Application server: Installing Administration Services UI

Use IBM® Installation Manager to install and configure Administration Services UI application on the Jazz™ for Service Management UI server.

Before you begin

  1. Ensure that your environment is prepared, including hardware and software requirements, and any software packages downloaded. See Preparing your environment for a custom installation.
  2. Decide whether to install as a root user or non-root user, see Installing as a root user or non-root user.
  3. Ensure that you have installed Dashboard Application Services Hub on the Jazz for Service Management UI server. See Application server: Installing Dashboard Application Services Hub.
Important: If you are installing as a non-root user, note that the non-root installations are placed in the user's home directory. See Installing as a root user or non-root user.

Procedure

  1. Depending on whether you have a browser on the target server, start either the launchpad or Installation Manager.
  2. Select each check box that is associated with the software package to install, and click Next.
    • Administration Services UI Version 1.1.2.1
    The Installation Manager > Licenses panel opens.
  3. Review the license agreement for the following software packages as required, and accept the terms; click Next.
    • Administration Services UI Version 3.1.2.1
    The Installation Manager > Location panel opens.
  4. Accept the specified default installation locations for the software packages as outlined in Table 1 and click Next.
    Restriction: If you specify a non-default installation directory, ensure that the path and directory name do not contain non-ASCII, special, or double-byte characters. Use only these characters: abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ _\:0123456789()~-./
    Table 1. Installation locations for the software packages
    Software package Platform Location
    Package group: Core services in Jazz for Service Management

    Administration Services UI

    Windows

    C:\Program Files\IBM\JazzSM
    Note: Administration Services UI is installed to C:\Program Files\IBM\JazzSM\admin_ui, referred to as ADMINUI_HOME.

    AIX®

    Linux

    Linux on System z®

    /opt/IBM/JazzSM
    Note: Administration Services UI is installed to /opt/IBM/JazzSM/admin_ui, referred to as ADMINUI_HOME.
    The Installation Manager > Features – languages panel opens.
  5. Accept the default translated languages that are selected in the Translations Supported by All Packages panel; click Next. The Installation Manager > Features panel opens.
  6. Select the following features to install and click Next.
    Option Description
    Administration Services UI
    • Installation
    • Configuration
    The Installation Manager > Features configuration panel opens for the selected software package.
  7. Select the existing WebSphere® application server profile (JazzSMProfile) for the integration service, as follows:
    1. Click Browse to select the full path to the WebSphere Application Server installation directory.
    2. From the Profile deployment type drop-down list, select Use existing WebSphere Profile.
    3. Accept the default settings for the WebSphere application server profile; specify the User name and Password for it.
      Fields Description
      WebSphere installation location The full path to the WebSphere Application Server directory.
      Profile name The default WebSphere application server profile name, that is, JazzSMProfile.
      Attention: If you want to install all integration services on a single server, or you are installing Dashboard Application Services Hub on a separate application server, you must specify JazzSMProfile as the profile name.
      Node name The default server node for the WebSphere Application Server profile, that is, JazzSMNode01.
      Server name The default name of the application server, that is, server1.
      User name The administrator user ID for the application server profile.
      Password The password that is associated with the administrator user ID.
      Password confirmation The confirmed password that is associated with the administrator user ID.
      Note: This field is displayed only when you select Create WebSphere profile from the Profile deployment type list.
    4. Click Validate. After Installation Manager validates the details, it enables the Next button. Click Next.
    5. Review the default values for the ports.
    6. Click Next.
  8. You can specify a different administrator user name and password for theAdministration Services UI application.
    1. In the User name field, enter the new administrator user ID.
    2. In the Password field, enter the new password.
  9. Specify the installation location of Registry Services that Administration Services UI uses at run time to connect to Registry Services; click Next.
    Fields Description
    Location The installation location for Registry Services that is one of the following options:
    1. local–select when the Registry Services application server is installed on the same server as Administration Services.
    2. remote–select when the Registry Services application server is installed on a different server than Administration Services.
    Host name The host name or IP address of the server on which Registry Services is installed. Modify this value if you selected remote from the Location drop-down list.
    HTTPS transport secure port The secure listening port for the Registry Services run time.
    Note: This field is only displayed when you select remote from the Location list.
  10. Click Next. The Installation Manager > Summary panel opens.
  11. Review the software packages to be installed and their installation directories; click Install.

    Installation Manager calls the scripts to install the software packages and configure WebSphere Application Server and Jazz for Service Management.