How can I change the Web App path in Websphere Commerce 6 ?

Say your WCS 6 Manager comes to you and says-- "Hey , I am bored with the same content in the URL /webapp/wcs/stores  . Replace it with something exciting like "/yourock" . So the URL

https://testcommerce.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/TopCategories
should be

https://testcommerce.com/yourock/servlet/TopCategories 

Since I donot know what to do (kidding :) ) , I will google and get this solution. So, this how you have to do it.

Solution:

I know since you are intelligent you know you have to ,

a. Make sure you shut down the server while making changes. 

b. Back up all files before changing them.

And  then do the following.

1.  In the file <WCToolkit>\xml\config\wc-server.xml

Replace all contextPath="/webapp/wcs/stores" with contextPath="/yourock"

Replace all StoresWebPath="/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet" with StoresWebPath="/yourock/servlet"

Replace all WebAppPath="/webapp/wcs/stores" with WebAppPath="/yourock"

2.  In the file <WCToolkit>\workspace\Stores\WebContent\WEB-INF\web.xml

Replace <param-name>webpath</param-name> 

            <param-value>/webapp/wcs/stores</param-value>

with <param-name>webpath</param-name>

            <param-value>/yourock</param-value>           

3. In the file <WCToolkit>\workspace\WC\META-INF\application.xml

Replace <web-uri>Stores.war</web-uri>

<context-root>/webapp/wcs/stores</context-root>

with <web-uri>Stores.war</web-uri>

<context-root>/yourock </context-root>

4.  In the file   C:\WCToolkitEE60\wc.modules\wars\wcsstore.war\WEB-INF\web.xml

Replace <param-name>TargetContextRoot</param-name>

        <param-value>/webapp/wcs/stores</param-value>

With <param-name>TargetContextRoot</param-name>

        <param-value>/yourock</param-value>

 

5. Restart the server and hit the url below to see the home page.                

http://<localhost>/yourock/store/HomeView