General installation and upgrade information

The Installing section provides a quick reference to the installation and upgrade process for Sterling B2B Integrator, followed by the detailed process. The installation and upgrade processes both include downloading installation items, completing prerequisites, preparing systems, running the installer, and completing the post-installation configurations.

Installing Sterling B2B Integrator

You can install Sterling B2B Integrator version 6.0 by using any of the following three methods.

Note: You must go through the System Requirements and the Planning information before you start with your installation. For more information, see Planning for installation and upgrading.
Table 1. Installing Sterling B2B Integrator for the first time
Scenario Link
Install the docker container Installing Sterling B2B Integrator by using Docker container
Install by using the IBM Installation Manager GUI Installing Sterling B2B Integrator by using the IBM Installation Manager
Install silently with a response file by using the IBM Installation Manager Installing Sterling B2B Integrator by using the IBM Installation Manager

Upgrading Sterling B2B Integrator

You can upgrade to Sterling B2B Integrator version 6.0 by using any of the following three methods.

Note: You must go through the System Requirements, the upgrade considerations, and the planning information before you start with your installation. For more information, see Planning for installation and upgrading and Upgrade Considerations.
Table 2. Installing Sterling B2B Integrator for the first time
Scenario Link
Upgrading by installing the docker container Upgrading Sterling B2B Integrator by using Docker container
Upgrading by using the IBM Installation Manager Upgrading Sterling B2B Integrator by using the IBM Installation Manager
Upgrading silently by using a response file Upgrading Sterling B2B Integrator by using the IBM Installation Manager

Prerequisite knowledge

Before you begin the installation, you should be knowledgeable on the following topics:
  • Operating system on which you plan to install
  • Application servers
  • Database administration
  • System Requirements for this release of Sterling B2B Integrator.
  • VI or another text editor for the Unix/Linux operating system

Assumptions for this guide

The procedures in this guide are accurate as of the publication date and are specific to this version of the document.