Installing PolicyCenter on WebSphere in a production environment

To use WebSphere as the PolicyCenter application server, you create and deploy a WebSphere-specific EAR package file to that application. Generating the EAR file is a multistep process. See the following:

  1. Add a welcome-file-list element to file web.xml
  2. Generate the PolicyCenter EAR file for WebSphere
  3. Install the PolicyCenter EAR file on WebSphere

Important caveats

  • Guidewire supports the JDBC drivers shipped with PolicyCenter only for use with externally managed data sources. Guidewire does not support any default JDBC drivers installed with the application server.
  • It is not possible to access Guidewire PolicyCenter locally on WebSphere by using the following standard URL:
    http://localhost:9080/pc/

    Instead, use the following URL:

    http://localhost:9080/pc/Start.do