Loading the PPM front-end

The PPM front-end can be loaded and run in the following three different modes.

As a Java application in a command line on the server

You can start the PPM front-end directly on the server, in the installation environment. To do this, open a command line on your computer and go to the following directory:

<PPM installation directory>/ppm/server/bin/agentLocalRepo/.unpacked/<installation_time>_ppm-client-run-prod-<PPM Version Info>-runnable.zip/ppm/bin

and runppmgui.bat for Windows operating systems or ./runppmgui for Linux to start the PPM front-end.

As a Java applet in a Web browser on the client

Depending on user interaction, JAR files are transferred from the PPM Web server to the PPM client and executed in the Java Runtime Environment of the browser plug-in. To start the PPM front-end in the Web browser, enter the following URL in the browser's address bar:

http://<loadbalancer>:<loadbalancer-http-port>/ppm/html

Example

http://localhost:4080/ppm/html

As a Java WebStart application on the client

Depending on user interaction, a JNLP file is downloaded from the PPM Web server to start the WebStart application, and this is then executed in the client's Java Runtime Environment. In some Web browsers, the PPM front-end is started automatically by entering the following URL in the browser's address bar:

http://<loadbalancer>:<loadbalancer-http-port>/ppm/html/ppm.jnlp

Example

http://localhost:4080/ppm/html/ppm.jnlp

If you are using the Chrome Web browser, the ppm.jnlp file is first downloaded and must be run locally. In both cases, however, the PPM front-end is started as an application on the client.