,type,dsuser) OUTPUT    INSERTED.id as form_id  INTO @InsertOutputForm 
VALUES (N'[#formname#partnerinfoform#]', N'[#formtype#form#]',N'[#rde-fields.user#]')
SET @formID=(SELECT form_id FROM @InsertOutputForm); INSERT INTO dbo.form_fields form_id, name, type, data)OUTPUT INSERTED.id, INSERTED.form_id, INSERTED.name, INSERTED.type  INTO @InsertOutputFormFields VALUES 
 (@formID, '[#fieldname#]', '[#fieldtype#string#]', '[#data#]'),
;

<!-- Split Fields -->
		<rde-dm:attribute mode="write" attribute="request:ft.ssv.fields" value="[#request:_sf_form_fieldnames_#].substring(1)" value-separator="|" />
		<rde-dm:attribute mode="write" attribute="request:ft.query.segment1" value="DECLARE @formID as varchar(50) DECLARE @InsertOutputForm table (  form_id varchar(50) );DECLARE @InsertOutputFormFields table( id varchar(50), form_id  varchar(50), name  varchar(50),  type varchar(50)); INSERT INTO dbo.forms (name,type,dsuser) OUTPUT    INSERTED.id as form_id  INTO @InsertOutputForm " />
		<!-- replace pseudo code -->
		<rde-dm:attribute mode="write" attribute="request:ft.query.segment2" value="VALUES (N'[#request:_sf_form_name_#partnerinfoform#]', N'[#request:formtype#form#]',N'[#user:rde-fields.login#anonymous#]') "/>
		<rde-dm:attribute mode="write" attribute="request:ft.query.segment3" value="SET @formID=(SELECT form_id FROM @InsertOutputForm); INSERT INTO dbo.form_fields (form_id, name, type, data) OUTPUT INSERTED.id, INSERTED.form_id, INSERTED.name, INSERTED.type  INTO @InsertOutputFormFields VALUES " />
		
		<!-- Loop Over Fields -->
		<rde-dm:attribute mode="for-each" attribute="request:ft.ssv.fields" alias="field" tag="fields">
			<rde-dm:attribute mode="condition">
				<rde-dm:constraint>context:field NE ""</rde-dm:constraint>
				<field>
					<!-- Get Field Name -->
					<![CDATA[-]]><rde-dm:attribute mode="read" attribute="context:field"/><![CDATA[:]]><rde-dm:attribute mode="read" attribute="request:[#context:field#]" /><![CDATA[;<br/>]]>
					<rde-dm:attribute mode="write" attribute="request:ft.query.segment4" value="[#request:ft.query.segment4#], (@formID, '[#context:field#].replace(';',', ')', '[#fieldtype#string#]', '[#request:[#context:field#badField#]#].replace(';',', ')')"/>
					
					<rde-dm:attribute mode="write" attribute="request:rdb.columns" value="[#request:rdb.columns#], form_fields.[#context:field#]"/>
					<rde-dm:attribute mode="write" attribute="request:rdb.values" value="[#request:rdb.values#],&quot;[#request:[#context:field#badField#]#].replace(';',', ')&quot;"/>
				</field>
			</rde-dm:attribute>
		</rde-dm:attribute>
		
		<rde-dm:attribute mode="write" attribute="request:ft.rdb.formquery" value="[#request:ft.query.segment1#] [#request:ft.query.segment2#] [#request:ft.query.segment3#] [#request:ft.query.segment4#].trim().substring(1);" value-separator="" />
		<![CDATA[<br/>]]>
		<rde-dm:attribute mode="read" attribute="request:ft.rdb.formquery" /><![CDATA[<br/>]]>
		<!-- TODO: 
			- sql query submit
			- validate
			- add date&time of submit
			- set campaign step code = true
			- 
		-->
		<rde-dm:rdb mode="query" alias="otwsm_supplemental" sql="select count(*) as count from dbo.form_fields;"/><![CDATA[-pre count <br/>]]>
		<rde-dm:rdb mode="update" alias="otwsm_supplemental" sql="[#request:ft.rdb.formquery#]"/>
		<rde-dm:rdb mode="query" alias="otwsm_supplemental" sql="select count(*) as count from dbo.form_fields;"/><![CDATA[- post count<br/>]]>

Unfortunately I quickly learned I should have RTFM’d. I ran straight into a blocker.

Unexpected error occurs:This statement isn't allowed=DECLARE @formID as varchar(50) DECLARE @InsertOutputForm table ( form_id varchar(50) )

The RDB DynaMent limits the types of commands that can be executed. Thus I seemed out of luck. Except their is the statement mode which I don’t believe I’ve used before. It will let you run unrestricted SQL statements. If you are running simpler queries do use ‘query’ or ‘update’ to help prevent SQL Injection.

<!-- Split Fields -->
		<rde-dm:attribute mode="write" attribute="request:ft.ssv.fields" value="[#request:_sf_form_fieldnames_#].substring(1)" value-separator="|" />
		<rde-dm:attribute mode="write" attribute="request:ft.query.segment1" value="DECLARE @formID as varchar(50) DECLARE @InsertOutputForm table (  form_id varchar(50) );DECLARE @InsertOutputFormFields table( id varchar(50), form_id  varchar(50), name  varchar(50),  type varchar(50)); INSERT INTO dbo.forms (name,type,dsuser) OUTPUT    INSERTED.id as form_id  INTO @InsertOutputForm " />
		<!-- replace pseudo code -->
		<rde-dm:attribute mode="write" attribute="request:ft.query.segment2" value="VALUES (N'[#request:_sf_form_name_#partnerinfoform#]', N'[#request:formtype#form#]',N'[#user:rde-fields.login#anonymous#]') "/>
		<rde-dm:attribute mode="write" attribute="request:ft.query.segment3" value="SET @formID=(SELECT form_id FROM @InsertOutputForm); INSERT INTO dbo.form_fields (form_id, name, type, data) OUTPUT INSERTED.id, INSERTED.form_id, INSERTED.name, INSERTED.type  INTO @InsertOutputFormFields VALUES " />
		
		<!-- Loop Over Fields -->
		<rde-dm:attribute mode="for-each" attribute="request:ft.ssv.fields" alias="field" tag="fields">
			<rde-dm:attribute mode="condition">
				<rde-dm:constraint>context:field NE ""</rde-dm:constraint>
				<field>
					<!-- Get Field Name -->
					<![CDATA[-]]><rde-dm:attribute mode="read" attribute="context:field"/><![CDATA[:]]><rde-dm:attribute mode="read" attribute="request:[#context:field#]" /><![CDATA[;<br/>]]>
					<rde-dm:attribute mode="write" attribute="request:ft.query.segment4" value="[#request:ft.query.segment4#], (@formID, '[#context:field#].replace(';',', ')', '[#fieldtype#string#]', '[#request:[#context:field#badField#]#].replace(';',', ')')"/>
					
					<rde-dm:attribute mode="write" attribute="request:rdb.columns" value="[#request:rdb.columns#], form_fields.[#context:field#]"/>
					<rde-dm:attribute mode="write" attribute="request:rdb.values" value="[#request:rdb.values#],&quot;[#request:[#context:field#badField#]#].replace(';',', ')&quot;"/>
				</field>
			</rde-dm:attribute>
		</rde-dm:attribute>
		
		<rde-dm:attribute mode="write" attribute="request:ft.rdb.formquery" value="[#request:ft.query.segment1#] [#request:ft.query.segment2#] [#request:ft.query.segment3#] [#request:ft.query.segment4#].trim().substring(1);" value-separator="" />
		<![CDATA[<br/>]]>
		<rde-dm:attribute mode="read" attribute="request:ft.rdb.formquery" /><![CDATA[<br/>]]>
		
		<rde-dm:rdb mode="query" alias="otwsm_supplemental" sql="select count(*) as count from dbo.form_fields;"/><![CDATA[-pre count <br/>]]>
		<rde-dm:rdb mode="statement" alias="otwsm_supplemental" sql="[#request:ft.rdb.formquery#] SELECT id, form_id, name, type FROM @InsertOutputFormFields;"/>
		<rde-dm:rdb mode="query" alias="otwsm_supplemental" sql="select count(*) as count from dbo.form_fields;"/><![CDATA[- post count<br/>]]>
		<!-- TODO: 
			- add date&time of submit
		-->
		<rde-dm:attribute mode="read" attribute="request:step" /><![CDATA[-step<br/>]]>
		<rde-dm:attribute mode="write" op="set" attribute="user:campaign.step[#request:step#]" value="true"/> Set to True
		<rde-dm:attribute mode="read" attribute="user:campaign.step[#request:step#]" /><![CDATA[-step<br/>]]>
	<rde-dm:attribute mode="condition">
		<rde-dm:constraint>(request:redirect-target NE '') AND (request:debug NE 'true')</rde-dm:constraint>
			Redirect Now!<!-- redirect somewhere -->
			<rde-dm:process mode="redirect" type="http" url="http://10.25.0.51/demo/en/partner.htm" >
				<rde-dm:include content="[#request:redirect-target#content/en/index.htm#]"/>
			</rde-dm:process>
	</rde-dm:attribute>

That is the working result of a form handler to work with the “universal” storage tables handling a SmartForm post.

Adventures in Form Handling

In part this week I’m working on a form handling setup. I created a SmartForm and started about writing it’s input to DB via Delivery Server. I decided to make a more generic handler. We have some tools around for processing (client side validation, server side validation, JCaptcha) but no universal storage mechanism at hand. Conceptually this same processing used in tandem with SmartForm, forms created by dragging and dropping from panels in SmartEdit, a template form, or an external or legacy form. I’ve decided to just store this in a couple of tables as it will allow flexibility to integrate with other applications later on.

Goal:

Create a Delivery Server form handler to store M forms with N form fields per form. (ok I don’t really expect it to scale unlimited)

DDL:

First I created some tables. here they are.

USE [otwsm_supplemental]
GO

/****** Object:  Table [dbo].[forms]    Script Date: 08/03/2011 09:24:40 ******/
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO

SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO

CREATE TABLE [dbo].[forms](
	[id] [uniqueidentifier] ROWGUIDCOL  NOT NULL,
	[name] [nvarchar](50) NOT NULL,
	[type] [nvarchar](50) NOT NULL,
	[dsuser] [nvarchar](50) NOT NULL,
 CONSTRAINT [PK_forms] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
(
	[id] ASC
)WITH (PAD_INDEX  = OFF, STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE  = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF, ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS  = ON, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS  = ON) ON [PRIMARY]
) ON [PRIMARY]

GO

ALTER TABLE [dbo].[forms] ADD  CONSTRAINT [DF_forms_id]  DEFAULT (newid()) FOR [id]
GO

ALTER TABLE [dbo].[forms] ADD  CONSTRAINT [DF_forms_type]  DEFAULT (N'form') FOR [type]
GO

ALTER TABLE [dbo].[forms] ADD  CONSTRAINT [DF_forms_user]  DEFAULT (N'anonymous') FOR [dsuser]
GO

USE [otwsm_supplemental]
GO

/****** Object:  Table [dbo].[form_fields]    Script Date: 08/03/2011 09:24:27 ******/
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO

SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO

CREATE TABLE [dbo].[form_fields](
	[id] [uniqueidentifier] NOT NULL,
	[form_id] [uniqueidentifier] NOT NULL,
	[name] [nvarchar](50) NULL,
	[type] [nvarchar](50) NULL,
	[data] [nvarchar](max) NULL,
 CONSTRAINT [PK_form_fields] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
(
	[id] ASC
)WITH (PAD_INDEX  = OFF, STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE  = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF, ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS  = ON, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS  = ON) ON [PRIMARY]
) ON [PRIMARY]

GO

ALTER TABLE [dbo].[form_fields]  WITH CHECK ADD  CONSTRAINT [FK_form_fields_forms] FOREIGN KEY([form_id])
REFERENCES [dbo].[forms] ([id])
GO

ALTER TABLE [dbo].[form_fields] CHECK CONSTRAINT [FK_form_fields_forms]
GO

ALTER TABLE [dbo].[form_fields] ADD  CONSTRAINT [DF_form_fields_id]  DEFAULT (newid()) FOR [id]
GO

ALTER TABLE [dbo].[form_fields] ADD  CONSTRAINT [DF_form_fields_type]  DEFAULT (N'string') FOR [type]
GO

SQL:

I decided I wanted to insert from a form post with one interaction between DS and SQL. For now I decided not to make a prepared statement even though they are supported in v10.1.

(If there are better ways to do the insert let me know in the comments)

DECLARE @formID as varchar(50)
DECLARE @InsertOutputForm table

(

  form_id varchar(50)

);

DECLARE @InsertOutputFormFields table

(

  id varchar(50),
  form_id  varchar(50),
  name  varchar(50),
  type varchar(50)

);

INSERT INTO dbo.forms (name,type,dsuser)

OUTPUT

    INSERTED.id as form_id

  INTO @InsertOutputForm

VALUES (N'test', N'partnerinfoform',N'cindy')

SET @formID=(SELECT form_id FROM @InsertOutputForm);

INSERT INTO dbo.form_fields (form_id, name, type, data)

OUTPUT

    INSERTED.id, INSERTED.form_id, INSERTED.name, INSERTED.type

  INTO @InsertOutputFormFields

 VALUES (@formID, 'products', 'string', 'products'),
(@formID, 'solutions', 'string', 'solutions'),
(@formID, 'successes', 'string', 'successes'),
(@formID, 'resources', 'string', 'resources'),
(@formID, 'comments', 'string', 'test'),
(@formID, 'submit', 'string', ''),
(@formID, 'step', 'string', '430'),
(@formID, 'skey', 'string', 'SID-04000407-1F158E8D');

SELECT id, form_id, name, type FROM @InsertOutputFormFields;

RESULTS:

After struggles with getting to know the output clause and the proper variable syntax I finally got MS SQL 2008 to do all the work.

Next step. Writing finishing DS page logic to format the query.

DS API and RQL via AJAX – A Test Drive

Recently in the community I’ve been advocating and drumming up support for DS REST API and Jian, Kim, and Manuel have been discussing MS Plugins using AJAX to call RQL. I recently got an opportunity to give them a test drive to see how they will work for rapid prototyping a solution for a Proof of Concept (POC). I was impressed.

The scenario (as originally understood):

To create a set of JSP pages that provide access to WSM

1)DS to display different contents based on date range, resolution, and later an audience category for personalization.

2) Remote access to Asset Manager contents, and on selection return relative paths for where published files would reside.

DS REST API In Depth:

After installing (used the quick start guide for backup) and testing base functionality. I jumped back to Management Server to create contents with metadata to drive the searches. Some assigned by categories and keywords, some by standard fields, and some embedded in the content class templates. After publishing I created a redundant database structure.

I created a new handler by copying the existing Target DynaMent handler. I removed authentication for the handler, as this is a POC it just make things simpler. I developed a query to the specified my parameters.

http://host/api/1/newtarget.html?dbs=wcs&project=demo&include-mode=content,content&chunksize=1&chunk=1&sortedby=cms.date.wcsdatetime&ignore-constraints=completely&sortorder=desc&attributepath=none&constrainttime=20110623&hres=300

I added a couple DynaMents to write constraints for me based on values of ‘constrainttime’ and ‘hres’. And I had a single content returned per date/resolution. I finished it up by adding a simple HTML XSLT so the content of this one item is accessible as if it were called directly. The rest was some JSP to scrape characters from a URL into a StringBuffer. Much more sophisticated option is possible but it is a POC.

RQL via AJAX

var loginguid=””;

var sessionguid=””;$(document).ready(function() {// hide search result area

$(“#searchresult”).hide();

if($.cookie(“assetlogin”) == null || $.cookie(“assetsession”) == null || $.cookie(“assetlogin”) == “” || $.cookie(“assetsession”) == “”)

{

login();

}else{

if(“<%= session(“sessionkey”) %>” ==”” || “<%= session(“loginguid”) %>”==””){

loginguid=$.cookie(“assetlogin”);

sessionguid=$.cookie(“assetsession”);

DisplayAssets(“FE46C4F25F4847F4A983C6F41EDC42A3”);

}else{

//alert(“asp vars”);

loginguid=”<%= session(“loginguid”) %>”;

sessionguid=”<%= session(“sessionkey”) %>”;

DisplayAssets(“FE46C4F25F4847F4A983C6F41EDC42A3”);

}

}

});

function DisplayAssets(FolderGuid)

{

if(FolderGuid == “”)

{

$(“#searchresult .content”).append(“<div class=\”error\”>Error</div>”);

return;

}

$(“#searchresult .content”).empty();

//load simple page info

var strRQLXML = padRQLXML(“<MEDIA><FOLDER guid=\””+FolderGuid+ “\” subdirguid=\””+FolderGuid+”\”><FILES action=\”list\” view=\”list\” sectioncount=\”-1\” maxfilesize=\”0\” attributeguid=\”\” searchtext=\”*\” pattern=\”\” startcount=\”1\” orderby=\”name\”/></FOLDER></MEDIA>”);

$.post(“/CMS/PlugIns/RemoteAssetManager/rqlaction.asp”, { rqlxml: strRQLXML },

function(data){

// add stuff to search results

if($(data).find(“FILE”).attr(“name”) != null)

{

//add on click alert http://host/saq/images/imagename

$(data).find(‘FILE’).each(function(){

$(“#searchresult .content”).append(“<div style=\”border: 2px solid grey; padding 15px;\”><a onclick=\”alert(‘URL for Integration Externally: http://host/url/images/”+$(this).attr(“name”)+”‘)\” href=\”#img=” + $(this).attr(“name”) + “\”><br/><img style=\”border:3px solid black;\” src=\”http://win-kk55dom76sa/cms/”+$(this).attr(“thumbnailpath”)+”\” /><br/>” + $(this).attr(“name”) + “</a><br/> </div>”);

});

}

else

{

$(“#searchresult .content”).append(“<div class=\”error\”>Folder with guid ” + FolderGuid + ” not found.</div>”);

}

$(“#searchresult”).show();

}, “xml”);

}

function login(){

// login

var strLoginRQLXML = “<IODATA> <ADMINISTRATION action=\”login\” name=\”admin\” password=\”dontdothis\”/></IODATA>”;

$.post(“/CMS/PlugIns/RemoteAssetManager/rqlaction.asp”, { rqlxml: strLoginRQLXML },

function(data){

//handle the login request

loginguid=$(data).find(‘LOGIN’).attr(“loginguid”);

userguid=$(data).find(‘LOGIN’).attr(“userguid”);

//sessionguid=$(data).find(‘LOGIN’).attr(“guid”);

$.cookie(“assetlogin”, loginguid);

//alert(“loginguid: “+loginguid);

//”<IODATA loginguid=\”<%= session(“loginguid”) %>\” sessionkey=\”<%= session(“sessionkey”) %>\”>” + innerRQLXML + “</IODATA>”;

var strProjectRQLXML = padRQLXMLNoSession(“<ADMINISTRATION action=\”validate\”><PROJECT guid=\”0B7FE095D7814EE48B95B2E2A41A0BA0\” /></ADMINISTRATION>”);

//alert(strProjectRQLXML);

$.post(“/CMS/PlugIns/RemoteAssetManager/rqlaction.asp”, { rqlxml: strProjectRQLXML },

function(data){

//handle the login request

sessionguid=$(data).find(‘SERVER’).attr(“key”);

$.cookie(“assetsession”, sessionguid);

DisplayAssets(“FE46C4F25F4847F4A973C6F41EDC42A3”);

}, “xml”);

return “”;

}, “xml”);

return “”;

}

function padRQLXML(innerRQLXML)

{

return “<IODATA loginguid=\””+loginguid+”\” sessionkey=\””+sessionguid+”\”>” + innerRQLXML + “</IODATA>”;

}

function padRQLXMLNoSession(innerRQLXML)

{

return “<IODATA loginguid=\””+loginguid+”\”>” + innerRQLXML + “</IODATA>”;

}

This made a quick and easy UI to include via a similar JSP to the ones used for Delivery Server. This could be expanded on by

Result:

Both satisfied the technical requirements as they were understood. Some on the fly reconfiguration during a break was able to more accurately meet the customers requirements.

Time Frame:

Total time <16 hrs

Facts:
This includes download, install, configuration of REST project. A good amount of this time was spent coding the JSP to include the results of my REST services. I will be honest I’m really a novice with limited hands on experience. Only some rusty revision of existing RQL scripting as background and an existing AJAX plugin as guide.

WAR Deploy of OT WSM Delivery Server on vFabric tc Server

Here is a quick log of an experiment. vFabric tc Server is a Tomcat clone “Enterprise”-ified by the SpringSource now VMWare folks. It has hooks setup into their Hyperic Analysis tool that I’ve been meaning to look at for a while.

Install tc Server – pretty easy with 60 day demo.
Download and extract DS 10.1 SP1 (pre-patched) from OpenText KC
Download and extract SQL JDBC 1.2
Make sure you have a working SQL 2008 DB up and running. Make sure you create database users. For dev I always make sure to use SQL mixed mode as its much quicker to provision new users.
Make sure you have license keys needed for install
Kick off DS setup for 64-bit
Pick Web Archive (.war) deployment
Select region (America/Australia)
Next+Next
Import license XML file (ah so much better than old copy and paste)
Set target path (not the actual tc Server webapps yet)
Next-Next-Next-Next-Next
Set administrative user and pwd
Pick your 1.2 sqljdbc.jar
Enter credentials. If using a named instance with SQL Server edit the url and remove the :<%port%> host\instance;
allow network access (if applicable)
Use default db names or rename to hearts desire
Next Next
Wait to make sure Delivery Server Prepartion Completes- Last line should read “Initialisation- insert licenses”
Next (if no sample projects) Next Next
Done. with WAR creation.
Stop tc Server if running
Next stops parallel but not directly follow the manual for deploying WAR file
Copy jar files into vfabric-tc-server\myserver\lib
Copy WAR file into vfabric-tc-server\myserver\webapps
Update vfabric-tc-server\myserver\bin\setenv.bat. Here is what I set my last 2 lines to hybridizing some of the rdesetenv.bat optional settings with the tc Server defaults
set JVM_OPTS=-Xmx512M -Xss192K -XX:MaxPermSize=128m
set JAVA_OPTS=%JVM_OPTS% %AGENT_PATHS% %JAVA_AGENTS% %JAVA_LIBRARY_PATH% -Duser.language=en -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true -XX:+DisableExplicitGC -Dsun.rmi.dgc.client.gcInterval=3600000 -Dsun.rmi.dgc.server.gcInterval=3600000 -server -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:+CMSIncrementalMode -XX:+UseParNewGC -XX:+CMSClassUnloadingEnabled -XX:+CMSPermGenSweepingEnabled
Save and Start tc Server
Login to <host>:<port>/cps/rde/iauth with your user and password.
Do your own verification of functionality because this is as far as my experiment has gone thus far.

Enjoy.