Installing Liberty by extracting a Java archive file
You can quickly install Liberty by running a self-extracting Java archive (JAR) file.
Before you begin
Your system must meet the operating system and Java™ requirements for using Liberty. See WebSphere Application Server detailed system requirements.
Note:
Liberty on the IBM i platform uses the
system-wide version of Java. To install Java on IBM i, follow
these guidelines:
- Install the minimum supported Java level or later.
- Although you can install WebSphere® Liberty from a ZIP file on IBM i, you cannot install Java from a ZIP file on IBM i.
- Ensure that you installed the latest Java group PTF. For more information, see Java products and options on IBM i
About this task
wlp-<edition>-all-<fix_pack>.jar
files
install the Liberty runtime environment for
your edition and any Liberty features that
apply.Note: A removal notice was issued for the Liberty runtime, extended programming model, and
extras JAR files. Although you can still install from these files, they are eligible to be removed
in the future as described in Removal
notices.
Procedure
What to do next
After you install Liberty, you can further customize your environment by installing additional assets; see Installing Liberty Repository assets.
On the IBM i platform, after you extract the distribution image, you can configure all servers to run as jobs in the batch subsystem under the QEJBSVR user profile that is provided with the product. For more information, see Configuring the Liberty server to start as a job in the QWAS9 subsystem on IBM i .