Deploying the installation files

Deploy the IBM® Intelligent Operations Center development and runtime components.

Before you begin

  • Ensure that the ibmadmin user is created, and that the /home/ibmadmin directory exists.
  • Follow the instructions in Extracting the installation media and scripts to extract the installation media and scripts, and to ensure that the correct version of IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition, is installed on your server.

About this task

The ioc_dev_environment_installation.tar.gz file includes Eclipse, the Eclipse workspace, and WebSphere® Application Server Liberty Profile run time. Install all three components into the /home/ibmadmin directory.

Procedure

  1. Log on as a root user and open a terminal window.
  2. Enter the following command to switch to the ibmadmin user:
    su - ibmadmin
  3. If you are upgrading a previous version of IBM Intelligent Operations Center, archive the following directories that are in the /home/ibmadmin directory.
    • eclipse
    • liberty
    • workspaces
    After you complete the upgrade, you can reapply any updates that you made to the server.xml file or other files in the previous installation.
  4. Run the following command to copy the compressed file to the /home/ibmadmin directory:
    cp /installmedia/ioc_dev_environment_installation.tar.gz /home/ibmadmin
  5. Run the following commands to go to the /home/ibmadmin directory and extract the contents of the compressed file:
    cd /home/ibmadmin
    tar -zxvf ioc_dev_environment_installation.tar.gz