Installing server components on UNIX or Linux operating systems

Use the installation wizard to select the server components that you want to install, and the location on your computer where you want to install them.

Before you begin

Go to the IBM Cognos Analytics on Premises 12.0.x Supported Software Environments (https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6966712) to verify that the required patches are installed on your computer.

Procedure

  1. Set the JAVA_HOME environment variable to point to the installation location of your Java™ Runtime Environment (JRE), such as /directory/java/java_version/jre.

    IBM® Cognos® Analytics requires a JVM, such as the one that is provided by IBM, to run on Linux operating system.

  2. Go to the location where the installation files were downloaded and extracted.
    Tip: Use new versions of file compression software to extract the files. Older versions of such software might not extract the files.
  3. To start the installation wizard, go to the operating system directory, and type the following command: 
    ./ca_instl_<platform>_<build>.bin

    Where <build> is the build number, and <platform> is win (Windows), i386 (Linux i386), ppcle (Linux pl E), ppc (Linux Power PC), s390x (Linux z), aix (AIX), and zos (z/OS).

    Tip: When you use the ./ca_instl_<platform>_<build>.bin command with XWindows, Japanese characters in messages and log files might be corrupted. When installing in Japanese on UNIX or Linux®, first set environment variables LANG=C and LC_ALL=C (where C is the language code), and then start the installation wizard.

    If you do not use XWindows, run an unattended installation. For more information, see the Installation Guide.

  4. Follow the directions in the installation wizard to copy the files to your computer.

    Install to a directory that contains only ASCII characters in the path name. Some UNIX and Linux web servers do not support non-ASCII characters in directory names.

  5. In the Finish page of the installation wizard, you can click View to access the log files. Do not configure IBM Cognos Analytics immediately because you must do other tasks first to ensure that your environment is properly set up.

What to do next

You can configure IBM Cognos Analytics by using IBM Cognos Configuration. Type cogconfig.sh in the install_location/bin64 directory to start Cognos Configuration.