Install Products Using IBM webMethods Installer

Start the Installer and Provide General Information

Download the Installer from Passport Advantage Online. Follow the instructions in Using IBM webMethods Installer to start the installer and provide general information such as proxy server, release to install, installation directory, and how to use the product selection tree.

Choose Products to Install

On the product selection tree, select the products to install. The installer lists all products that are supported on the machine on which you are installing.

Important: The installer does not distinguish among versions (Windows) or flavors (UNIX) of an operating system. Make sure you install products only on the supported versions or flavors listed in the System Requirements for IBM webMethods Products.

Note: IBM webMethods Installer offers a feature that helps you create typical development installations that enable you to perform a certain task (for example, API management). When you select a typical development installation, the installer automatically selects all products that make up that installation. You can select more products or deselect products if desired.

The table below provides important information you will need to know to correctly install certain products.

Product	Important information needed for correct installation
Products that can run on either Integration Server or Microservices Runtime	The installer will ask which host server you want to use to host the product. An example of such a product is Deployer.
ActiveTransfer Gateway	ActiveTransfer Gateway does not require Central User Management component for user management.
ActiveTransfer Server	ActiveTransfer Server requires Central User Management component for user management. When installing ActiveTransfer Server
webMethods API Gateway	Install webMethods API Gateway on its own host server. Do not install other products on that host server or those other products might not work properly.
CloudStreams	Install CloudStreams on its own host server. Do not install other products on that host server because those other products might not work properly.
Integration Server	If you select packages to install with Integration Server, the installer will copy the packages into a package repository in the product installation. The installer will also create a server instance and will ask whether to install all packages in the package repository on the server instance. After installation, you can create additional server instances and install packages from the package repository on those server instances as well as on the server instance created during installation. For instructions, see the IBM webMethods Integration Server Administrator’s Guide.
	If you install the Common Directory Services component for use with the Integration Server Administrator user interface (preview feature), install the Central User Management package and the Common Directory Service Support Integration Server runtime library on Integration Server.
IBM My webMethods Server	If you install IBM My webMethods Server, and later install Task Engine or My webMethods user interfaces in a separate run of the installer, the installer will install those components on all IBM My webMethods Server instances in the target installation directory.
Optimize	You must also install a package called Optimize Support onIntegration Server or Microservices Runtime. This package provides data about business processes and KPIs to Optimize. If you install the package on Microservices Runtime, data is provided for unorchestrated business processes only; data is not provided for orchestrated business processes or events.

Choose Default Password for Products

On the administrator password panel, enter a default product administrator password for the products you are installing, and choose whether to require the password to be changed on first product login.

Choose Language Packs to Install

For information on the language packs, see the international operating environments appendix in this guide.

The table below provides important information you will need to know to correctly install certain products.

Product	Important information needed for correct installation
Integration Server	If you select language packs to install with Integration Server, the installer will copy those language packs into the package repository and will always install them on the server instance. After installation, you can create additional server instances. You can install language packs from the package repository on those server instances. For instructions, see the IBM webMethods Integration Server Administrator’s Guide

Product

Important information needed for correct installation

Integration Server

If you select language packs to install with Integration Server, the installer will copy those language packs into the package repository and will always install them on the server instance.

After installation, you can create additional server instances. You can install language packs from the package repository on those server instances. For instructions, see the IBM webMethods Integration Server Administrator’s Guide

Install Latest Updates

If you are installing in a new, empty directory, and there are updates for the products you are installing, the installer displays the update selection tree after the language pack selection tree. Install the latest updates on you products. For information about each update, see the accompanying readme file.

Note: If manual steps are required before a particular update can be installed, that update will be unavailable. You will have to run the IBM webMethods Update Manager to install the update after installation is complete.