Use this high-level procedure to install and customize IBM® WebSphere® Application Server.
About this task
Perform the following procedure to learn about how to create a running version of WebSphere Application Server on your machine.
If you are planning to migrate from
an earlier version, you can install the WebSphere Application Server product before
migrating.
You can install the WebSphere Application Server product without
the Liberty profile, WebSphere Application
Server with the Liberty profile, or just the Liberty profile.
Procedure
- Install WebSphere Application
Server.
- Review the installation solution diagrams to help you
plan a design for your application serving topology.
Use
the diagrams to identify and select your installation path.
- Prepare your operating platform for installation.
- Install your WebSphere Application
Server product.
- Configure the product.
You can use the Profile Management Tool or
the manageprofiles command to configure application
server runtime environments, called profiles.
See
the documentation on creating profiles for more information.
- Optional: Install IBM WebSphere SDK Java™ Technology Edition Version
7.0.
- Optional: Consider
migrating a previous installation to Version 8.5.
You
can migrate the configuration and applications from a previous installation
of another version of WebSphere Application
Server.
- Install the Liberty profile application-serving environment
with or without the tools.