The launchpad console is the starting point for installing IBM®
WebSphere® Application Server Network
Deployment.
About this task
The launchpad identifies components on the product disk or image that you can install
(launch).
WebSphere Application Server is an integrated platform that contains an
application server, a set of web development tools, a web server, and additional supporting software
and documentation. The launchpad is a single point of reference for installing the entire
application server environment. If you click a link that points to a product repository on another
disk or image, you are prompted to insert that disk or browse to that image. For example, IBM HTTP Server, Web Server Plug-ins for IBM
WebSphere Application Server, Application Client for IBM
WebSphere Application Server, and the WebSphere Customization Toolbox are on the supplements disk. If you click
a link to launch those products, you must insert the supplements disk in the disk drive or point the
installer to the product repositories to install the product from the launchpad.
Procedure
- Start the launchpad.
The launchpad program is available in the root
directory of the product disk. You can start the launchpad manually using a fully qualified command
instead of changing directories to the disk and running the command locally from the root
directory:
Avoid trouble: Some Windows operating systems have implemented a more restrictive security
policy that denies access to trusted files by non-trusted files or applications. When the launchpad
application is run as a non-trusted program, you will receive JavaScript
Access is denied
errors that subsequently cause the application to hang. Because downloaded
images are automatically blocked, unblock the files so that the launchpad can successfully access
the files. Before you extract the image, right-click the image file and select
Properties to open the Properties panel and locate the security section and
click
Unblock. You can now extract the image and run the launchpad
application.
The launchpad opens in the language of the locale setting of the machine.
- Use the launchpad to perform the following tasks.
- View the Welcome page, and access links to the IBM
WebSphere Application Server documentation and the IBM Education Assistant.
- Launch IBM Installation Manager installation, and access
the IBM Installation Manager documentation.
- Launch IBM Packaging Utility installation, and access the
Packaging Utility section of the IBM Installation Manager
documentation.
- Launch Installation Manager to install WebSphere
Application Server Network Deployment, and access the installation
instructions in the product documentation.
- Launch Installation Manager to install DMZ Secure Proxy Server for IBM
WebSphere Application Server, and access the
installation instructions in the product documentation.
- Launch Installation Manager to install IBM HTTP Server,
and access the installation instructions in the product documentation.
- Launch Installation Manager to install Web Server Plug-ins for IBM
WebSphere Application Server, and access the
installation instructions in the product documentation.
- Launch Installation Manager to install the WebSphere
Customization Toolbox, and access the installation instructions in the product documentation.
- Launch Installation Manager to install the Application Client for IBM
WebSphere Application Server, and access the
installation instructions in the product documentation.
- Launch Installation Manager to install IBM
WebSphere Edge Components: Load Balancer for IPv4 and
IPv6 and access the installation instructions in the product documentation.
- Launch Installation Manager to install IBM
WebSphere Edge Components: Caching Proxy and access the
installation instructions in the product documentation.
- Access the latest version of IBM Support Assistant.
- Launch Installation Manager to install IBM
WebSphere Adapters.
Results
This procedure results in using the launchpad to start the installation and to access
information through a browser. Troubleshooting
If you can start the launchpad but clicking
a link does not resolve to a page in the launchpad, you might have the wrong media in the disk
drive. Check the validity of the media.
If the launchpad links still do not work after following this procedure, launch
Installation Manager and point it at the appropriate repositories to install the
offerings.