Installing Liberty interim fixes on distributed operating systems using the command line

You can use the IBM® Installation Manager command line to update the offering with available interim fixes.

1. For a list of interim fixes and fix packs that are available for WebSphere Application Server Liberty Core and specific information about each fix, perform the following actions.
   1. Go to Fix Central.
   2. Click Find product.
   3. Select WebSphere Liberty as the product group.
   4. Select the version of the product to be updated.
   5. Select your operating system as the platform, and click Continue.
   6. Select Browse for fixes, and click Continue.
   7. Click More Information under each fix to view information about the fix.
2. Update WebSphere Application Server Liberty Core with the interim fixes using one of the following procedures.
   • Access the live service repository that contains the interim fixes, and use web-based updating.
     Use Installation Manager on your local system to update WebSphere Application Server Liberty Core with the interim fixes from the live web-based service repositories.

     • For the live service repositories, use the same URLs as those used for the generally available product-offering repositories during installation. These URLs are listed in Online product repositories for WebSphere Application Server offerings.
     • These locations do not contain web pages that you can access using a web browser. They are remote web-based repository locations that you specify for Installation Manager so that it can maintain the offering.
     To install an interim fix from a service repository, perform the following actions:

     1. Log on to your system.
     2. If you do not already have Installation Manager credential-storage and master-password files containing your IBM software user ID and password, create files that will allow you to access the repository.
        Note: These are the credentials that you use to access protected IBM software websites.
        For information on creating credential-storage and master-password files for Installation Manager, read the IBM Installation Manager product documentation.
        Tip: When creating a credential-storage file, append /repository.config at the end of the repository URL location if the imutilsc command is unable to find the URL that is specified.
     3. Stop all servers and applications on the WebSphere Application Server Liberty Core installation that is being updated.
     4. Change to the Installation_Manager_binaries/eclipse/tools directory, where Installation_Manager_binaries is the installation root directory for the Installation Manager.
     5. Install the interim fix.
        

        ./imcl install fix_name
          -installationDirectory offering_installation_location
          -repositories repository_URL_or_path
          -secureStorageFile storage_file -masterPasswordFile master_password_file

        

        imcl.exe install fix_name
          -installationDirectory offering_installation_location
          -repositories repository_URL_or_path
          -secureStorageFile storage_file -masterPasswordFile master_password_file

     6. Optional: List all installed packages to verify the installation:
        

        ./imcl listInstalledPackages -long

        

        imcl.exe listInstalledPackages -long

   • Download the files that contain the interim fixes from Fix Central, and use local updating.
     You can download compressed files that contain the interim fixes from Fix Central. Each compressed fix file contains an Installation Manager repository for the interim fix and usually has a .zip extension. After downloading the fix files, you can use one of the following procedures to update WebSphere Application Server Liberty Core:

     • Use Installation Manager to update WebSphere Application Server Liberty Core with the interim fixes.
     • Use the IBM Packaging Utility to generate a new repository that contains all of the fix files that you downloaded, then use Installation Manager to update WebSphere Application Server Liberty Core with all of the interim fixes as a group. For information on using the Packaging Utility, see the IBM Installation Manager product documentation.

     1. Download the interim fix files from IBM Fix Central.

        Liberty interim fixes for Installation Manager are named fix_pack-WS-WLP-IFPInum, such as 16.0.0.2-WS-WLP-IFPI65853.

     2. Install the downloaded fix by performing the following actions:
        1. Log on to your system.
        2. Stop all servers and applications on the WebSphere Application Server Liberty Core installation that is being updated.
        3. Change to the Installation_Manager_binaries/eclipse/tools directory, where Installation_Manager_binaries is the installation root directory for the Installation Manager.
        4. Install the interim fix.
           

           ./imcl install fix_name
             -installationDirectory offering_installation_location
             -repositories compressed_file

           

           imcl.exe install fix_name
             -installationDirectory offering_installation_location
             -repositories compressed_file

        5. Optional: List all installed packages to verify the installation:
           

           ./imcl listInstalledPackages -long

           

           imcl.exe listInstalledPackages -long