If you have grown accustomed to the legacy interface, but have a newer version (11.x) of WorldServer, you can remove the 11.x sections of the interface and use only the legacy ones.
Procedure
- Install Tomcat as a service.
You can use the installer provided in the WorldServer distribution kit.
- If the Tomcat service is started, stop it.
- Copy the ws-legacy.war and ws-api.war files to <tomcat-home>/webapps, and then rename the ws-legacy file.
- Create a folder named WS_CONFIG.
- Copy the necessary configuration files in the WS_CONFIG folder from another instance of WorldServer or from classpath and configure them.
Tip: The WS_CONFIG folder is created and populated automatically when installing WorldServer with the installer. You have to re-create the same structure of the folder when you copy the configuration files. To see the exact structure and the files you need to copy, go to a WorldServer instance installed with the installer.
- Add WS_CONFIG as an environment variable and specify the location of the WS_CONFIG folder as its value.
- In the transportconfig.properties file, uncomment the appropriate line and change the value of the
enable_new_create_project_wizard property to false.
- Start the Tomcat service.
- In your browser's address bar, type: http://<ws-ip>:<port>/<war-name>/login, where <ws-ip> and <port> are the IP address and port of the server on which WorldServer is installed, whereas <war-name> is the name you gave to the ws-legacy WAR file when you renamed it.
For example, a possible address is: http://12.345.67.890:8085/worldserver/login.
- Optional: On your desktop, create a shortcut that points to the new address.