By running a self-extracting archive file that contains the distribution image, you can install the Liberty profile and you are ready to create a server. For the no-charge developer edition, you can download the archive file from the WASdev community. For all other editions, you can use the archive file that is included with each edition of WebSphere® Application Server, or you can download an edition-specific Liberty profile archive file from Passport Advantage®.
Before you begin
You can install the Liberty
profile by extracting an archive file as described in this topic.
For distributed platforms, you can
also use the WebSphere Application Server Developer Tools for Eclipse to
install the profile as described in Installing the Liberty profile developer tools and (optionally) the Liberty profile.
This topic assumes that your system meets the operating system and Java requirements for using the Liberty profile. See System Requirements for WebSphere Application Server v8.5 - Liberty.
Procedure
- Extract the distribution image to your preferred directory.
This image is packaged as an archive file. For
example, wlp-edition-runtime-version.jar:- To extract the distribution image by using the interactive install wizard, run java -jar wlp-edition-runtime-version.jar
- To extract the distribution image by accepting the license terms and conditions silently, run java -jar wlp-edition-runtime-version.jar --acceptLicense
- To view all available options, run java -jar wlp-edition-runtime-version.jar --help
All the application server files are stored in subdirectories of the wlp directory.
- Optional: Extract the programming model extensions.
Before you can install the programming model extensions, you must
install a production licensed edition of the Liberty profile. The programming model extensions are packaged as an archive file. For example, wlp-extended-version.jar:
- To extract the programming model extensions by using the interactive install wizard, run java -jar wlp-extended-version.jar
- To extract the programming model extensions by accepting the license terms and conditions silently, run java -jar wlp-extended-version.jar --acceptLicense
- To view all available options, run java -jar wlp-extended-version.jar --help
- Optional: Set the JAVA_HOME property
for your environment.
The Liberty profile requires a JRE in which to run. You can specify the JDK or JRE location using the JAVA_HOME property in the server.env file, as described in Customizing the Liberty profile environment.
On Linux or UNIX systems, you can instead set JAVA_HOME in
the user .bashrc file, or append the JDK or JRE
path to the PATH environment variable. On Windows systems, you can instead
set JAVA_HOME as a system environment variable,
or append the JDK or JRE path to the PATH system
variable. For example, on Windows systems you can use the following
commands to set the JAVA_HOME property, and to
add the Java /bin directory
to the path:set JAVA_HOME=C:\Progra~1\Java\JDK16 set PATH=%JAVA_HOME%\bin;%PATH%Notes:- The Liberty profile runtime environment searches for the java command in this order: JAVA_HOME property, JRE_HOME property, and system PATH property.
- For more information about supported Java environments, and where to get them, see Minimum supported Java levels.
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