Application server: Installing WebSphere Application Server

Use IBM® Installation Manager to install IBM WebSphere® Application Server.

Before you begin

Ensure that your environment is prepared, including hardware and software requirements, and any software packages downloaded. See Preparing your environment for a custom installation.
Decide whether to install as a root user or non-root user, see Installing as a root user or non-root user.

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.

About this task

You can install IBM WebSphere Application Server version on a single server, or you can install it on multiple servers to maintain separate application server instances for Dashboard Application Services Hub. Repeat the installation procedure on each application server.

Procedure

Depending on whether you have a browser on the target server, start either the launchpad or Installation Manager.
- Start the launchpad if you have a browser on the target server. See Starting Installation Manager by using the launchpad.
- Start the Installation Manager installation program. See Starting the Installation Manager installation program.
- Start Installation Manager in GUI mode. See Starting the Installation Manager in GUI mode.
Select each check box that is associated with the software package to install, and click Next.
- IBM WebSphere Application Server Version 8.5.5.9
The Installation Manager > Licenses panel opens.
Review the license agreement for the following software packages as required, and accept the terms; click Next.
- IBM WebSphere Application Server Version 8.5.5.9
The Installation Manager > Location panel opens.

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: WebSphere Application Server
WebSphere Application Server (`WAS_HOME`)	Windows	C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer
WebSphere Application Server (`WAS_HOME`)	AIX® Linux Linux on System z®	/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer

The Installation Manager > Features – languages panel opens.

Accept the default translated languages that are selected in the Translations Supported by All Packages panel; click Next. The Installation Manager > Features panel opens.

Select the following features to install and click Next.

Option	Description
WebSphere Application Server Version 8.5.0.1	WebSphere Application Server Full Profile EJBDeploy tool for pre-EJB 3.0 modules Stand-alone thin clients, resource adapters and embeddable containers > Stand-alone thin clients and resource adapters Stand-alone thin clients, resource adapters and embeddable containers > Embeddable EJB container Sample applications IBM WebSphere SDK for Java™ Technology Edition 6 IBM 32-bit WebSphere SDK for Java IBM 64-bit WebSphere SDK for Java Note: Ensure that you select IBM 64-bit WebSphere SDK for Java, otherwise the installation fails. WebSphere Application Server Version 8.5.0.1 ships IBM WebSphere SDK for Java Technology Edition 6. However, custom installation provides an option to install IBM WebSphere SDK for Java Technology Edition 7.

Option

Description

WebSphere Application Server Version 8.5.0.1

WebSphere Application Server Full Profile

EJBDeploy tool for pre-EJB 3.0 modules
Stand-alone thin clients, resource adapters and embeddable containers > Stand-alone thin clients and resource adapters
Stand-alone thin clients, resource adapters and embeddable containers > Embeddable EJB container
Sample applications

IBM WebSphere SDK for Java™ Technology Edition 6

IBM 32-bit WebSphere SDK for Java
IBM 64-bit WebSphere SDK for Java

Note: Ensure that you select IBM 64-bit WebSphere SDK for Java, otherwise the installation fails.

WebSphere Application Server Version 8.5.0.1 ships IBM WebSphere SDK for Java Technology Edition 6. However, custom installation provides an option to install IBM WebSphere SDK for Java Technology Edition 7.

The Installation Manager > Features configuration panel opens for the selected software package.

Specify the complete path where the extracted Cognos® install image is located (upto TCRCognos directory) and click Validate. For example:C:\ExtractedDir\TCRCognos
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.
Click the None radio button. Click Finish.
After Installation Manager successfully installs and configures the software packages, it displays the WebSphere programs panel.

The relevant WebSphere Application Server profiles of the integration services are created during the individual installations of those integration services.