[Linux]

Preparing the system on Linux

On Linux® systems, you might have to complete several tasks before you install IBM® MQ. You might also want to complete other tasks, depending on your installation intentions.

About this task

The tasks that you perform to prepare your systems for installation are listed here. Complete the appropriate tasks for your platform before installing.

Procedure

  1. Set up a user ID of the name mqm, with a primary group of mqm.
    See Setting up the user and group on Linux.
    Note: If the group mqm and/or user mqm do not exist, during the installation of the product, the installer creates group mqm and user mqm with a home directory of /var/mqm.
  2. Create file systems for both the product code and working data to be stored. See Creating file systems on Linux.
  3. Configure any additional settings needed for your Linux system.
    See Configuring and tuning the operating system on Linux.

What to do next

When you have completed the tasks to prepare the system, you are ready to start installing IBM MQ. To install a server using rpm , see Installing the first IBM MQ installation on Linux using the rpm command. To install a client using rpm, see Installing an IBM MQ client on Linux using rpm.

To install a server using a Debian installer, see Installing an IBM MQ server on Linux Ubuntu using Debian packages. To install a client using a Debian installer, see Installing an IBM MQ client on Linux Ubuntu using Debian packages

Important: Having both Debian and rpm installed versions of IBM MQ on the same system is not supported.