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Nick H
Nick H

Reputation: 8992

How to develop with WebSphere 8.5 traditional on OS X

Does anyone have any idea how this can be done?

It's my understanding that WebSphere 8.5 traditional is not compatible or will not run on OSX. I am looking for solutions for developers to develop with a WebSphere 8.5 traditional server locally.

Could we setup some servers on a windows machine so they can be used remotely during development?

I downloaded the Eclipse plugin but it gives me the warning saying OS X is not compatible with WebSphere traditional and to give it a remote server address. I tried to point eclipse to a server on a windows PC but it still wants a runtime installation directory.

I found a single thread on WASDev with a similar question talking about runtime stubs with a dead link.

I tried using a liberty server but I get nothing but null pointer exceptions and JMX errors, I don't think this is a valid alternative in my corporate environment.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3779

Answers (2)

ebullient
ebullient

Reputation: 1280

For developing against WebSphere traditional on OSX, you could try Docker! We've published developer edition versions of 8.5.5.9 and 9.0.0.0, see:

The Dockerfiles used to produce these images are here, should you want to try building your own instead:

However, your question is more specific to getting the tools working.

The last I read (and I'll try to confirm/update the answer when I do find it), is that the stubs are part of the full product install for RAD (selectable via Installation Manager).

Upvotes: 4

Bruce T.
Bruce T.

Reputation: 1002

You're correct that traditional WAS doesn't run on OSX. Remote servers are an option but traditional WAS is considered by some developers to be heavy and slow to restart, so your developers might appreciate something local and more nimble. Liberty is supposed to run on OSX, and things that run on Liberty -usually- will run on traditional, so getting to the bottom of your Liberty problems might be useful. If you haven't already, posting your question on WASDev might reach someone that has a better answer than this one.

Upvotes: 3

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