Software

• Windows XP SP2

JDK & Tomcat Application Server

• JDK 5.0 (Latest Version) 
• Apache Tomcat 5.5.X

Apache Axis (NOT Recommended for new Web Service Development)

• axis-bin-1_4.zip
• jaf-1_1-fr.zip
• Xerces-J-bin.2.8.1.zip
• javamail-1_4.zip
• xml-security-bin-1_3_0.zip
• wss4j-bin-1.5.0.zip

Apache Axis2

• Latest Version of Axis2 Standard Binary Distribution & WAR Distribution
• Any needed Axis2 Modules (e.g. Modules for WS-Security, WS-ReliableMessaging etc.)
• Any needed Axis2 Tools (e.g. Plug-ins for Eclipse)
  

Eclipse IDE

• Eclipse Web Tools Platfrom All-In-One Packages (Latest Released Version)
  

Installation

• Install the JDK - De-select Demo's and Source Code; Choose defaults for everything else
• Add the following system environment variables
  • JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_09 (NOTE: Substitute the appropriate path here)
  • Add “%JAVA_HOME%\bin” to the PATH
• Verify "javac" from the command prompt works!
• Reboot
  
• Install Apache Tomcat into "C:\DevTools\Tomcat5.5"
  • Use "Full" Install for a DEV Environment
  • Choose Port 80 as the HTTP Connector Port (Verify that you do not have another web server running on Port 80)
  • Choose a userid/password for the Administrator Login
  • Choose the previously installed JDK (NOT the JRE) when asked a path to a Java JVM
  • If you expect to provide the web services to remote machines, configure the windows firewall to let in ports 80/443
• Reboot

Axis (NOT Recommended for new Web Service Development)

• Install Axis into "C:\DevTools\axis-1_4"
• Add the following system environment variables
  • AXIS_HOME=C:\DevTools\axis-1_4
  • AXIS_LIB=%AXIS_HOME%\lib
  • AXISCLASSPATH=%AXIS_LIB%\axis.jar;%AXIS_LIB%\commons-discovery-0.2.jar;
    %AXIS_LIB%\commons-logging-1.0.4.jar;%AXIS_LIB%\jaxrpc.jar;%AXIS_LIB%\saaj.jar;
    %AXIS_LIB%\log4j-1.2.8.jar;
• Copy "xercesImpl.jar" & "xml-apis.jar" to from "Xerces-J-bin.2.8.1.zip" to "C:\DevTools\axis-1_4\webapps\axis\WEB-INF\lib"
• Copy "activation.jar" from "jaf-1_1-fr.zip" to "C:\DevTools\axis-1_4\webapps\axis\WEB-INF\lib"
• Copy "mail.jar" from "javamail-1_4.zip" to "C:\DevTools\axis-1_4\webapps\axis\WEB-INF\lib"
• Copy "xmlsec-1.3.0.jar" from "xml-security-bin-1_3_0.zip" to "C:\DevTools\axis-1_4\webapps\axis\WEB-INF\lib"
• Copy "wss4j-1.5.0.jar" from "wss4j-bin-1.5.0.zip" to "C:\DevTools\axis-1_4\webapps\axis\WEB-INF\lib"
• Register Axis with Tomcat by creating "axis.xml" in "C:\DevTools\Tomcat5.5\conf\Catalina\localhost"
  • "axis.xml" should contain just one line - "<Context docBase="C:\DevTools\axis-1_4\webapps\axis" />"
• Reboot
• Run "http://localhost/axis/happyaxis.jsp" and verify all needed components are installed
• Run "http://localhost/axis/EchoHeaders.jws?method=list" and verify there are no errors
  

Axis2

• Unzip the Axis2 Standard Binary Distribution into "C:\DevTools\axis2-1.3"
  NOTE: Substitute the appropriate path to the current version of Axis2
  
• Add the following system environment variables
• AXIS2_HOME=C:\DevTools\axis2-1.3
• Add the following to the PATH
• %AXIS2_HOME%\bin;
• [NOTE: You are doing all this so that you have access to the command line utilities like wsdl2java etc.]
  
• Copy the axis2.war to the "C:\DevTools\Tomcat 5.5\webapps" directory
  
• Browse to http://localhost/axis2/axis2-web/HappyAxis.jsp and verify that all needed components are installed
• Copy any needed modules to "C:\DevTools\Tomcat 5.5\webapps\axis2\WEB-INF\modules"
  
• Restart Tomcat

IDE Installation

• Unzip the Eclipse WTP All-In-One Package to into "C:\DevTools"
• Install any needed Axis2 Plug-ins