Using the launchpad to start Liberty installations
The launchpad console is the starting point for installing WebSphere® Application Server Liberty .
Before you begin
- The launchpad is a web application. Before using the launchpad, you must have a supported web
browser. The launchpad supports the following browsers:
Mozilla Firefox Version 3.5 or later
Internet Explorer Version 6.0 Service Pack 2 or later
- Install a supported web browser if one is not installed.
- Install a browser such as Mozilla Firefox. Download Firefox
from the following location: http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/.
- Install a browser for the Windows
operating system.
- You must install the Bash shell package to use the launchpad
application. Although the Bash shell must be installed, the Bash shell does not need to be used to
run the launchpad.sh command. If you attempt to run the launchpad application
from a DVD on the HP-UX, Linux®, or Solaris operating systems without the Bash shell installed, the
launchpad fails with an error message indicating that the Bash interpreter is not found. If you
attempt to run the launchpad from any image on AIX®, the
launchpad fails with an error message indicating that the current browser is not supported. The Bash
package for the AIX operating system is included in the IBM®
AIX Toolbox.
About this task
The launchpad identifies components on the product disk or image that you can install (launch).
The launchpad is a single point of reference for installing the application server environment. If you click a link that points to a product repository on another disk or image, you are prompted to insert that disk or browse to that image.
Procedure
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Start the launchpad.
The launchpad program is available in the root directory of the product disk. You can start the launchpad manually using a fully qualified command instead of changing directories to the disk and running the command locally from the root directory:
- Mount the disk drive if necessary.
- Open a shell window and issue a fully qualified launchpad command to start
the launchpad.Tip: If you need to navigate using the keyboard, use
Mozilla Firefox as your web browser and start the launchpad with the following command:
launchpad_a11y.exe
The launchpad opens in the language of the locale setting of the machine.Note: Some Windows operating systems such as Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows
Server 2008, and Windows 7 have implemented a more
restrictive security policy that denies access to trusted files by non-trusted files or
applications. When the launchpad application is run as a non-trusted program, you will receive JavaScript
Access is denied
errors that subsequently cause the application to hang. Because downloaded images are automatically blocked, unblock the files so that the launchpad can successfully access the files. Before you extract the image, right-click the image file and select Properties to open the Properties panel and locate the security section and click the Unblock button. You can now extract the image and run the launchpad application.
Results
Troubleshooting
If you can start the launchpad but clicking a link does not resolve to a page in the launchpad, you might have the wrong media in the disk drive. Check the validity of the media.
- Mount the drive as necessary on platforms such as AIX or Linux.
- Enable the JavaScript function in your browser.
Mozilla Firefox: Click :Internet Explorer: Click .
If the launchpad links still do not work after following this procedure, launch Installation Manager and point it at the appropriate repositories to install the offerings.
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What to do next
Go to Installing and uninstalling Liberty on distributed operating systems to continue installing your application serving environment.