Rational Build Forge Standard Edition

Adaptive execution framework automates, accelerates and standardizes software assembly

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IBM® Rational® Build Forge® Standard Edition is an adaptive execution framework that helps automate and standardize the software assembly process. Rational Build Forge helps teams standardize repetitive tasks, improve software quality and manage compliance mandates. This software scales to 25 seats.

Rational Build Forge Standard Edition delivers:

  • Flexibility—gives developers self-service access to preconfigured build processes from within their integrated development environment (IDE). You can add IBM Rational software products to further enhance automation, reporting and integration.
  • Productivity—accelerates build and release cycles through iterative development, parallel processes and efficient use of hardware.
  • Compliance—simplifies compliance management with self-documenting audit trails and role-based security.
  • Compatibility—increases team efficiency with centralized build and release management using the tools you have today.

Flexibility

  • Web console for centralized user and administration access provides a consolidated, real-time view of software assembly processes.
  • Integration with leading IDEs gives you easy access to software assembly processes and allows you to work in your preferred environment.
  • Configurable user interface points to any other tool for easy, fast access. Also improves integration between tools.
  • Add-on software products include IBM Rational Automation Framework for WebSphere®, IBM Rational Build Forge Quick Report and IBM Rational Build Forge Adaptor Toolkit.

Productivity

  • Job process optimization helps ensure jobs are automatically run in the most efficient matter. Rational Build Forge can analyze, sequence and optimize job runs.
  • Project configuration snapshots easily manage various project configurations and preserve historical process definitions.
  • Error log filtering and automated email notifications help you quickly detect and resolve errors.
  • With multiple scheduling options, you can execute builds at a specific date and time, or you can execute builds perpetually based on source file changes. Parallel execution allows you to run jobs concurrently for faster completion and the most efficient use of hardware.
  • Advanced reporting improves project visibility and identifies bottlenecks so you can improve operations. Really Simple Syndication (RSS) data feeds give you real-time targeted information.

Compliance

  • Through consistent tracking and documentation, Rational Build Forge can deliver ongoing audit trails for compliance management without manual effort.
  • Role-based security and user authentication (including password encryption) enable security-rich, controlled user access. Notification and alerts inform you if someone violates your IT controls.
  • Rational Build Forge tracks and stores comprehensive data on builds, releases and related tasks to provide a detailed bill of materials. This facilitates faster problem resolution, better reproducibility and compliance management.

Compatibility

  • Rational Build Forge is compatible with existing scripts, batch files, development tools and processes. The software has no new proprietary scripting languages.
  • Adapters give you an integrated project view. They integrate with software configuration management, testing and software change management solutions.
  • Rational Build Forge includes IBM Installation Manager. You gain the same installation experience on both Microsoft® Windows® and UNIX®.
  • Distributed, multiplatform support allows you to work across different environments.
  • Unicode support for multibyte content enables international projects.

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System requirements

The following information lists the basic hardware and software requirements for using IBM® Rational® Build Forge®.


Operating SystemSoftwareHardware
Windows operating systems:
  • Windows Server 2008 (Intel)
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 (Intel)
  • Windows Server 2003: Service Pack 1 or later (Intel)
  • Windows Server 2003: Service Pack 2 (Intel)
  • Windows XP Professional: Service Pack 2 or later (Intel)

UNIX and Linux operating systems:
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Server (Intel)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server (Intel)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server (Intel)
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (Intel)
  • Solaris 9 and 10 (SPARC)
  • AIX® 5.3 and 6.1 (System p®, Power 5 and Power 6)
  • AIX 7.1 (System p, Power 7)
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10: Service Pack 2 (IBM System z®: S390x)
  • RedHat Enterprise Linux 4.6 and later (IBM System z: S390x)

Operating system requirements for the optional Eclipse client

Windows operating systems:
  • Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise, Ultimate (32 & 64 bit)
  • Windows Vista Professional, Enterprise, Ultimate (32 & 64 bit)
  • Windows XP Professional (32 bit)
  • Windows Server 2008 Standard and Enterprise (32 & 64 bit)
  • Windows Server 2003 Standard and Enterprise (32 & 64 bit)

Linux operating systems:
  • Red Hat Linux Desktop 5 (32 & 64 bit)
  • Red Hat Linux Desktop 6 (32 & 64 bit)
  • Red Hat Linux Enterprise Server 5 (32 & 64 bit)
  • Red Hat Linux Enterprise Server 6 (32 & 64 bit)
  • SUSE Linux Desktop 10 (32 & 64 bit)
  • SUSE Linux Desktop 11 (32 & 64 bit)
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (32 & 64 bit)
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (32 & 64 bit)
IBM Installation Manager requirements:
  • Installation Manager V1.4.4

Browser requirements:
  • Internet Explorer 8
  • Internet Explorer 7
  • Mozilla Firefox 4
  • Mozilla Firefox 3.x
  • Minimum resolution:
    1024 x 768.
  • Optimum resolution: 1280 x 1024 or higher

Java Requirements:
  • IBM Java SDK V6*
  • IBM Java SDK V5

*IBM Rational Automation Framework includes the Java SDK V6 that it requires on the framework server and on target systems.

The Rational Automation Framework web applications, rafservices and rafw, which include the Environment Generation wizard, are deployed on an application server that is supported by IBM Rational Build Forge. The supported application servers include IBM WebSphere® Application Server V6.1 (Java SDK V5) and WebSphere Application Server, V7.0 (Java SDK V6).

Rational Automation Framework users can write custom actions, which can include Java or Jython code. The Java requirements for custom actions are as follows:

  • Use Java SDK 5 to compile JAR files that are referenced as Ant tasks and executed only by Ant.
  • Compile JAR files that are executed by the wsadmin scripting client to use the lowest JDK version of the target system in which they run. For example, for wsadmin to run the Java program on a WebSphere V6.0 (JDK V1.4) target system, the program must be compiled by using JDK V1.4.

Software requirements for the optional Eclipse client

Java requirements:
  • Oracle or IBM Java JRE 1.6

Eclipse requirements
  • Eclipse SDK 3.6.2
Processor:
  • Intel Pentium processor at 500 MHz or faster
  • Intel EM64T or AMD Opteron
  • SPARC 32-bit or 64-bit
  • System p®, Power 5

Memory: Minimum 2 GB

Disk space:

Core product directories: The minimum space is 2 GB, which includes the space required for the provided Java software development kits (SDKs).

Media tree directory: The space required for the media tree varies for each product installation. The disk space required is equivalent to the size of the installation media that you copy to the media directory. The media tree can be on the framework server or on a shared network drive.

To estimate disk space requirements, include the space that is required by all products, product versions, and fix packs for each operating system that you plan to support. For help to determine space requirements, see IBM® WebSphere® product documentation.

Environments directory: The minimum is 1 GB. The actual space that is required is affected by the following factors:
  • The WebSphere cells that you define and the number of applications deployed per cell
  • The size of web application files, such as EAR files, shared libraries, and other files
  • The cell configuration files that are copied from WebSphere and saved to the RAFW_HOME/user/environments directory
To estimate space requirements for enterprise applications, see your WebSphere documentation.

IBM Installation Manager: The minimum space is 5 GB for the logs, metadata, and installation files.

Temporary directories: The minimum space is 1 GB for the logs, work, and user directories. To reclaim space, you can periodically delete the contents of the work and log directories.


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