Installing Operational Decision Manager

This installation guide describes how to install Operational Decision Manager on a local machine or network.

Before you install Operational Decision Manager, see Software requirements. It lists the software that you must have to install the components. It also has a link to the support page for detailed system requirements: IBM®® Operational Decision Manager detailed system requirements External link opens a new window or tab .

To see the changes between versions of Operational Decision Manager, see Release notes. It includes what's new information, deprecated features, and links to external resources.

Note: To install Operational Decision Manager on Certified Kubernetes see Installing ODM releases on Certified Kubernetes.

Ready-to-use Rule Designer

This release uses the ready-to-use version of Rule Designer, which includes the rule editor and all its prerequisite software: Eclipse, Java, and required plug-ins. It supports Windows, Linux, and macOS.

You download it with the other Operational Decision Manager components from IBM Passport Advantage, and install them with IBM Installation Manager.

Tip: To install the ready-to-use Rule Designer separately or to add Rule Designer to an existing instance of Eclipse, see Configuring Rule Designer.