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How to install m-Power to run on any directory

There are certain occasions where, based on convenience/security, users do not wish to host m-Power directly off of the root of their AS400. Since m-Power ships pre-configured to run there, a few additional configurations will need to take place. In this example, we will walk through a process where we reconfigure m-Power to run within a folder K:\temp\test\m-power:

A. Install m-Power on any directory on Windows system

1. Change the server.xml file (in K:\temp\test\m-power\tomcat\conf) to make these two line point to the new locations:

2. Change the mrctool.properties file (in directory K:\temp\test\m-power\proddata\conf) to reflect the m-Power location:

target_location=K\:\\\\temp\\test\\m-power\\mrcjava\\WEB-INF
classpath=.;"K:\\\\temp\\test\\m-power\\mrcjava\\WEB-INF\\lib\\mrcjs11.jar";"K:\\\\temp\\test\\m-power\\proddata\\lib\\servlet.jar"

3. Change the start_tomcat.bat and the end_tomcat.bat files (in K:\temp\test\m-power) to reflect new m-Power location:

Edit start_tomcat.bat file contents:

echo off
set JAVA_HOME=C:/j2sdk1.4.2
set CATALINA_HOME=K:\temp\test\m-power\tomcat
set EXECUTABLE=%CATALINA_HOME%\bin\catalina.bat
call "%EXECUTABLE%" start

Edit end_tomcat.bat file contents:

echo off
set JAVA_HOME=C:/j2sdk1.4.2
set CATALINA_HOME=K:\temp\test\m-power\tomcat
set EXECUTABLE=%CATALINA_HOME%\bin\catalina.bat
call "%EXECUTABLE%" stop

4. Run MRCPS.MRC00 to set the target location for generated applications. For example: K:\\temp\test\m-power\mrcjava\WEB-INF.

B. Install m-power on any directory on AS400

Assume you want to install m-Power on the IFS directory /home/test/m-power

1. Change the server.xml file (in /home/test/m-power/tomcat/conf) to make these two line point to the new locations:

2. Change the mrctool.properties file (in directory K:\temp\test\m-power\proddata\conf) to reflect the new m-Power location:

target_location=/home/test/m-power/mrcjava\\WEB-INF
classpath=.;/home/test/m-power/mrcjava/WEB-INF/lib\\mrcjs11.jar;/home/test/m-power/proddata/lib/servlet.jar

3. Use start_tomcat400.sh and end_tomcat400.sh to start/end tomcat:

4. Run MRCPS.MRC00 to set the target location for generated applications. For example: /home/test/m-power/mrcjava/WEB-INF.

Note:
If you are attempting to set up a new instance of m-Power to serve as a production instance, you will need to do two additional steps:

1. Install or copy your current m-Power directory to the /home/test/m-power.

2. Modify the /home/test/m-power/tomcat/conf/server.xml

<Connector port="8011" /> <--- Change the Connector Port as your development instance of Tomcat already uses this number.